Jaustin89 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 The driver for my old house never bothered to get out of the truck; with one exception every package that didn't fit in the mailbox we had to pick up the next day. That one exception was when I had a day off and was in the driveway when he stopped; I walked up and was handed a stack of mail with an already filled out delivery attempt slip. His response when I asked for the package was "Oh. Yeah, I guess." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, sqidd said: You dirty rat!!!! Thanks again. That heads up was much appreciated. I found a set of S&S parts on feeBay for the Stealth Strike Parts. The guy had a bid on it already. I messaged him asking if he had a BIN and to name his price. He said because there was a bit he wanted to let it run out. I'll bet I get it for less than he could have gotten out of me. Good hunting on that Stealth SSP set. I saw it the other day before it was bid on and the Buy It Now price was $245.00 I think, so it'll be interesting to see what it goes for in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Just throwing my hat in the ring on the USPS vs FedEx or USP discussion here, I have a small business where I ship Domestic & Worldwide (minus a few super sketchy countries of course) and for the past 16 years I can say that USPS overall does a really good job, when they do make a mistake, 99.9% of the time in my case it has been resolved with rather efficient service. Just a reminder that ANY business you contact and start screaming at you're bound to get rotten service in return. Being calm & cool gets you an actual solution. Only 3 packages Internationally have ever been lost and that's out of thousands for me. (In 16 years) When I still lived in So Cal. and now here in KS, many a time UPS & FedEx would just jam on by past my house and not drop off my delivery, that said the Post Office was doing that too but when I made a formal complaint USPS fixed it, the other two said call corporate and see what happens. Or worse I was told you can make the 45-50 minute drive to Kansas City and get your package there, cause we wont re-deliver it. Thankfully UPS hired a new driver and Mike is Frakking awesome, never ever makes a mistake!! No matter what shipping company you choose $hit Happen$ and some drivers are much better than others. However USPS hooks you up with Free shipping boxes & packing supplies, so it's a plus for me. Thank you for reading my RARE rambling and as I usually never post one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontus Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 45 minutes ago, 505thAirborne said: Just a reminder that ANY business you contact and start screaming at you're bound to get rotten service in return. Being calm & cool gets you an actual solution. I totally agree, and never scream at people that aren't at fault (or even that are). Despite my posted aggravation, I was quite reserved and polite this morning with the person behind the counter as I see no reason to ruin their day for something they didn't do. When I ask to speak to their manager tomorrow it will be with polite firmness without any other recourse. But it is satisfying to get results with firm application of persistent, polite pestering. There's been many occasions where my wife gives up, and I'm like, "NOPE!" and got results. I'm told people are scared of me (I'm a big, bearded tall guy), and it's off putting when I unexpectedly complain politely. It's a winning combo apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Jaustin89 said: The driver for my old house never bothered to get out of the truck; with one exception every package that didn't fit in the mailbox we had to pick up the next day. That one exception was when I had a day off and was in the driveway when he stopped; I walked up and was handed a stack of mail with an already filled out delivery attempt slip. His response when I asked for the package was "Oh. Yeah, I guess." My regular carrier is great. She knows I have all of this stuff coming and and how rare/valuable it is. But, when she has a day off her subs are horrible. I've had to run across my court and catch them at a house across the street (stooping at my mailbox first) with the delivery attempt slip in my hand. They just shrug their shoulder and give me the "oh well". I keep reporting them. It doesn't seem to mater. It must be nice to be that horrible at your job and get to keep it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontus Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 minute ago, sqidd said: My regular carrier is great. She knows I have all of this stuff coming and and how rare/valuable it is. But, when she has a day off her subs are horrible. I've had to run across my court and catch them at a house across the street (stooping at my mailbox first) with the delivery attempt slip in my hand. They just shrug their shoulder and give me the "oh well". I keep reporting them. It doesn't seem to mater. It must be nice to be that horrible at your job and get to keep it. How do you report them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, sqidd said: My regular carrier is great. She knows I have all of this stuff coming and and how rare/valuable it is. But, when she has a day off her subs are horrible. I've had to run across my court and catch them at a house across the street (stooping at my mailbox first) with the delivery attempt slip in my hand. They just shrug their shoulder and give me the "oh well". I keep reporting them. It doesn't seem to mater. It must be nice to be that horrible at your job and get to keep it. I've done that a few times with my carrier. It's part of why I sign up for text alerts. I've had delivery exception notifications a good half an hour before he even comes by. On some level I understand because Christmas season and large condo complex, but still annoying sometimes. At least I'm able to reliably catch him at the next set of mailboxes down since he follows the same route through the complex every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, 505thAirborne said: Just throwing my hat in the ring on the USPS vs FedEx or USP discussion here, I have a small business where I ship Domestic & Worldwide (minus a few super sketchy countries of course) and for the past 16 years I can say that USPS overall does a really good job, when they do make a mistake, 99.9% of the time in my case it has been resolved with rather efficient service. Just a reminder that ANY business you contact and start screaming at you're bound