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Beware if you decide to purchase a piece from Crystal Fantasy (the site with the overpriced production things…).
I just purchased a ruby young oriental from them since it wasn’t too much over cost, and it arrived today…in it’s original box with a priority mail sticker on it for $6. I was charged $15 for shipping. No insurance, no double boxing, nothing.
I’m quite relieved that it didn’t break, but now, even if I found a piece there that was what I was looking for and within what I might pay for it, I wouldn’t go back.
So if for some reason you guys think you might want something from there, reconsider. Your piece may not get as lucky as the little guy I got today.
Thanks for the warning, Rusti. I doubt I’d ever get the chance to order from them, but they are on my list of Windston websites, so…
pegasi1978 wrote:Are you planning on contacting them on a refund for your other $9 you paid for shipping? I would.
I sent them an email asking them why in the hell (in more polite terms, I promise) I was charged $15 for shipping when all they did was slap a sticker on the box and throw it in the mail. I also explained how it should have been done and what could have happened.
We’ll see what they have to say for themselves.
Dang! Hopefully you will get a refund but more likely its one of those mysterious “handling” charges. 🙄
*snort* What handling? It was already in it’s original box, all they did was drop it off at the post office!
Rusti wrote:*snort* What handling? It was already in it’s original box, all they did was drop it off at the post office!
I guess for the gas that they used to get there. Gas is expensive. 😆
If it took them three gallons of gas to get to the post office, they ought to be looking into a car that gets better mileage.
Rusti wrote:If it took them three gallons of gas to get to the post office, they ought to be looking into a car that gets better mileage.
Well, if you count the gas, the wear on the vehicle, which, depending on the vehicle, can be up to $.83 a mile, the money they have to pay the worker to go to the PO… It takes me an hour whenever I go, depending on the line, so its not that bad. But Def could have been wrapped better. That is just ridiculous. 🙄
Rusti wrote:If it took them three gallons of gas to get to the post office, they ought to be looking into a car that gets better mileage.
Or move closer to the post office. hehe
skigod377 wrote:Rusti wrote:If it took them three gallons of gas to get to the post office, they ought to be looking into a car that gets better mileage.
Well, if you count the gas, the wear on the vehicle, which, depending on the vehicle, can be up to $.83 a mile, the money they have to pay the worker to go to the PO… It takes me an hour whenever I go, depending on the line, so its not that bad. But Def could have been wrapped better. That is just ridiculous. 🙄
Honestly I wouldn’t have minded paying the $15 for shipping if it was double boxed and insured, neither of which happened. I feel like I’ve been completely fleeced for $9, which doesn’t thrill me. Even if it is only $9. I could’ve used that for something.
How much are young ruby orientals anyhow? I saw one in Gatlinburg and was considering snatching the little fellow up….
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