Instead Stash for Sale

[sabre]

Hey guys came across this tonight on Evilbay 131 UN-Built Armour Kits, looks to be a lot of nice kits in amongst this stash and many still wrapped in plastic from the factory. Hey an instead Stash for anyone who loves Armour and has the coin, bidding is at $1080 U.S. as I type with over 3 days to go. 

Here's one thing that gets to me about Ebay or should I say some of the sellers or maybe it's just the crazy international fees of the U.S. Postal Service. Earlier today I ask this fellow in the States how much to ship a Revell 1/72 U-Boat to Australia. I got quoted $77 U.S. for one kit and yes it's a big kit at around a metre long but hey to ship this lot of 131 kits down-under only $73 U.S. (go figure) and even with a $194 Import Duty I have to say it's still looks like bargain once the maths is done ($10.30 U.S. or $13.17 AUD a kit)

Maybe worth pooling your money together guys and I see there are a lot of tanks that could be used in the up coming Barbarossa Group Build. 

Here's the list if you're interested. 

6436 LCM 3 LANDING CRAFT CB 35038 7.62CM FK 36(R) AUF PZJGR 5T “DIANA”



6385 CRUSADER MK. II CB 35029 A13 MKII CRUISER TANK MK IVA



6451 AUTOBLINDA AB43 CB 35014 U.S. PIPER CUB L-4 GRASSHOPPER



6482 AUTOBLINDA AB40 CB 35018 PIPER CUB L4H “ROSIE THE ROCKETEER”



6422 AUTOBLINDA AB41 CB 35161 M22 LOCUST (T9E1) AIRBORNE TANK (BRITISH)



6459 STAGHOUND MK I CB 35006 ITALIAN CV3/33 TANKETTE (SERIES II) EARLY



6389 U.S. MARINES M4 SHERMAN CB 35001 FRENCH H39 HOTCHKISS LIGHT TANK



6469 CARRO ARMATO L6/40 CB 35027 A13 MK II CRUISER TANK MK. IV



6477 SEMOVENTE L40 DA 47/52 CB 35025 A13 MKI CRUISER TANK MK. III



6476 CARRO ARMATO P 40 HELLER



6456 AUTOBLINDA AB40 FERROVIARIA 798 CHAR RENAULT R35



358 PANZERJAGER I W/ 4.7 CM PAK 793 CHAR SOMUA S35



209 JAGDPANZER 38T 794 CHAR HOTCHKISS H35



205 2 ½ TON CARGO TRUCK U.S. ZVEZDA



218 PZ KPFW IV (H) 3516 M-13/40



221 OPEL MAULTIER 3508 T-60 SOVIET LIGHT TANK



225 SHERMAN M4A1 HOBBY BOSS



6392 DVKW AMPHIB TRUCK 82491 GERMAN SD. KFZ. 254 TRACKED ARMORED CAR



213 M13/40 FIAT ANSAL 82494 SOVIET T-26 LIGHT TANK MOD. 1931



300 GERMAN PAK 40 7.5CM 82477 HUNGARIAN LIGHT TANK 38M TOLDI I (A20)



207 PANZER I COMMAND TANK



TOGA VM



N/A T 20 KOMSOMOLYETS ARTILLERY TRACTOR 359503 VALENTINE IV MK. III (2)







MIRAGE CYBER-HOBBY



35303 VICKERS E MK. A LIGHT TANK 6699 IJN TYPE 2 (KA-MI) W/PONTOONS



35305 RENAULT UE 6666 NEUBAU-FAHRZEUG



35515 TANKIETKA TKS-MG15 9111 PZ KPFW III AUSF E/F



35514 TRANSPORTER RENAULT UE AFV CLUB



35306 TANKIETKA AMER-UE AF-35S48 SD KFZ II + LE FH 18 HOWITZER



35310 VICKERS-ARMSTRONG “6 TON” MK F AF-35153 CHURCHILL MK III



35304 VICKERS E MK B CZOTG LEKKI STCSTART



35302 7TP (TWIN TURRET) MQST0003 T-30 SOVIET LIGHT TANK



N/A T26-A (TWIN TURRET) TOCT25779-90 BA-20 ARMORED CAR (RAIL)



