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evil_boy
Sneak
157 Posts
    
 | | 12/08/2005 3:29 AM |
| Hi, I'm looking to buy some singles from online stores. Zenako's stickied list of such stores was a great help.
Is www.battleworks.net a reliable store to buy from? What about www.strikezoneonline.com? Have anyone bought from these stores, and was there any trouble with the transactions?
Also, what about iconusa? I've heard that they do not have any singles in stock, but only start bringing them in when an order is recieved. Which also means they may not be able to fulfil the orders recieved. Is this true? Makes me very reluctant to buy from them...
I appreciate any help you guys can give me regarding the 2 stores above, battleworks and strikezoneonline. Thanks a lot in advance! | |
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devasque
Sergeant
874 Posts
| | 12/09/2005 1:27 AM |
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Originally posted by evil_boy
I appreciate any help you guys can give me regarding the 2 stores above, battleworks and strikezoneonline. Thanks a lot in advance!
Can't say much for either site above. I've used Coolstuffinc.com and they've been solid in the past. CGarmory looks to keep an inventoried stock as well so you might try that one as well. | |
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Lady-Bast
Warrior
242 Posts
Central Illinois
| | 12/09/2005 2:06 AM |
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Are you an eBay member?
If so, have you checked out Auggie's?
I know he's one of the eBay favorites around here with some other Maxminiers. And my husband & I have bought a bunch of minis from him a number of times. One of my favorite sellers of single minis.
Here's the link for you, if ya wanna check his store out:
http://stores.ebay.com/Auggies-Games-n-Movies_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm
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AnarionZelle
Underboss
1127 Posts
USA
| | 12/09/2005 4:54 AM |
| When I first started collecting minis I bought a fair amount of product from Battleworks (service and availibility were always good), until their shipping rates went up. Soon after, I discovered the wonderful world of maxminis and the joys of ebay stores, and found that I could buy them for much less $$$.
Of course the trade off is that some of the online stores try to keep stocks of the olders sets, but you will pay an arm and a leg for them.
With just a little extra effort you can get minis from older sets here at maxminis from reputable sellers, or buy from ebay stores (a few do try to stock the older minis) and save a good chunk of change.
Good Luck [:)] | |
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evil_boy
Sneak
157 Posts
| | 12/09/2005 9:52 PM |
| Thanks guys!
I'm an ebay member but I don't live in the states, otherwise I'll be buying ALL my pieces from Auggies'.
Do you mean there are sellers on maxminis? How do I go about buying stuff from them? All this while I thought only trading was available on the boards... | |
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Zenako
Commander
3468 Posts
| | 12/09/2005 10:48 PM |
| Check some of the other threads in this forum. Quite a few members offer their minis for sale from time to time. Probably at prices slightly higher than EBAY, but lower than the stores.
As for the two you asked about, I have had over 20 dealings with Strikezone and all have been fine. Nothing personal to date with Battleworks, but someone from that shop is a poster/member on these boards and is pretty responsive from what I have seen. | |
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Oryan77
Sergeant
955 Posts
| | 12/10/2005 12:03 AM |
| | Pimpin my minis...a link to my list of minis for sale is in my sig. I'm located in the U.S. but I ship internationally :) | |
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Crescent Hawk
Sergeant
828 Posts
| | 12/10/2005 12:07 AM |
| | I know the guy that runs Battleworks and we game at his shop about once a month. Talk to him, he posts on here a bit. He might be able to cut you a deal. | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3898 Posts
Adelaide
| | 12/11/2005 9:45 PM |
| I haven't used battlenet. I have an order coming from www.strikezoneonline.com soon, my first with them so can't confirm how they are.
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bw
Warrior
249 Posts
Baton Rouge, LA
| | 12/12/2005 9:00 AM |
| Well we do have a public rating with yahoo, being a Yahoo Store and you also get buyer Protection with Yahoo.
we are not perfect but we do have a 4.5 star (out of 5) rating.
www.battleworks.net Rating: (The link is slow sometimes)
http://shopping.yahoo.com/merchrating/user_rv.html?merchant_id=1013784
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BudLeiser
Warrior
218 Posts
| | 12/12/2005 10:22 AM |
| | Strikezone is solid I ordered $40 worth of stuff from them. Good prices to. | |
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evil_boy
Sneak
157 Posts
| | 12/29/2005 7:46 PM |
| Thanks for all the help! As well as the offers I've recieved, too bad I've already made my purchases before reading your emails... sorry...
I've made an order with battleworks.net, namely because they have the items I wanted in sufficient quantities. And it's been over 2 weeks since they said they've shipped out the items. But I've still yet to recieve it. 2 emails to them regarding this issue have both not been replied.
Should I start to worry? [:(] | |
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smithmeg
Sergeant
508 Posts
| | 12/30/2005 12:11 AM |
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Originally posted by evil_boy
Should I start to worry? [:(]
It depends on where you are (and what sort of shipping is being used).
Speaking for myself, I've had packages coming airmail from the US take anything from a week to a month. (I'm in Australia). I've heard people in Europe talking about similar or slightly longer time frames.
Christmas holidays may also add further delays.
If it was me, I'd give it at least another week before I started to worry. | | | |
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