Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation

[Ghaz]

I'm in the US and got my shipping charges.  For a Company pledge with an extra Blood Asp and challenge coin I was charged $44.66 (including the 6% state sales tax).

[wundergoat]

I just looked and I’m at 314 + 26 in tax for 340 to California. Holy shit. I was expecting more than last time (~100) but not fully 1/3 of what I bought.

I'm also in California and my shipping is roughly 27% of a thousand dollar order.  Seems off by quite a bit.

[Charistoph]

I'm in the US and got my shipping charges.  For a Company pledge with an extra Blood Asp and challenge coin I was charged $44.66 (including the 6% state sales tax).

I have nothing extra, but in a state that's close to, but not yet in California (though they are moving here in large enough numbers).  I have a similar order, just without the extra Salvage box, and it's asking for about $10 less, not including the taxes (which were just over $8).

[worktroll]

Algorithms run mad; the beginning of the Singularity? ;)

[ActionButler]

$100 for a $300 Battalion+extras pledge to the middle of the US.

I feel like the only way that would be possible is if they send each separate product in its own box.

[Maingunnery]

Is it possible that they are adding extra costs for the order picking?

[I am Belch II]

I got 25% for a $600 order. I hope something gets fixed it just seems high. Considering how you get get stuff from across the pond direct for 30%

[Colonial13]

$125 on $365 pledge, and I'm in Phoenix, AZ.  Also, a mysterious $8 shipping tax that I've never seen before, on anything I've ever ordered.  My CL pledge was twice as large as this one and my shipping on that was only $41.  Something is definitely off. 

[Euphonium]

$380 in shipping for a $1200 pledge to NY. It looks like the shipper is charging one dollar for every three dollars in pledges. The shipper has some explaining to do. 

That does look dodgy, since I'm getting ~$140 in shipping on a similar pledge in the UK

(I'm assuming you don't have to worry about sales tax/VAT which is an extra ~$280 for me)

[ColBosch]

$72.49 for Battalion + a couple extras for Eastern Iowa, which doesn't feel too crazy, but the sales tax on shipping is very weird.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I forgot that I’d gotten the city mats bundle as an add-on. That would bump shipping up but still seems excessive.

[Sartris]

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[nckestrel]

$72.49 for Battalion + a couple extras for Eastern Iowa, which doesn't feel too crazy, but the sales tax on shipping is very weird.

I don't recall seeing sales tax on shipping before, but apparenlty it is a thing.

[Mendrugo]

Interesting - I’m in VA, which your map shows as non-taxable, and there’s a charge listed in the QML shipping for taxation on shipping. 

[Corrinald]

$313 shipping to Ohio. I got a decent amount of stuff but YIKES

[ColBosch]

I don't recall seeing sales tax on shipping before, but apparenlty it is a thing.

I'm in Iowa, where shipping is specifically not taxable.

[Charlie 6]

Interesting - I’m in VA, which your map shows as non-taxable, and there’s a charge listed in the QML shipping for taxation on shipping.

Me too.

[SteelRaven]

Interesting - I’m in VA, which your map shows as non-taxable, and there’s a charge listed in the QML shipping for taxation on shipping.

I just googled it: VA doesn't tax shipping fees but the state can tax handling charges, handling includes loading and unloading from one truck to another. Shipping and handling is usually bundled together in the billing process.

[JoeJones]

$250 on a roughly $800 order.

I hope Catalyst gets this sorted out soon.

[worktroll]

I hope they're all enjoying the Easter break as best they can, trying not to be too mindful of the tsunami of 'WT actual F' they know is out there. And in all fairness, I'm sure they'll do what they can to sort this out. Just hope it's not a 'Oh, you didn't read the fine print?' scenario for them.

[Scotty]

These shipping prices would be appropriate for 2 day air, which I personally would find mildly amusing as a cause if that had accidentally been picked for all backers.

[ColBosch]

These shipping prices would be appropriate for 2 day air, which I personally would find mildly amusing as a cause if that had accidentally been picked for all backers.

I'm expecting a certain amount of charge for the warehousing and packing. But...

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I hope they're all enjoying the Easter break as best they can, trying not to be too mindful of the tsunami of 'WT actual F' they know is out there. And in all fairness, I'm sure they'll do what they can to sort this out. Just hope it's not a 'Oh, you didn't read the fine print?' scenario for them.

I just want to express my agreement with this.  As much shock and outrage as I'm feeling, I do hope that they're all having a good holiday weekend before they go back to work and deal with a problem that is very much not their fault.

[qc mech3]

Saw mine too. 37% in shipping + GST for Canada... Ouch! 

[ColBosch]

I just want to express my agreement with this.  As much shock and outrage as I'm feeling, I do hope that they're all having a good holiday weekend before they go back to work and deal with a problem that is very much not their fault.

Agreed. And in my case, I can handle the $75, it just still feels off.

[spotH3D]

Doesn't help when you imagine how much more cheaply you could get the plastic retail.

I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, but it is stuff like this that is why Kickstarter is anti consumer and amatuerish.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I'm sure that everyone who wanted to save some money by waiting until the stuff goes to retail did so.

[Sapphirus]

$436.79 for shipping for mine?  Oof, I don't have enough cash in my account yet.  When's the shipping payment?

[worktroll]

Doesn't help when you imagine how much more cheaply you could get the plastic retail.

Onlyworks if you're US based. For the rest of the world, the KS is meant to beat retail.

[thedancingjoker]

Just looked at my shipping charges and yikes.  $397 on a $1168 order.  Over 30% of the value of the KS.  Shipping is to Wisconsin.  This absolutely destroys any monetary value over retail the KS had.  I wonder if the shipping company is chagring some fee based on the number of SKUs involved for a sorting and processing fee.  Because US shipping should not be this much.  I have literally shipped multiple heavy boxes the size of my torse across the country for a fraction of this.