VULCAN MQST0004 T-40 SOVIET LT AMPHIB TANK



56008 BRITISH LIGHT TANK MARK VI B ICM



HISTORIC 35031 T-28 SOVIET MEDIUM TANK



35-004 SD KFZ 231 (6 RAD) ARMORED CAR 35041 T-35 SOVIET HEAVY TANK



CMK 35181 SOVIET TANK CREW 1939/42



T35006 PZ KPFW 35(T)/SKODA LT VZ 35 ALAN



T35022 PANZERJAGER PZ 35(T)/R-2 TACAM 014 SIG-33



T35023 SKODA LT VZ 35 015 GRILLE - M



SPOJINA 005 WESPE



N/A 7TP POLISH LIGHT TANK (2) 011 MARDER IID



RODEN 007 PANZER I AUSF D



RO 801 1920 MK I ROLLS ROYCE ARMORED CAR 3522 B-4 203MM HOWITZER



TECHMOD RPM



3002 T-50 SOVIET LIGHT TANK N/A TKW1 W/INTERIOR TANKETTE







DRAGON TRISTAR



6084 16TH LUFTWAFFE FIELD DIV FIGURES 017 PZ KPFW IV AUSF C LATE



6678 IJN TYPE 2 (KA-MI) AMPH. TANK 008 PANZER I AUSF A LATE



6121 SHERMAN VC FIREFLY 021 PZ KPFW IV AUSF B



6222 SD KFZ 265 KLEINE PANZERBEFEHLWAGEN I ACADEMY



9025 BRITISH BISHOP SELF-PROPELLED GUN 1399 M-3 STUART “HONEY”



6264 PZ KPFW IV AUSF E 1393 M-10 GUN MOTOR CARRIAGE



6631 PZ KPFW III AUSF E 13212 M3 GRANT



6404 US M4AI DV 13206 M3 LEE



6231 BRITISH SHERMAN MK III CERTI



6048 M4A1 75MM EARLY PRODUCTION 3501 WZ. 34 ARMORED CAR



6579 SHERMAN M4 DV MAQUETTE



6291 PZ KPFW IV AUSF C MQ3542 PZ KPFW 38(T) AUSF A-D



9040 PZ KPFW III AUSF E MQ3512 T-34 MODEL 1941



6467 M3 75MM GUN MOTOR CARRIAGE MQ3511 T-34 MODEL 1940



DML MQ3565 BT-2 LIGHT TANK



6008 STUG III AUSF B SD KFZ 14 MQ3508 SIG 33 AUF PZ KPFW I AUSF B BISON



9004 “GRILLE” AUSF H SD KFZ 138/1 W/CREW MQ3510 T-26-A LIGHT TANK LTD. ED.



6035 M4A4 SHERMAN



9003 RUSSIAN BA-20 ARMORED CAR



TRUMPETER



05529 GERMAN NEUBAUFAHEZEUG NR. 3-5



00354 PANZERJAGER 39(H) MIT 7.5CM PAK 40/1 MARDER 1











TAMIYA



35282 FRENCH CHAR B1 BIS



25112 PZ KPFW 35(T)



MM149 T-34/76



MM145 QUAD GUN TRACTOR



MM248 MARDER III



35309 BT-7 MODEL 1935



35255 MARDER III M



35190 M4 SHERMAN (EARLY PRODUCTION)



35149 T-34/76 “CHTZ” PRODUCTION”



MM196 PZ KPFW IV AUSF D



MM204A 6X4 TRUCK KRUPP PROTZE



35145 3.7CM FLAK 37



MM191 20MM FLAKVIERLING 38



EASTERN EXPRESS



35127 BA-6 ARMORED CAR



35111 BT-7 EARLY VERSION LIGHT TANK



35125 BA-3 ARMORED CAR



35112 BT-7 LATE VERSION



35116 FINNISH SPG BT-42



35114 BT-7A W/76MM GUN



35102 KV-85



35124 BA-1 ARMORED CAR

[wbill76]

The trick with international shipping is always the dimensions. Once you get past a certain dimensional size, the weight itself becomes almost irrelevant since it almost always goes air freight. Doesn't surprise me that a single kit would cost nearly the same in shipping costs for a whole lot like this.

