(04-05-2017, 08:48 AM)ripley802 Wrote: I reached out to the eBay seller Tokyo-Hobby regarding the Oigawa James pre-order. They will have it available on 4/25. I find going this route a bit cheaper than Hobby search but am anxious to get the other batch of items from them to confirm they are not damaged during shipping.
Really? 4/25 or 5/25? Hobby Search lists it as Late May. I don't see Oigawa James listed at Tokyo-Hobby.
I just did a quirk calculation because I am expecting packages from both Hobby-Search and Tokyo-Hobby. My quick addition is that much of the savings difference is only in the selected shipping method.
Hobby-Search
2 trains, Shooting Star Gordon & Streamlined Thomas...Total $62.29 with EMS shipping (with Tracking) 3 - 5 days
Tokyo-Hobby (taking from Ebay listings)
2 trains, Shooting Star Gordon & Streamlined Thomas...Total $59.80 with SAL shipping (no tracking) 10 -14 days or more
So the $2.49 difference would be the advantage for the faster service. Would using SAL at Hobby-Search be even cheaper that Tokyo-Hobby? I don't know.
Upon a deeper inspection I am a bit wrong as I just seen that I used 257 Hobby-Search points for the order which comes to about $2.32 discount so the difference would be $4.81. as the actual cost for the two at Hobby-Search would be $64.61 before discount.