Sideshows 4.00am debacle
Being a huge fan of Pablo’s and Martins work it is with great sadness that today the 13th January 2006 I am without a Grey Hulk Exclusive. Sideshow in their kindness and wisdom (they obviously hate us Europeans) decided to put this absolutely fantastic sculpt from one of the best sculptors in the business at the timely hour of 4.00am (based on Azogs initial link). Now being of sound mind I was in bed resting for the day ahead after waiting till 12.00am just in case they decided to put up this marvellous sculpt. You see I mainly collect their Marvel line and mainly their exclusives. But was I given an opportunity NO I WASN’T. Instead in their kindness and wisdom they sent me an email giving me the Heads UP on an action figure of Aragorn. Now while some people maybe interested in action figures, I isn’t one of them. Sideshow in its wisdom decided to move the ordering days from Friday to Thursday nights. Hell why not have it on Wednesday knowing that most people work the next morning while most people have weekends off.
This is not the first time Sideshow has ****ed over its European and non-US buyers. I have the fantastic Predator on order but this is only being shipped from the US warehouse and not the EU one so as well as paying $999 I pay duty, Import taxes and possibly big shipping fees.
It’s about time the people in Sideshow realise that the US market is not their only market. How would the US collectors have felt if SS decided to put this up at 4.00am your time while you were asleep? IMO it shows a complete lack of understanding of how people feel. Why couldn’t they have at least put it up like the usual times of 12.00am?
Maybe Sideshow can have someone respond, but I’d doubt that they would have the courage to explain how they are treating us Europeans.
BTW This piece will cost $299 plus shipping for you guys (It’s made in China). But by the time Sideshow ship it to me it will have cost close to $400 between delivery and VAT.
( I estimate that I have bought $8,000 worth of stuff from SS with about the same on order, I deserve more respect).
Being a huge fan of Pablo’s and Martins work it is with great sadness that today the 13th January 2006 I am without a Grey Hulk Exclusive. Sideshow in their kindness and wisdom (they obviously hate us Europeans) decided to put this absolutely fantastic sculpt from one of the best sculptors in the business at the timely hour of 4.00am (based on Azogs initial link). Now being of sound mind I was in bed resting for the day ahead after waiting till 12.00am just in case they decided to put up this marvellous sculpt. You see I mainly collect their Marvel line and mainly their exclusives. But was I given an opportunity NO I WASN’T. Instead in their kindness and wisdom they sent me an email giving me the Heads UP on an action figure of Aragorn. Now while some people maybe interested in action figures, I isn’t one of them. Sideshow in its wisdom decided to move the ordering days from Friday to Thursday nights. Hell why not have it on Wednesday knowing that most people work the next morning while most people have weekends off.
This is not the first time Sideshow has ****ed over its European and non-US buyers. I have the fantastic Predator on order but this is only being shipped from the US warehouse and not the EU one so as well as paying $999 I pay duty, Import taxes and possibly big shipping fees.
It’s about time the people in Sideshow realise that the US market is not their only market. How would the US collectors have felt if SS decided to put this up at 4.00am your time while you were asleep? IMO it shows a complete lack of understanding of how people feel. Why couldn’t they have at least put it up like the usual times of 12.00am?
Maybe Sideshow can have someone respond, but I’d doubt that they would have the courage to explain how they are treating us Europeans.
BTW This piece will cost $299 plus shipping for you guys (It’s made in China). But by the time Sideshow ship it to me it will have cost close to $400 between delivery and VAT.
( I estimate that I have bought $8,000 worth of stuff from SS with about the same on order, I deserve more respect).