[AlaskaRC] Horizon Hobby & Tower Hobbies seem to be one in the same.

[Robert Stephens]

Don.

This is why I always shop local first.  Ryan can usually get you stuff in a week.  If that doesn’t work, I have found it really pays to shop for the best deals ie: shipping.  There can be a VAST difference in rates depending of the size of the vendor. Sometimes small vendors work with the customer better than the larger “Horizons”. Sometimes…….you have no choice.

Was looking at some Thunderpower batteries (2S325mah) to replace my old ones.  The batteries are about 10$ each.  Was going to order 6 but they wanted $90 for shipping!  $140 for 6 batteries makes em over 23 bucks a pop.  I think I will check with Ryan on those but LiPo orders at AHH tends to be slow.

The Microaces guy ships his kits, from England,  for under $24 US but he takes his orders each day to the post office on a bike.  That kind of service is unheard of in the USA.

Looking forward to seeing that P-40 on Wednesday .  Thanks for helping score at the Scale contest


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From: AlaskaRC <alaskarc-bounces at lists.alaskarc.org> on behalf of Don Fuller via AlaskaRC <alaskarc at lists.alaskarc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 4:54 AM
To: ARCS mailing list <alaskarc at lists.alaskarc.org>
Subject: [AlaskaRC] Horizon Hobby & Tower Hobbies seem to be one in the same.

Maybe this is already known by most of you, I new to the hobby but thought it was interesting. I ordered a cheap part from Horizon (prop shaft for my PT-17) paid 10.99 shipping for 4 to 9 days but the FedEx Number shows it arriving 12/11. 13 days excluding holidays and weekends. So I complained via email as I am sure many of you have with them. The interesting thing I'm getting to is the reply I received indicating that I had already received my order (which I did from Tower Hobbies) different part, order and company. See Below:

On 11/25/2019 9:31 AM, Horizon Hobby Sales wrote:
Dear Don,

Our apologies for the delay receiving the Tower Hobbies shipment and the last order you were charged $1.99 for postage. We do offer different types of shipping for more money and the packages would arrive quicker.
Expedited USPS $4.99

Thank you for the purchase and your order shipped on 10-31-19 Via Fedex Smartpost and they will deliver the package to a local USPS facility in your area. Tracking number Via USPS is 9274899992207771817624. Delivered on Friday 11/15/2019 at 12:13 pm.
https://www.fedex.com/apps/fedextrack/?action=track&tracknumbers=9274899992207771817624&locale=en_US&cntry_code=fcl

Thank you for contacting Horizon Hobby and have a great day.

Sincerely,
Robyn
Horizon Hobby, LLC
www.horizonhobby.com<http://www.horizonhobby.com>
1-800-338-4639

So I replied back as below:


Someone is confused on this, I ordered on 11/21 and paid 10.99 shipping. See below: This order could have been shipped in an envelope for 52 cents and been here within 5 days not a month.


Don Fuller

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Thanks to EBAY I should have a new prop shaft Friday for 2.99 shipping I ordered yesterday..

I guess the Moral of this Story is check EBAY first.

Don


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