ORIGINAL: midastouch_73
Is it just me or does it seem as if TMB charges astronomical rates for shipping. I recently purchased ESM 74 Corsair. The shipping came to around $70 or $80. I purchased a ESM Sea Fury 2 weeks ago and the charge to ship it was $150. When I asked why the shipping rate was so high I was told becuase it's a large plane and the box is large. When the box came it was the same damn size as the corsair. I'm furious at this point. To make matters worse I needed to replace the center section of my ESM Hawker Typhoon. The section cost $70. They want $61 to ship it!!! That's totally ridiculous. They told me USPS was not any cheaper? I'm cakking BS on this one.....
I just bought a 2 meter plane from Extreme Flight and shipping cost was about 1/4 the cost of the model (140$ in this case). Same box size and weight two years ago cost around 70$ to ship. At least EF called me and told me about the added shipping charge and asked if I still wanted the model.
Maybe this is good for those of us who still love building as much as flying. Maybe mfrs will also offer kits in addition to ARFies. The smaller box size of kits should bring shipping charges down a lot, and the kits should cost 1/3 what the ARFies cost. At the end of the day, how much do you value your time and how much of hobbyist are you?? Are you strictly an assembler of Chinese built stuff or are you a craftsman??