I wanted to order a K33 needle and a few other bits, and when I went to go check out, I saw the shipping options were an untracked envelope for 9 euro (about what I'd usually expect for ordinary tracked shipping from Europe to the US, in my experience), or a whopping 27.50 euro for what I presume by contrast is tracked and boxed shipping (I say presume, because unlike the cheaper option it isn't described)
Why so expensive? Is this a Netherlands thing? I've ordered from them before a couple years ago, and I don't remember the shipping being this... comically expensive. I've ordered stuff from all over Europe, and the only country where I've seen shipping costs like this is France (which is even worse, and has done a pretty good job of preventing me from buying from French businesses even when I've wanted to).
Also there was a 6 euro "paypal fee". I've never seen a vendor of any kind anywhere charge a "paypal fee" before, so this seems super weird, and If I didn't know they were a legit respected company, it'd be a big red flag.
All this extra cost ended up scuttling the transaction for me. With everything add up and the exchange rate calculated, I was looking at close to $200 when my before checkout calculations had me at around $140. I really want one of those needles, but I sure as hell wouldn't want such a part shipped in just an envelope (not even locally, never mind overseas), and untracked shipping feels like something that almost shouldn't even exist anymore.
Does anyone know what this is about? Is it a recent development? Is it different if one is ordering from a different country than the US? I look at that shipping and think I might legit be better off paying someone local (to Foxy) to buy it for me and ship it themselves rather than buying direct.
Sorry if I seem frustrated. I just got my first Micron, and a K33 needle was budgeted for in my savings target for the brush, and now that I go to buy it all of a sudden it it's out of reach again... because of a surprise comedy charge in the checkout process.
Why so expensive? Is this a Netherlands thing? I've ordered from them before a couple years ago, and I don't remember the shipping being this... comically expensive. I've ordered stuff from all over Europe, and the only country where I've seen shipping costs like this is France (which is even worse, and has done a pretty good job of preventing me from buying from French businesses even when I've wanted to).
Also there was a 6 euro "paypal fee". I've never seen a vendor of any kind anywhere charge a "paypal fee" before, so this seems super weird, and If I didn't know they were a legit respected company, it'd be a big red flag.
All this extra cost ended up scuttling the transaction for me. With everything add up and the exchange rate calculated, I was looking at close to $200 when my before checkout calculations had me at around $140. I really want one of those needles, but I sure as hell wouldn't want such a part shipped in just an envelope (not even locally, never mind overseas), and untracked shipping feels like something that almost shouldn't even exist anymore.
Does anyone know what this is about? Is it a recent development? Is it different if one is ordering from a different country than the US? I look at that shipping and think I might legit be better off paying someone local (to Foxy) to buy it for me and ship it themselves rather than buying direct.
Sorry if I seem frustrated. I just got my first Micron, and a K33 needle was budgeted for in my savings target for the brush, and now that I go to buy it all of a sudden it it's out of reach again... because of a surprise comedy charge in the checkout process.
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