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Hamley's Guards are £6.00 each
Lesters from the Leicester Square Lego store are £5.99 each.
I bought a box full of small padded envelopes, so they work out at 10p each, and I can get 5 figs in the envelope.
UK postage (2nd class, Large Letter) is 76p
So some examples:
1 Guard & 1 Lester in the UK = £12.85
A bigger envelope to the UK (can get about 15 figs in) is £1.99 for the envelope + £2.90 postage
European postage (for a small bag) is £2.55
USA postage for a middle-sized bag (about 6-8 figs) was £1.09 (envelope) + £4.45 postage.
What we did recently, to cut down on postage, was that I sent a box of about 30 Lesters and 30 Guards to @SumoLego and he's going to distribute them to the people who asked for them.
I'm happy to send of individual envelopes if there are just one or two North American requests, but if there are a bunch, it might be worth doing something like that again. I'd need to check that SumoLego was ok with that, as obviously he had to lay out about £300 up front.
I'll make a new list of the requests that I've got and PM people for details.
I'm assuming you're based in the UK if it's not obvious from your UserId.
@pharmjod (USA) 3 Guards, 3 Lesters
@BeauBricks (Netherlands) 1 Guard, 1 Lester
@Renegade007cjh 2 Guards, 2 Lesters
@Onebricktoomany (USA) 3 Guards, 3 Lesters
@sonatine01 1 Guard, 1 Lester
@Poltergeist (USA) 1 Guard, 1 Lester
@polyester 2 Guards, 1 Lester
@Gremer (USA) 1 Guard, 1 Lester
@LukeSkywalker 2/3 Guards
@flord (Canada) 1 Lester
@dingbat (Italy) 3 Guards, 3 Lesters
If possible could I request 2 guards please? I'm in the UK but hoping to avoid Hamley's £5 postage.
Many thanks! :)
You must be a frequent customer in both stores now - do they know your name yet!
Thanks!
@mhortar - I'll PM you this evening.
Sure - no problem. Feel free to PM me if you change your mind.
I will be in touch with the calculation for the per unit cost. I will do a separate postage calculation for the polys going to Canada to reflect the actual shipping cost. For the US parcels, I will estimate as best I can, but I will most likely average the relative shipping cost so everyone gets their polys ASAP.
Cheers, @SumoLego !
BooTheMightyHamster
@SumoLego
I can do that. I don't think @SumoLego will have any spares, but it's worth waiting for him to reply just in case he does, because that'll save on your postage costs.
if you can get to Paypal, I can get to the Post Office!
PMs will be out the next day or so with address requests and payment calculations/instructions.
Thanks!
If possible, could you please put me down for 1x Lester and 2x Guards?
Many thanks in advance! :-)
Sumo is out of guards, so if you do send him a second shipment, please reserve 4 guards for me. Thanks!
Total Acquisition Cost (including shipping and PayPal exchange fees): $433.57; Per Polybag: $9.04
Padded Envelopes (25 envelopes): $18.75; Per Shipment $0.75
Average Shipping (US): Per Shipment $3.75
The calculation is simple - per poly is $9.04; and each individual is charged for one envelope and one shipping cost.
1 Poly: $ 9.04 + $0.75 + $3.75 = $13.54
2 Polys $18.08 + $0.75 + $3.75 = $22.58
3 Polys $27.12 + $0.75 + $3.75 = $31.62
4 Polys $36.16 + $0.75 + $3.75 = $40.66
The savings is on shipping for those that want only a pair or less than four. Obviously, the more polys Boo can fit in the smaller bubble mailer, the cheaper overall cost.
If anyone's in a hurry though, PM me and I can send them direct.
Postage to the USA for a padded envelope is between £3.25 and about £5.50, depending on envelope size, and I can probably get about 15 max in the largest envelope. After that it makes sense to send a small box to SumoLego.
Thus far it appears to be:
@Bobbtom 4 x Guards
@WeezyCupcake 2 x Guards, 2 x Lesters
@madforLEGO 2 x Guards, 'A bunch' of Lesters
payment sent! thanks again.
@WeezyCupcake
@madforLEGO
Doesn't look like there's sufficient interest to send another box over to the US, but I'm happy to send them direct to you if you'd still like some figs. Guards are £6.00 each, Lesters are £5.99 each and P&P would be about £4.00, give or take.
Cheers.