BIGMIG
Posts: 1540
Joined: 2/28/2007
From: Amboy,
WA, USA
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ORIGINAL: MySoldier
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ORIGINAL: WhiteWolf McBride
Ok...
BigMig:
You neatly avoided mentioning this phantom Canadian company's name... we have no reason to believe it even exists.
You claim there is a cheaper way to get stuff across the border. Its called smuggling, and its ILLEGAL. You have a few legal options: hand-carry it & claim it at the border crossing, mail it or use a courier (as many do) or order it direct off the wholesaler (if you can)
Comparing the other retailers to Mato on just raw prices and shipping is not fair:
- Prices: none send a better battery, metal gearboxes, or freebies. DEDUCT the price of the better battery & gearbox from Mato's price, and see what you get.
- Shipping: RaidenTech is almost next door to you, and Mto is almost the other side of the country. A fair comparison would be someone from Quebec show THEIR ship costs from RaidenTech (and other US sources) and Mato, and then take the median. Or use a location thats halfway between the two stores... on BOTH sides of the border. nd when cross-border shopping, and NOT using a courier, EXPECT delays, its called CUSTOMS.
Whats a good deal for you is NOT a good deal for ALL of us. Be Fair, Be Honest, Be Real.
PS: there is a little-known item called 'Block'. Look down the lower left of Perry S's posts. See that little red hand between Addr. & Gallery? Thats Block: you'll never get a PM from him or see another post from him again. If you truely wish to do what you say, try using it.
jay612: They burned you on all your tanks? And you kept buying from them? Anyone else see this as VERY odd? And Tamiya Gearboxes don't need work? Unfair business practices? Don't just claim it, please explain your accusation.
pcomm:
I gotta agree, the more I see the complaining (and the thread length) if I were a potential buyer and read this thread, the more I'd see reasons to research the companies, and probably end up buying from Mato.
Congrats guys on the Pro-Mato advertising campaign!
whitewolf, you are correct with everything. I have asked BIgMIg 2wice now to tell us what the cost of shipping a tank from his address to mato would be. that way we can see if the price justiys itself..
Of course radientech would be cheaper bigmig, like whitewolf said, it's your nextdoor neighbour!
Sheeeesh!
Hello my soldier,
Try to answer your question to me the best I can.I don't know what it would cost me to send a tank back to Mato.I bought A panther tank from them,boards,metal sprockrts,a complete s&s upgrade kit,smokers,speaker,and a few other small items all put in a box about 1/4 the size biger than a typical tank would be shipped in.I think the whole order was about $198.00 and about $48.00 for shipping by way of Canada Post.And half of the small stuff just put loosely on top of my tank.Wonder why my tank was all scratched to hell and other damage to it,plus half my stuf drenched in oil.(these are as memory serves and are close but not exact,have the receits here somewhere but not looking for them its not that important). And as memory serves I made two other orders for misc items(gun motors,speakers,smokersand ect.)and not important here(unless I factor in shipping costs).Kinda getting lost in a lot of DETAILS here.
Out of the 14 misc-tanks-hummersand a jeep that I ordered for myself and a few other's I have ordered for family members,I have had to send (1)tank back.It cost me $9.80 to send it back,(nine dollars,80 cents"USD"to send it a little over 800 Miles FEDX).They had the returned tank in (3)days.
Now we are talking about mato here(they are in canada,we have a border to deal with,and we have customs)that is a given,can't get around it.One of the other RCU members (don't remember who,could go back in this thread and look but I'm to lazy)said he returned one back to mato and it cost him $41.00 US dollars.He is on the east coast and I will assume would fall into the 800 mile or less catagory distance from mato if you want to use that for a comparrision.(may or may not be a fair comparrision,don't know for sure).
I have not found any place yet on the east coast of the U.S.that sells tanks cheaper than here on the west side.If I did I would expect to pay a little more for shipping,and a few more days for transit.A ballpark figure for transite time ( UPS ) from the east side to the west side(5 or 6 Days) transit time.If we use our USPS (which I "think" is about the same as Canada post is "in canada"  the shipping time is really in a lot of cases not much longer in shipping time and cost.(there are a lot of variations here though,and this is rather a broad statement and should be interpited taking that into account)
We are lumping togeather a lot of different things into the same thread,and a lot of the actual facts are getting lost in the shuffle
(I'm just as guilty as everone else,doing the same thing right here)Drifting back and forth,but a lot of this can't be answered in just one sentence.
I can tell you what it costs me for shipping and transit time from(Mato,Radintec,Hobbytron,Banana hobby,And yes even the nasty word EBAY).Shipping costs are shipping costs,these are facts that I state not just something I make up as I go along.I put them on here for everyone's benifit to use or not use.I'm not pushing any company,they mean nothing to me personally other than a place to buy a tank and at a good price.( I'm Not talking here about service,talking about shipping costs and transite time).
Mato sells tanks,(their tanks have metal gears,they put in a bigger battery.Thats where the difference stops.The HL tank is the same except for that difference)Now if thats what you want you are going to pay more for it if you live in the U.S.(can't quote other country's,I live in the U.S.)Now if it's worh the additional money its going to cost you then thats up to you.I don't know the actual cost difference from the manufacturer to mato for the difference from the metal gear version with a little bigger battery and the plastic gear version with the standered size battery they use.They don't sell the plastic gear version to compare to.If the cost difference was more than $5.00 Dollars I would be amazed.Now if that difference is worth 20,30,40,50,60 or what ever dollars,thats fine go for it.
But what gets my Goat,is the one's that get on here and makes the statement to a member(usually a new guy linving here in the states asking where to get a good buy on a tank) ----------- (buy it from Mato)--(with no other options or explinations ) THAT IS PURE BULL AND DECEPTIVE,and it just don't set well with me and others.Facts are facts and should speak for themselves no mater what business. BIGMIG 
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