Thanks for the response gentlemen.

I guess we all know costs have gone up but inflation from 12.95 to 39.95?!?!!

Also, oil has gone DOWN in cost of late. Petrol (gas) used to be £1.25+ a litre it's now around 95p which is a big reduction.

Bottom line we are now heading it would appear for a world recession. Collectibles are a luxury item in many peoples eyes and will especially be the first sacrifice if the cost is too high.

My last take on the subject. Thanks again.

For some reason the wonderful folks at Code 3 are still sending stuff to me free (when they actually have something worth buying)

Location: not in the US

Last time a friend sent me a parcel with 2 1/43 Yat ming to Belgium it didn't cost me more than 20 usd.
The C3 shipping rates to Europe seems a little expensive.
If you have to buy 10 models you have better to catch a plane to collect in USA!!!

Patrick.

Location: Belgium

Not to beat a dead horse, but $40 dollars is absurd to ship this package. I'm not sure what you mean, but you can still ship internationally with the post office and it doe not cost 40 bucks. Again, heres the thing - companies LOVE to blame something on a "fuel surcharge" and the price of oil. So when the price of fuel and oil go down to 5 year lows, why don't the prices of models go down to 5 year lows? Because they reason the price went up had nothing to do with oil or gas or production...just the desire for higher profit per model

Location: Illinois

Just came today from USPS:

Express Mail International -$23.95, Priority Mail international $9.95, Global Express Guaranteed $29.95. So, I can get something in 6-10 business days internationally for $9.95. YEAH thats close to 40 bucks.

Location: Illinois

Code 3 does not use USPS to ship internationaly.

That's Code3's fault then.

Location: Illinois

I still only got charged $25.90 to have 2 CFR's sent to me in the UK by code 3 last month, so I dont care either way.
I contacted them, they sorted it.

Well C3's computer systems finally caught up and the free ride is over. To get this months model I'll need to fork out $20 for membership (although I save $10 on the model) and then another $40 for shipping so its $110 for the first model of the year.

Now can somebody explain why being a member saves me $10 on a model that is a members only piece anyway????

Location: Outside the USA

I certainly understand costs for transport going up with the instability and increasing costs of oil etc, so why? now that oil prices have crashed through the floor in the last month, are costs not reducing....all of these companies have their snouts in the trough and we are the ones paying for their well fed snouts.

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"Now can somebody explain why being a member saves me $10 on a model that is a members only piece anyway????"

It normaly gets offered to club members first, about 2 weeks before non members can order it.
But it is not a members only piece.
If it is, the dealers wont have it listed as a pre-order.
However, a true members only piece, will still show the normal price and the members discounted price, otherwise you will still get people saying, why cant I get my $10 discount of my members piece, whats the point in being a member, etc, etc, etc.

Location: London UK