Tamico to US order questions

[tamiya_1971]

I've read a little on the forum here and it seems Tamico has a good reputation.  Do they package kits well? 

DHL ok? They seem to have two options for DHL, fast and slow. Since I'm not in a hurry, any issues with the slow ship method I should be aware of? 

Any differences between straight credit card payment vs Paypal? 

Thanks!

[GToddC5]

I've ordered a lot of parts and most recently a NXGEN kit between 5 orders over the last 6 months. Always packaged great and I usually opt for the cheaper DHL shipping.

For payments I've used PayPal and Amazon Pay - no issues.

[F-150]

I got two kits from Tamico plus some juggernaught parts they had .. arrived fast to NY, USA and in top condition. Packaged very well. 

Top notch company that cares about who buys their stuff.

[Wooders28]

This is how my recent order arrived on its journey from Europe to the UK.

 

 

And how one arrived back in 2017

 

Not really going bananas with packaging, but the boxes are stout and both arrived fine and damage free.

 

8 hours ago, tamiya_1971 said:

DHL ok?

I only know DHL as a private delivery company, so i went for the cheap slower option.

Turned out, it's the German postal service, (USPS in the States?) so came through with extra duties (now the UK isn't in the EU) ...

Might be worth doing some digging, and see if the more expensive option lands with duties paid.

 

[tamiya_1971]

@Wooders28  seeing the packing makes me feel better about ordering from them! Thank you! 

[Saito2]

It amazes me things can come across oceans in better shape and condition than I can get them coming from one state over in New Jersey, looking as though it was staked like a vampire or used in an attempt to kick a field goal.

[RCvet]

I hate selling on eBay now because everyone became a packaging critic.  I'm selling you an RC car that you just bought from me for half off retail, Ebay will take another 20% and I am supposed to pack it in a vault, surrounded by endless bubble wrap and goose feathers  sealed with a unicorn kiss.  Oh, and  please offer free shipping, that costs me $30 these days.

And then all these videos of some dude who bought this rare 40 year old used RC car and oh no,  look at this the chassis has a scratch in it just feeds the insanity.  Anyone ever watch the original Associated videos of RC10 chassis production with them all stacked on top of one another after anodizing thrown in the box would know real men like scratches.

Rant off, that felt good 

 

[Wooders28]

8 hours ago, RCvet said:

packaging critic

My boomerang came just sellotaped up in a tesco carrier bag, and a post it note taped on, no bubble wrap nothing.

I was looking at this thing on the kitchen floor, my wife had taken off the postman, with anger building ,thinking of all the parts I'm going to have to replace....

Then my wife pipes up, " it's a Bl@@dy good job you've not been buying more RC cars" , and suddenly I was okay with 'stealth ' packaging 😁🤣🤣🤣🤣

(Was totally fine btw)

[RCvet]

I bought a used car that smelled so bad of Cigarette smoke and the guy through in a couple empty Cigarette packages for packing material for good measure.  

[kevinb120]

They're the only ones that still have the 956.  Shipping was reasonable, quick, and packaged fine.  I think I only paid about $15 more than if I had grabbed it from Amain when they had them for a week being months late to the party.   On some items they are the outright best price for US shoppers.  They're aces.  The CC's I have in paypal don't charge for international sales(not sure if there would be a fee if I used one that did)

 

My wife orders so many assembly-required items from Amazon and Ikea, I save all those oddball little foam corners/chunks, wraps, and strips, cardboard tubes, etc for eBay stuff.  My wife orders puzzles and I order diecast in bulk from German sellers too that all use DHL, never had any issues.  I do find that US sellers using DHL within the US it's about the worst versus the 'international version'.

[Wooders28]

58 minutes ago, RCvet said:

I bought a used car that smelled so bad of Cigarette smoke and the guy through in a couple empty Cigarette packages for packing material for good measure.  

I've had to put cars in a storage box, and throw in some car air fresheners, left for a week or 2, just to get the stench out of some.....😳

[tamiya_1971]

32 minutes ago, kevinb120 said:

My wife orders so many assembly-required items from Amazon and Ikea, I save all those oddball little foam corners/chunks, wraps, and strips, cardboard tubes, etc for eBay stuff.  My wife orders puzzles and I order diecast in bulk from German sellers too that all use DHL, never had any issues.  I do find that US sellers using DHL within the US it's about the worst versus the 'international version'.

