Green Arrow now on Matty

[geoffdude]

Thanks for the shipping update! Wow. $30.00 for ONE Mego-like figure. Hmmm. This thing better rock the house down...and then some.

Standard prices these days I'm afraid. It's actually a pretty good deal compared against current prices for the smaller Marvel Legends, and 6" DC Universe Classics. The day of "Cheap" toys are long over.. except for store sales etc.

[Brown Bear]

Probably end up costing me $40 Cdn by the time I get it to my door.

No love for Canada I guess.

[AAAAA]

Shipping is around $9 for anything off of Matty. I can't imagine this would be more. It's best if you combine shipping on a few items, the price rarely goes up much.

If you're just buying 1 item, it's a bit of a bummer.

maybe a group purchase is in order

[geoffdude]

I get the feeling that some just don't ship things too much.

USPS, FedEx and UPS have all raised rates over the last year. Prices are up, up, up on all things these days. Average shipping prices for one toy figure, in the package, will run you about $8 bucks or so. Out of the package, maybe $5-$6 in one of those yellow padded envelopes.

*Keep in mind the USPS also lost millions over the last few years. So rates are likely to climb even more.

[MIB41]

[QUOTE=geoffdude;426052]Average shipping prices for one toy figure, in the package, will run you about $8 bucks or so. Out of the package, maybe $5-$6 in QUOTE]

You can place a figure in a flat rate box from USPS with priority shipping for $4.95.

[ODBJBG]

Funny. If UPS or Fed-Ex "lost millions" like the post office does they'd no longer be in business. Perhaps the post office should be taking lessons from these other companies?
That's "gub'ment" at work with our tax dollars! Let's give them more!!

Rich

Of course the USPS does about 5X the work that Fed Ex or UPS do. Trust me, you don't want to live in a world without a service as reliable as USPS. Not to mention that a lot of money lost came from having to improve safety testing so you don't get bombs or anthrax in the mail with your Megos.

Small price to pay.

[ODBJBG]

That's a bunch of bull. They've complained about losing money ever since I can remember and WAY before the 9/11 stuff and security measures. They're just an inefficient dinosaur with overpaid employees and just keep raising prices and cutting service.
Rich

Or they're the second largest employeer of American jobs in the US behind only Walmart. They are one of the few jobs that offer good benefits to their employees as again, opposed to say Walmart. I'd love to know what your alternative to the USPS is? Thus far, no one has shown any ability to do anything anywhere near the job they do.

The USPS is one of the only Government agencies that is actually spelled out in the freaking constitution and had the backing of Benjamin Franklin. The USPS is the undoubtedly one of the most American institutions there is.

Personally I don't think the USPS should be self sufficient at all (Which they have been for years although in recent times have been operating at a loss) as they're as vital a part of the USA as anything else. Police and firefighters don't have to be self sufficient.

Most of the increased cost of the USPS comes from gas. For every penny the price of gas goes up, they have to spend several million dollars. They operate the largest civillian fleet of cars in the world. However massive security issues caused them to restructure even more to protect not only the millions of USPS employees but also you, the customer.

Despite all that, in most instances the USPS is one of the most reliable mail services in the world and without a doubt still the cheapest way to send a package in the US.

Those are the facts.

[ODBJBG]

And for the record, Matty only uses UPS which is why it costs twice as much to ship and takes twice as long.

Ordered 4 packages that got here today. USPS packages arrived a noon, UPS packages got here at 4PM.

[geoffdude]

[QUOTE=MIB41;426063]

Average shipping prices for one toy figure, in the package, will run you about $8 bucks or so. Out of the package, maybe $5-$6 in QUOTE]

You can place a figure in a flat rate box from USPS with priority shipping for $4.95.

Or, that.

You just won't get a Mint on Card figure sent for that.

[WannabeMego]

Funny. If UPS or Fed-Ex "lost millions" like the post office does they'd no longer be in business. Perhaps the post office should be taking lessons from these other companies?
That's "gub'ment" at work with our tax dollars! Let's give them more!!

Rich

The Post Office hasn't been a Government Entity since the 1970's and hasn't received Government money since the 1980's.

United States Postal Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[ODBJBG]

[QUOTE=geoffdude;426140]

Or, that.

You just won't get a Mint on Card figure sent for that.

Actually as long as you don't use a USPS box, you can fit almost any 6-8 inch figure for that MOC, with packing peanuts. I do it all the time. Especially figures Mego size on card.

If you use the USPS box it's a bit more, but you're also paying for the box.

It all depends on what you're shipping though so it's all relative. Most of Matty's stuff ships in an inner box, which makes the smaller postage almost undoable.

For those curious, I just recently ordered 5 things from Matty and it cost $12.15 to ship it. For one thing it's usually around $8.50 for me. Hope that helps.

[Toy Talk]

I gotta go with Kryptomaster, Wikipedia is rarely recognized as a credible source due to their policy of open posting without credibility checks.

Here is a site with a bit more believability that states the USPS is wholly owned by the US Government and has never privatized. Although, the USPS does not accept funds from the Government; instead relying on sales like any civilian company would.

Postal Freedom Index > U.S.A. - United States Postal Service

[drmego]

Which is why beating up a postal worker is a federal offense.

Not that I have ever done so.

I love the post office - well, the Old Bethpage branch anyway.

[ODBJBG]

Nah, didn't touch a nerve with me. You said some foolish stuff, I just presented the reality.

Quick name a service that on average everyone in the country uses every day... Got one? It's the USPS.

Quick... Name another.

There aren't any.

On another note and not to open up another can of worms, but Wikipedia on average is actually very rarely wrong. 9 out of 10 instances of Wikipedia being flat out wrong are acts of vandalism and are usually corrected within minutes. They did a study a while back and Wikipedia's batting average on correctness was at the same level as places like Encyclopedia Britannica.

For the most part Wikipedia just summarizes information from more credible sources.

[Toy Talk]

Hey I'm with ya on the Wikipedia usually being correct thing. Now can you convince my professors of that, because they are not so easily persuaded. The lack of recognized credibility is generated from non-credentialing when it comes to the authors.

Doc's right, the post office folks are pretty cool. My postman has even fed my dog for me when I had to leave for a day. Amazingly Max (my retriever) likes the mailman.