Still waiting on mine....

[HDMM]

Wow, great to see you all got some of your SCX10 II's. I'm still waiting mon mine from RPP, must have been at the back for the line or something on pre-order.

This pisser is that I coulda bought one at the LHS as they have had 3 or 4 of them already.

[I2adioActive]

I'm in the same boat. Ordered 5/31, still "processing"

[Popps 61]

Originally Posted by I2adioActive

I'm in the same boat. Ordered 5/31, still "processing"

Hell, I ordered 5/26 in the morning and still nothing, I don't blame RPP they can't ship what they don't have but ppl in thialand have theres

[Col_Sanders]

I would have bought local and cancelled my preorder.

[A8ball]

I ordered the morning of 5/25 from RPP and haven't heard a word either. Don't blame RPP but really hoping to hear something soon.

[SCREAMER]

Originally Posted by HDMM

Wow, great to see you all got some of your SCX10 II's. I'm still waiting mon mine from RPP, must have been at the back for the line or something on pre-order.

This pisser is that I coulda bought one at the LHS as they have had 3 or 4 of them already.

Like Col Sanders said, why didn't you just buy it from your LHS and cancel your order? If I find one local, I'll do exactly that. Oklahoma must be the black hole for, well everything.

Actually, a better question is, why did you even create this thread?

[1beatjeep]

Originally Posted by SCREAMER

Like Col Sanders said, why didn't you just buy it from your LHS and cancel your order? If I find one local, I'll do exactly that. Oklahoma must be the black hole for, well everything.

Actually, a better question is, why did you even create this thread?

most LHS want 40.00 more then everone elso...

[CM9000]

Originally Posted by 1beatjeep

most LHS want 40.00 more then everone elso...

cause of mark up.

I work at my lhs and im on the racing team. so I get 20% off

in turn is what I pay for them is the same as my lhs pays for them.

make friends at your lhs and you might be able to get 10% off. or.. if they have a team, get on it.

[HDMM]

1) Typically RPP has unbeatable service, hence the reason I per-ordered from them. Unfortunately they have not received the SCX10 II's for what ever reason.

2) RPP will not typically cancel a pre-order and if they do, they will only give you store credit (which doesn't help me out)

[HDMM]

Originally Posted by SCREAMER

Like Col Sanders said, why didn't you just buy it from your LHS and cancel your order? If I find one local, I'll do exactly that. Oklahoma must be the black hole for, well everything.

Actually, a better question is, why did you even create this thread?

Why did I create this thread......well....it's chit-chat and I friggin felt like it.

[badhoopty]

id consider it a lesson learned on being patient and supporting your lhs more often.

i do however think that an established hobby shop should have a pretty good idea by now to limit the amount of preorders on a release like this, and im really suprised you arent able to get your money back on a preorder item. damn good way to lose a customer imo.

[Chiphead]

Originally Posted by badhoopty

id consider it a lesson learned on being patient and supporting your lhs more often.

i do however think that an established hobby shop should have a pretty good idea by now to limit the amount of preorders on a release like this, and im really suprised you arent able to get your money back on a preorder item. damn good way to lose a customer imo.

Easy when you have a LHS to support...

Anyway, I am thinking this is something to do with independent hobby stores getting screwed by Hobbico/Axial. How is it some hobby stores, it seems more so in the midwest, have kits sitting on shelves, whereas stores like CKRC and RPP can't get their typical allotment? They may have received a fraction of their allotment and that was 10-14 days later than the midwest.

I am not part of the industry. I am making observations from feedback on RCCrawler and the hobby stores I generally hit up. RPP, CKRC, West Valley Hobbies (Salt Lake) and Amain.

