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Edou, you're true with RCmart, but I had a little "problem" for a combinated invoice bought on eBay, here is their reply :

"Sorry that we are not able to combine the invoice and shipment with different currency (US and UK order).

Therefore, it is necessary for you have to pay them separately.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused."

So, be careful with curencies ...

That's true - I had this before too. Some items are in dollars and some in pounds.
Even if you buy them at the same time, you have to pay them seperately and accept different registered shipments also.
Not a real problem (just slightly annoying) if you select the items that have free shipping.

Btw - if anybody's planning on buying something here then take a good look on eBay.
They might offer the same item at different prices...

@Falcon#5 : whatever happened to the parts you ordered at Everything Rc? Did you still get them in time?

No word from Falcon#5...
Would be very interesting to know what happened with his parts and his schedule.

I've been working on a spreadsheet with an overview of the sellers I have dealt with myself.
This will also include a value system for different aspects of the sale, ranging from 0-100.
I will give points for the following criteria :

A - Price
B - Vintage assortment (in this case, I also count reissue parts)
C - General assortment
D - Shipment cost
E - Delivery speed
F - Communication
G - Customer service

Any member can leave the name of a seller here and a (partial) score on the categories mentioned above.
If one or more don't apply, they can be left out.
I will take all the input into account and also make a spreadsheet of the popular vote.

If you can, please leave a post. It could help all of us to make the best decision where to search or buy!

One more thing - due to the nature of this forum section, they would have to be sellers that (also) deal on eBay.
It would suffice to leave the name, letter of category and score but any other input is naturally also very welcome.

Good reviews can be placed here but a bad experience can also be shared!

Here are my own ratings :


The sellers above I have ordered multiple items from so I have rated these first.
Second part I have had a one time transaction with and are not yet evaluated.
Last part in this overview are a few sellers that have been mentioned before but are not on my list so far.

The overall rating is not an exact indication of course - that depends on what you are looking for...

I wrote:

One more thing - due to the nature of this forum section, they would have to be sellers that (also) deal on eBay.

This doesn't seem necessary - I can always move the topic...
A list of all the links will also be provided later.

Does anybody have an idea about how the combined shipping at Hobby_Japan works?
How reasonable are they - every seperate item is about $7...

Not getting a response from them. Which would normally be a reason not to purchase anything there.
Maybe Japanese sellers are generally good but just a bit introvert...

Edou wrote:

Does anybody have an idea about how the combined shipping at Hobby_Japan works?
How reasonable are they - every seperate item is about $7...

Not getting a response from them. Which would normally be a reason not to purchase anything there.
Maybe Japanese sellers are generally good but just a bit introvert...

I have not dealt with Hobby_japan, so cant help you with the combined shipping, but, the lack of communication might be a language barrier?

-Lars

That's a possibility of course. Although I think the larger shops would be able to reply the English...
With Jason I'm pretty sure he just doesn't want to be bothered with stock questions.
Think I'll go with RcMart on this one - got some store credit there still.
And I've seen perfect service there so far. Just takes a little longer usually...

Hi,
I've bought some differents items at Hobby-Japan and the combinated shipping is always "correct"
Example : The price for shipping each item was 6.8 usd
the combinated price for four items was 9.8 usd

Thanks. That sounds fair indeed. Good to know up front.
I've read in their feedback that sometimes they don't have the fastest shipment though...

Sorry for another question (I asked them also) : do they send by regular mail or registered - with tracking maybe?