to get rotten service in return. Being calm & cool gets you an actual solution. Only 3 packages Internationally have ever been lost and that's out of thousands for me. (In 16 years) When I still lived in So Cal. and now here in KS, many a time UPS & FedEx would just jam on by past my house and not drop off my delivery, that said the Post Office was doing that too but when I made a formal complaint USPS fixed it, the other two said call corporate and see what happens. Or worse I was told you can make the 45-50 minute drive to Kansas City and get your package there, cause we wont re-deliver it. Thankfully UPS hired a new driver and Mike is Frakking awesome, never ever makes a mistake!! No matter what shipping company you choose $hit Happen$ and some drivers are much better than others. However USPS hooks you up with Free shipping boxes & packing supplies, so it's a plus for me. Thank you for reading my RARE rambling and as I usually never post one here. I use USPS for all of my international stuff. I drive into a small Post Office near me that's so small they're closed for lunch and for the day at 3:00pm. They're fantastic down there. 10min north at the big Post Office it's a nightmare. They act like I'm bothering them. I agree it's driver dependent. My UPS drivers (I have four that rotate though) are all really good. I go the extra mile to help the load and unload the trucks. I meet them in the driveway when I hear them coming, etc. That stuff goes a long way when something gets sketchy. My regular USPS driver is fantastic. If I'm not home when she tries to make a delivery she will swing back by a few hours later and try again. Her subs are horrible though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Pontus said: How do you report them? At the bigger offices there is actually a person who's job it is to take those reports. That seems to get some action sometimes.....maybe I've tried the online portal. That's useless. All of my carriers are women. I think I've actually gotten more mileage out of being nice, polite and complimentary than anything else. Edited January 8, 2020 by sqidd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: I've done that a few times with my carrier. It's part of why I sign up for text alerts. I've had delivery exception notifications a good half an hour before he even comes by. On some level I understand because Christmas season and large condo complex, but still annoying sometimes. At least I'm able to reliably catch him at the next set of mailboxes down since he follows the same route through the complex every time. LOL, yeah. I've had that. I'm like, "That's a neat trick. I haven't seen you even drive by yet". The text alerts are really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podtastic Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 16 hours ago, Pontus said: ... simply has no respect for the position and importance of a postal carrier... Except for the part about actually delivering mail, and no mention of regular parcel tampering and theft, you could be writing about our national postal service. None of these carriers bother me - but I cringe when its USPS simply because they hand over to our national postal service. A few days for the parcel to reach the country...and then months waiting for it to go from one city to another... if it miraculously isn't stolen by postal workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikElvis Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Probably more then half of my shipments from japan aren’t even attempted to be delivered. They just put the slip in the mailbox. It doesn’t help I’m a couple hundred feet off the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 4 hours ago, ErikElvis said: Probably more then half of my shipments from japan aren’t even attempted to be delivered. They just put the slip in the mailbox. It doesn’t help I’m a couple hundred feet off the road. I'd have a camera in my mailbox. Collect evidence that they're not attempting to deliver. Then compile it all and file a complaint. That's a bunch of bull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 My local USPS hasn’t redelivered a single package in 3 1/2 years. Fill out the form online. Leave the slip in the box. Nothing. They just ignore it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 My guy has told me he will redeliver, but the post office itself is 1 block away, on my way home, and closes an hour after I get off work so I always just pick up there rather than waiting an extra day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Since we're on the subject of USPS incompetence, I just received a parcel from HLJ. Seeing as I have not shipped anything from them since early November, I'm assuming these are my replacement SV-51 legs that USPS pulled a "return to sender" on without even attempting to deliver or leaving a slip on my door or mailbox. Had to check the status online with the tracking number HLJ provided to find out what happened to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Ultimetal Battle Damaged Optimus Prime. Un-boxed this monster today. I absolutely like the battle damaged version more than the standard. And it's officially time to put some hours in on displays. "Just put that anywhere" is probably the best description of their current state. Time to set up some LED's and build another Detolf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I am seeing some people starting to receive and showing off their JG Hobby 1/100 MB Metal Build Sazabi. Anyone PO one? https://www.showzstore.com/pre-order-jianggao-model-jg-mg-1-100-mb-msn-04-msn04-sazabi-mobile-suit-gundam-metal-build-ver-ka_p1552.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 15 minutes ago, kkx said: I am seeing some people starting to receive and showing off their JG Hobby 1/100 MB Metal Build Sazabi. Anyone PO one? https://www.showzstore.com/pre-order-jianggao-model-jg-mg-1-100-mb-msn-04-msn04-sazabi-mobile-suit-gundam-metal-build-ver-ka_p1552.html I did. I've got tracking but it hasn't gone anywhere yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 28 minutes ago, kkx said: I am seeing some people starting to receive and showing off their JG Hobby 1/100 MB Metal Build Sazabi. Anyone PO one? https://www.showzstore.com/pre-order-jianggao-model-jg-mg-1-100-mb-msn-04-msn04-sazabi-mobile-suit-gundam-metal-build-ver-ka_p1552.html I did. But it hasn't been shipped yet. Some members posted on the Third Party Gundam Thread they got bumped on the 2nd batch which is this coming March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 27 minutes ago, sqidd said: I did. I've got tracking but it hasn't gone anywhere yet. Sweet, can't wait to see your photo. 