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

[Ashley Lofstrom]

Also check Race Day Quads for batteries Ryan doesn't have in stock. Great
prices and fast cheap shipping. I know lipos can be a pain to get up here
but these guys are great. They're out of Florida and I always get someone
on the line when I call and my stuff tracked and delivered within a week.

On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 11:09 AM Robert Stephens via AlaskaRC <
alaskarc at lists.alaskarc.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *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
> 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
> [image: image.png]
>
> 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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