Did anyone else get one of those DNS wave 3 cases?

[Squishee Slinger]

They had some wave 3 cases for $79.99 and $7 shipping. That's a really good deal given what the 2 rares get nowdays and also how HTF Shield Breaker and Quick Slinger are getting these days.

I'm suprised this wasn't mentioned here. I think I picked up the last case because they aren't listed anymore.

~SS~

[Secter]

I noticed those deals too last night. The deal is re-listed again as of right now, if anyone is interested. Might be a better option for some of you who are still missing a Storm Wing or Tomb Wraith, rather then trying to get each one for 30 bucks on eBay. As for me I think I am pretty much Xevozed out of the older stuff. I am eageryl awaiting wave 4s arrival now...[/b]

[Grayfox]

SS, how big is that case? Cause I'm afraid shipping would kill me if I ordered that.

[Mantyf]

Where is it listed on the site? I'm having a bit of trouble navagating their site. For instance, TS and CK vs PC arn't on the Xevoz menu, only the "back in stock" menu (and they're both out of stock).

[Heyyou]

MightyIgoo (did I spell that right?) listed this website in the "news and questions" thread. www.casefresh.com They supposedly have storm wing, tomb wraith, and Crypt curse in stock at approx. retail prices. The catch is they're out of Australia, so god knows what the shipping would be.

[triskela]

With Case Fresh, expect something like $17-20 USD per figure. Also, you have to make your order pretty big or the postage eats up the point of ordering with them. And they are either out of Storm Wings or they are limiting customers to 2 each. Their prices are not quite retail for the U.S., but they give you a break on taxes you don't have to pay if you are a U.S. customer. The prices are a tad higher in all cases.

BTW, I was actually spammed by them via eBay somehow. Not my favorite thing to have happen.

[Bleighdzes]

Heyyou said:

MightyIgoo (did I spell that right?) listed this website in the "news and questions" thread. www.casefresh.com They supposedly have storm wing, tomb wraith, and Crypt curse in stock at approx. retail prices. The catch is they're out of Australia, so god knows what the shipping would be.

Not that my experience should govern australian purchases for any of you, but a few months ago, I bought a Tomb Wraith from another online retailer from the land down under. I probably picked up the last one from Biby Co, which went for 16.99 AUD. Converted to US currency, that's just over 10 dollars, and considering the scarcity, plus the ebay alternative, not a bad price at all IMO.

Additionally, there was a deduction in sales tax that was discounted from my total order since I was not an australian resident. I can't remember the percentage; it might have been like 5 or 10 percent from my total cost. It saved me a few bucks at most.

Shipping was the only thing that would be considered steep; roughly 10 dollars, but you have to remember that this is coming from the other side of the world pretty much and also consider if it would be better to pay maybe 20 dollars in total from the online retailer for a hard to find fig, or God-only-knows-how-much from an ebay purchase?

I'm going to try out Case Fresh and let you know of my experience with them. Stay tuned.

[Grayfox]

E-mailed Casefresh 2 days ago asking for a shipping quote, but they haven't answered yet.

I also emailed Collectable Kingdom last week asking about their Wave 4 availability and still no answer either.

What's up with stores not answering questions? Don't they know I'm a potential customer? Pretty lame I think...

[Squishee Slinger]

Fox - the case has...

1 storm wing
1 tomb wraith
1 dune stinger
1 shock berserker
2 quick slinger
2 shield breaker

I got it shipped by fedex for $7. I'll stick to this deal in the states over case fresh.

~SS~

[Grayfox]

Thanks.

This is *very* tempting...what to do..

[Ming]

I just splurged and placed an order with Case Fresh. I'll let you guys know what happens.

[Bleighdzes]

Ok, as I said, I will update you guys on my order with Case Fresh.

I placed an order with them for the following:

1 Storm Wing
1 Tomb Wraith
2 Crypt Curses

Roughly, my order comes to 90 dollars; I'll itemize so if anyone is more curious about this option, they have a bit more of information to work with.

$15.00 AUD = $11.80 US - 1 Storm Wing
$15.00 AUD = $11.80 US - 1 Tomb Wraith
$22.50 AUD = $17.69 US - 1 Crypt Curse

So, $11.80 x 2 = $23.60 and $17.69 x 2 = $35.38

$35.38 + $23.60 = $58.98, which would be the cost of just the figs, but this is in thing I don't get: when I looked at the prince per Case Fresh, they said that the cost was $68.20 AUD, which is $53.61 US. I'm thinking that the weird thing I noticed also with the Biby Co order is also happening here, because the math I did on my order with them was also a bit higher than what they quoted me on. Either that, or they gave me some sort of discount for buying 4 figs or something, because by their prices, I should be paying $75.00 AUD; if you do the math, you'll see that I'm either right or that I don't know how to add.

For these 4 figs, Case Fresh quoted shipping to be $39.20 AUD - Ouch, and at the same time, to be expected purchasing from Australia. This comes out to roughly $30 US. Not for the light-hearted. Dave, I see what you went through.

I added $7 AUD for insurance on the package, roughly $5 US.

I know what a lot of you will be saying after reading this, the math still doesn't add up. My total charge from Case Fresh is $114.90 AUD and per the current exchange rates, that's $90 and some change.

I'm not saying this is a good buy, nor am I saying this is a bad buy, but what I wanted to do, aside from getting the figs I was looking for, was to provide this community with some info on making a decision since some folks were teetering between options available. I hope this was helpful.

[Grayfox]

Any way I count it, $39.00 for shipping is a bad, bad buy

[triskela]

If you are after the magic three: Tomb Wraith, Storm Wing, and Crypt Curse - then it makes sense.

That's no 2 for $6 at KB, but it's better than average for eBay - if that was your only other hope.

Personally, I buy the vast majority of my toys at deep discount if I can find it. But I am a latecomer to Xevoz, so I have more readily acclimated myself to the idea that the prices might not be so good for me as respects this particular toy line. If you have been collecting it all year, the prices some of us are readily willing to pay now will make no sense to you because you were able to score in quantity for far less.

I bought three Xevoz one day at TRU because they had the promo sale going. I got Inferno Fury, Grim Jack, and the Hemo Goblin kit (although this one might have been the next day, I can't recall). I was hooked immediately. And yes, immediately shocked and annoyed that such a great toy was apparently being dropped. A toy I had never even heard about until it was on sale. And now, I have blown all my saved up "mad money" for xmas on this line. I looked for something interesting toy-wise until late January and found Xevoz.

The toy industry is completely stupid these days. They give a line a mere handful of months to perform, sometimes with no promotion, and when it fails they dump them on clearance. That's not much of a business plan.

Hasbro is as dumb as dumb can get if they fail to realize what Xevoz can be for them.

We enthusiasts, old and new, pay the price of their stupidity.

[Bleighdzes]

Grayfox said:

Any way I count it, $39.00 for shipping is a bad, bad buy

Yeah, that's been the only thing that I haven't liked too much about international orders; the cost of shipping & the lack of options when it comes to shipping. Biby Co gave me 2 options, which I thought was incredible, but after figuring the costs, they were only $1 or less apart from each other.

I'll say this though, the cost of shipping from Australia isn't as bad as some other countries I've had experience with, relatively speaking.