12 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: I did. But it hasn't been shipped yet. Some members posted on the Third Party Gundam Thread they got bumped on the 2nd batch which is this coming March. I will check out the Gundam thread. Thanks. I saw some very small photo on taoboa review/comments on item on sale. They looks ok. But some YT comments said many are dissapointed by the bare plastic red and loose joints. I would not mind too much (about the joints) since it will be mostly static posted not play with. But some said that the hand can't hold the weight of the weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 20 minutes ago, kkx said: Sweet, can't wait to see your photo. I will check out the Gundam thread. Thanks. I saw some very small photo on taoboa review/comments on item on sale. They looks ok. But some YT comments said many are dissapointed by the bare plastic red and loose joints. I would not mind too much (about the joints) since it will be mostly static posted not play with. But some said that the hand can't hold the weight of the weapons. That is a huge pet peeve of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sanity is Optional Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 2 hours ago, kkx said: I am seeing some people starting to receive and showing off their JG Hobby 1/100 MB Metal Build Sazabi. Anyone PO one? https://www.showzstore.com/pre-order-jianggao-model-jg-mg-1-100-mb-msn-04-msn04-sazabi-mobile-suit-gundam-metal-build-ver-ka_p1552.html I'm on the March batch, so it'll be a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkx Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Sanity is Optional said: I'm on the March batch, so it'll be a while. I just paid for PO yesterday. Very late to the party. It will be a long wait. Hopefully they will address some of the issues and complains found in the current batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, kkx said: I just paid for PO yesterday. Very late to the party. It will be a long wait. Hopefully they will address some of the issues and complains found in the current batch. That's why I'm not stressing it. Sometimes it's better to get the second production run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pontus Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Well, fortunately these lovely ladies found their way to my doorstep unlike the last one. Is it wrong to collect figures yr not even familiar with as characters simply because they're super cute and awesome looking? I think I have a problem because I can't stop buying these things. I am actually familiar with Hatsune Miku, but I'm not a fan. Edited January 11, 2020 by Pontus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Pontus said: Well, fortunately these lovely ladies found their way to my doorstep unlike the last one. Is it wrong to collect figures yr not even familiar with as characters simply because they're super cute and awesome looking? I think I have a problem because I can't stop buying these things. I am actually familiar with Hatsune Miku, but I'm not a fan. I prefer Black Heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Pontus said: Is it wrong to collect figures yr not even familiar with as characters simply because they're super cute and awesome looking? You just described literally 90% of my collection. I mostly get things because they look cool. Go with whatever puts a smile on your face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumyumgoy Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, sqidd said: You just described literally 90% of my collection. I mostly get things because they look cool. Go with whatever puts a smile on your face. So true, you do you @Pontus! Heck, I hold onto the AmiAmi art that they include with their packages for this reason lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave IV Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 12 hours ago, Pontus said: Well, fortunately these lovely ladies found their way to my doorstep unlike the last one. Is it wrong to collect figures yr not even familiar with as characters simply because they're super cute and awesome looking? I think I have a problem because I can't stop buying these things. I am actually familiar with Hatsune Miku, but I'm not a fan. I see no problem here. I’ve considered getting some figures like this but even an uncontrollable hoarding collector like me had to draw the line somewhere. I have cracked on rare occasions like the SuperSonico AGP Ride Armor because transforming Bike Armor toys are nearly irresistible to me. I haven’t photoed it yet but for reference I have been getting other similar figures but of characters I am very familiar with because I’ve found there are so many figures like these, it’s pretty easy to find ones I like that are also of characters I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 16 hours ago, Pontus said: Well, fortunately these lovely ladies found their way to my doorstep unlike the last one. Is it wrong to collect figures yr not even familiar with as characters simply because they're super cute and awesome looking? I think I have a problem because I can't stop buying these things. I am actually familiar with Hatsune Miku, but I'm not a fan. Come to the dark side; venture down the smutty rabbit hole. I like that Purple heart but prices on it are just too much for the official and I just can't get behind bootlegs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 25 minutes ago, anime52k8 said: Come to the dark side; venture down the smutty rabbit hole. I like that Purple heart but prices on it are just too much for the official and I just can't get behind bootlegs. I guess this version is out of the question? https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=MED-DVD2-43855 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anime52k8 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 17 minutes ago, Lolicon said: I guess this version is out of the question? https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=MED-DVD2-43855 ~$275 for a blu-ray I'm never going to watch? No thank you. Nice of them to include a free figure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamutzyro Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Got my 2 prime 1 studio Batman hush statues..... love them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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