My wife gives me so much heck over saving stuff like that. I always tell her that I may need it. She laughs until the day happens when I pull one of the "saved" items out for use. 

[kevinb120]

9 minutes ago, tamiya_1971 said:

My wife gives me so much heck over saving stuff like that. I always tell her that I may need it. She laughs until the day happens when I pull one of the "saved" items out for use. 

I see you are from the same year as me, so we remember, well 'everything' from foil balls on TV antennas to 2hours with a procharger for 4 minute run times tickticktickticktick.  And of course keep everything, you never know... I'm sure she has a stash of 'stuff'.

 

 

[tamiya_1971]

Yeah, I do exactly everything in that video. I save a lot of stuff. I have a ****load of cables.  BUT, I have those moments where I get frustrated and start tossing things. I did that last weekend in the garage and it felt good. I even tossed out some screws that I had no idea where they had come from. 

I remember my first tv in my bedroom that I got for Christmas. 1984. It was a small 13" black and white. No cable, just an antenna and i used foil for better reception. I was so grateful that I even had a tv, that black and white didn't matter to me (or some of my friends who also ended up with a b&w tv in their rooms eventually). 

What's funny, my kids can get rid of things and not think twice. I had to earn a lot of my stuff back in the day, and for as hard as I worked to save money for that stuff, tossing something, even if not used any longer, seemed ridiculous to me.

[GToddC5]

4 minutes ago, tamiya_1971 said:

 . . . I even tossed out some screws that I had no idea where they had come from. 

:faint:

[kevinb120]

OH THE HUMANITY!  Never throw out screws!  you never know when you need those little baggies of chinesium wood screws that come with cheap mini-blinds!  Everyone needs to stab themselves in the finger with a Phillips when they round out!

[kevinb120]

57 minutes ago, tamiya_1971 said:

Yeah, I do exactly everything in that video. I save a lot of stuff. I have a ****load of cables.  BUT, I have those moments where I get frustrated and start tossing things. I did that last weekend in the garage and it felt good. I even tossed out some screws that I had no idea where they had come from. 

I remember my first tv in my bedroom that I got for Christmas. 1984. It was a small 13" black and white. No cable, just an antenna and i used foil for better reception. I was so grateful that I even had a tv, that black and white didn't matter to me (or some of my friends who also ended up with a b&w tv in their rooms eventually). 

What's funny, my kids can get rid of things and not think twice. I had to earn a lot of my stuff back in the day, and for as hard as I worked to save money for that stuff, tossing something, even if not used any longer, seemed ridiculous to me.

I'm 53 with a 9yo, she thinks we can fix anything.  We donate anything and everything usable(and thrift and swap/buy used stuff-along with a bazillion new things).  Me and my daughter will try to fix a Happy Meal toy, just to keep her 'old school', and universally competent.  She knows how everything works.  I foster my 15yo nephew and he either looses things or throws them away without a single thought.  Albeit he's pretty 'normal' for the average today child.  I'd probably have to explain to him that the mailbox stays up because the post goes into the ground.   Thinks a smart phone is 'mastering technology', where if you dropped one in the most remote part of the Amazon with no outside human contact, within a week the lost tribe would have a TicTock channel(and ordering things from Tamico, to keep it on topic...).

[Frog Jumper]

I cleaned out my shed this weekend.  I almost threw away a giant bag of telephone and coax tv cables.  Decided that I should save them for another 10 years in case analog phones and cable make a comeback…

[tamiya_1971]

Tamico order arrived in 10 days. Packed in the original Tamiya box. No damage at all. Quite impressed! 
 

[kevinb120]

That looks...familiar    Tamico is GTG.  Getting to skip VAT Germany in particular is a good place for US customers to shop.  I get a lot of diecast models from CK/Modelissimo too, often they have flat rate so I order in batches(sometimes like 30x30" box batches).  Looks like it's still the only place to get a 956.  It's interesting when certain items just end up somehow being the best deal from Tamico.