[afvfan]

Someone is going to take a bath on the shipping costs. Going to Australia, a box large enough for 6 full sized Dragon kits, with a total weight of 12 lbs, costs just shy of $90 to be sent through the mail. I can't even imagine the size of a box that will hold 131 kits, but it'll be over the postal air limits, not to mention a gross weight of 80 or 90 lbs. I did notice the auction is listed through Ebay's global mail system. Maybe that's the reason it's so inexpensive.

[afvfan]

If anyone cares....this lot ended up selling for $1605.00 plus shipping. That averages out to around $12.00 per kit.

[wbill76]

Feb 26, 2015 19:47:52 GMT -5 afvfan said:

If anyone cares....this lot ended up selling for $1605.00 plus shipping. That averages out to around $12.00 per kit.

Sounds about right for e-bay kit prices these days.

[afvfan]

Feb 27, 2015 14:31:12 GMT -5 wbill76 said:

Feb 26, 2015 19:47:52 GMT -5 afvfan said:

If anyone cares....this lot ended up selling for $1605.00 plus shipping. That averages out to around $12.00 per kit.

Sounds about right for e-bay kit prices these days.

I don't know. I was kind of thinking the guy selling the lot came out of it pretty good considering the amount of "substandard" kits on the list. A pretty fair number of those can be found on dealer's tables at shows for $10 (or less).

Oh well .... as long as the buyer's happy, who am I to debate it.

[sabre]

Yeh!!! I think he ended up with a decent price, especially when he sold it as a 131 lot. He could of got a lot more selling them individually but he has save himself the hassle of having to go through selling & posting every kit. I half expected he'd get over $1500 in the end and I worked it out to be around $21 AUD per kit when the auction finished the other day. Which is quite reasonable here on Ebay AU, although today it would of worked out to be $25 per kit. The Green Back is gaining strength again against the Aussie dollar which will put the brakes on buying kits from the U.S. for a while but will obviously be a bonus if you live in America and are buying something from Australia. 

It was interesting to read about this new Global Shipping Program and whether this lot qualified for it after reading about the item's eligibility is debatable. There's a lot of info on the Internet about this new GSP , I've read some disturbing things about it so beware. Like some of the Import changes they are adding onto an item if sent to Australia or elsewhere, I think it's a dam wrong what this company is trying to change buyers, Australia has no import duty for one on items under 1K. A warning was published on Ozformers website about the changes being imposed and for starters if you brought more then one item from a seller that offers Global Shipping they can not combined the postage.

Another thing I've read about this new GSP is that your item is sent to a central location where it is opened and repacked by contractors carrying out the work. Most sellers take the time to pack your item properly but then it is repacked in what has been described as below standard packaging as a cost cutting measure by the contractors. I can't confirm this but it was something I read the other day from a unsatisfied customer and in his words . 

"Sellers send their sold items to a central mailing centre run by the contractor & from there the items are then dispatched to the buyers country. Based on my experience the contractor also re-packs & labels the goods, packaging & label look very similar to Amazon but the quality of packaging in my case beats the worst effort I've seen from Amazon. No doubt to improve the contractor's profits, a very cheap/thin cardboard box with zero padding/filling was used which resulted in my new Peter Gabriel 4 Classic Records 45rpm box set arriving damaged inside & out."

Although the new Global Shipping Program has merits, it is far from a perfect and I urge anyone using this new Global Shipping Program to do their research before hand.

So with that in mind I leave you with this.

[BJ---Rest In Peace]

YUCK.. I just read that.. Glad it's not Mandatory. But I am mostly a Buyer.. And Yes.. I am Glad the US Dollar is bouncing back. Makes for some better deals this way after all these years of not being worth it.
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