It does suck that RPP's policy is 'in-store credit only' for a canceled order. But what else am I going to do. Nobody around me can get their hands on a kit anyway. (Excluding EBay, I don't shop there)


Edit: Sorry if I come off a bit pissed... my wife is telling me I need to chill the f out. Just a bit chapped when guys are like "I went into my LHS yesterday and picked up a new SCX10 II kit, I liked it so much I went back in today and bought another." Then there is a bunch of us that ordered from our favorite online store and are waiting and waiting and reading all these build threads and waiting...

[CM9000]

ive seen 1 scx10 II in Michigan. and not on any lhs shelf. it was preordered from tower by a local. and he received it. don't know how.. but im a bit on the otherside of the fence now with these kits. all I want is 2 sets of axles and some extra parts to finish other builds.

looks like im gonna have to wait till late 2017 for axial to release an axle in a bag.

I don't think anybody got "screwed". I think more so as they didn't make enough for the initial release.

[badhoopty]

i think we all can relate to being chapped over not getting a preorder or whatever while watching other people get theirs.

and sometimes its good to just get a good ol rant out. ;)

only place i preorder from is tower, because i prefer not to have my money taken until the product is on its way.

[HDMM]

I guess, what I'm chapped about is paying for it up front when they don't have it, I don't usually do that but I figured with RPP I would get it fairly quick. Now locals here are getting them, I could have even bought one myself, but my money is tied up with RPP.

I used to order from Tower pretty much everything for years, specially since they are owned by great planes which is the Axial distributor. But in recent years, I get much better prices and quicker service from Amain. I order most of my "crawler" stuff from RPP though. The story I got from RPP is that the east coast GP warehouse got the SCX10 II's first for some reason and that why hobby shops on the east coast and some customers got some. Who knows....

I'm not blaming RPP, I don't agree with their policy, especially when I've paid for something that they are not delivering on, but I don't blame them for not getting a appropriate number of kits for whatever reason.

[wings_of_fire]

I think RPP has a financially right policy in place. I have read nothing but good reviews about them on this forum (mostly about fast shipping). Since they are a trading company, part of any trading business involves paying some third party to get the product in stock as quickly as possible so that they can ship it quickly to the customer or directly from a third party. If a customer executes an order, the retailer will execute an order further down the supply chain which cannot be cancelled. In such a situation if the customer cancels an order, the retailers money gets locked with a product that should have been sold. To remove the variables that can lead to financial lockup and to smooth out the process some rules are needed like the one that does not allow a refund.

Imagine, if 50 buyers out of 1000 cancel their order just because they found something else tempting, then the retailer would
have invested 50 multiply by X amount of product which can easily go into thousands of dollar.

[HDMM]

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[STANG KILLA SS]

just and FYI for those that may be new to the game. Tower Hobbies always get there shipments before RPP.
I always support RPP, but for new rigs, if speed is a concern id go with Tower.

I believe RPP did get a batch of SCX2s, but sent them out to the first preorders and were out again. ie didn't get enough to fill all preorders.

I was late preordering mine from Tower and got one of the second batch. about 2 weeks after those that preordered super early and got the very first ones.

[CM9000]

as I believe I stated before. tower, amain, and GP (great planes) are all the big three. owned by hobbico. and in turn... for rc companys they pull in the big bucks for the manufacturer. so they (hobbico) gets them first. then any lhs that orders from GP.

my lhs got three in Monday this week. 1 is gone. 2 are reserved lol. I went and picked mine up from a diff hobby shop 2 hrs away while I was at an event. built the axles and stole the rims and bull horns out of it and sold the rest of the kit for 150 to a good friend. im picking up my second one today.

im not bragging. just stating some facts. I think that if you have a lhs handy you should use it. ive seen many a few hobby shops close down due to tower and a main.

just my opinion. ...but my second one will stay sealed in a box and on my shelf to look at. im selfish right?

no. im gonna let my kid build it 10 years later so he can understand what work goes into a kit. a basic og scx10 wont teach him much.

[Raney120]

Are you guys still waiting on yours? I preordered one from RPP 5/26 in the afternoon and still haven't received anything.