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Post by Girl Power on Jul 15, 2005 2:32:44 GMT -5
Gorgeous! I'm so excited. I'm not a Sideshow collector, but I will definitely get this to go next to my Sideshow Spike.
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Post by Rogue on Jul 15, 2005 3:31:00 GMT -5
Alright, thanks for clearing that up everyone One more question, what online store do you find to be the best? Considering factors like shipping rates, how well-packed it is, and of course the price. I see CineQuest / ToyDepot have Drusilla up for preorder at $37.99, but I'm not sure what kind of shipping they would charge. I just don't care about getting the dead bird accessory, so I'd rather not pay $45 + shipping if I can help it
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Jul 15, 2005 10:25:11 GMT -5
Well, I was buying my non exclusives from this website called darkfigures.com but just had a very bad customer service experience with the person who runs it. So I'm going to join the collector's club mentioned on this site. Their pre-order prices are better plus you get the discount. I just cancelled all my pre-orders with this other site and am going to join "Time & Space Toys". Check out the link on the main page here to get the details for them. I also read the first page or two of comments from the thread about that deal and everyone seems really pleased with them.
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Post by Raven on Jul 15, 2005 15:13:13 GMT -5
What happened with DarkFigures? If you don't mind me asking.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Jul 15, 2005 15:41:02 GMT -5
I went to their site to see if the Dru figure had been listed yet for pre-order and noticed that the pre-order prices for Subway Spike, Oz and Xander were now less then they were when I ordered mine. So, I e-mailed and asked if they would be charging me these prices as well and that most stores will adjust the price of a pre-ordered item if the price on their site goes down. I got a very curt reply that basically said no, the price I ordered is the price I'll be paying. No, "Dear so and so" or sorry, we can't do this because.." and no "Sincerely". So, I e-mailed them back and told them to cancel all my pre-orders. I pointed out that this was a very poor policy on their stores parts and that stores do this all the time for pre-ordred items. I then received another e-mail that had a very angry tone to it that said:
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and then this:
My e-mail requesting to cancel my items was very brief and too the point. Most stores easily honor this sort of request for pre-ordred items so I wasn't out of line to request this. He could've just e-mailed back saying my request was granted and left it at that but I feel his last e-mail that I quoted above was really rude and unnecessary if his store's policy doesn't do that.
So I replied once again:
I did check out what people on this site had to say about Time and Space toys collection site and I decided to join that club (and their prices are better than this guys were even before the discount).
So, I was half expecting to get yet another rude reply from this guy and this is what I got:
It's amazing that once I pointed out that my pre-orders were $200 worth that suddenly, he realizes that the measly 5-6 bucks savings I requested wasn't so important. It truly wasn't about the money but was the attitude and disrespect shown a customer who is helping support his store. Or the person has a boss who caught wind of this whole correspondence and told him just how wrong he was.
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Post by Raven on Jul 15, 2005 15:49:40 GMT -5
Wow that was totally uncalled for, apparently they never learned the lesson that the customer is always right or at least to extend some common courtesy.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Jul 15, 2005 15:57:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I was a little stunned by the whole thing. I've bought figures from them in the past too so I was definitely a customer they could've counted on for buying from them in the future.
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Post by FM on Jul 15, 2005 16:08:24 GMT -5
Alright, thanks for clearing that up everyone One more question, what online store do you find to be the best? Considering factors like shipping rates, how well-packed it is, and of course the price. I see CineQuest / ToyDepot have Drusilla up for preorder at $37.99, but I'm not sure what kind of shipping they would charge. I just don't care about getting the dead bird accessory, so I'd rather not pay $45 + shipping if I can help it If you dont mind waiting a while, your best bet would be to get one on Ebay. Many of the Sideshow figures can be found for $20. Some go for $30 when they first hit...but thats the max. Sometimes, you can even get them for like $15...but thats just the Master.
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Post by Rogue on Jul 15, 2005 23:55:03 GMT -5
Yeah, I've considered waiting till they hit ebay. But I don't want to risk the opposite effect, the price on Dru going up. I like her just enough to preorder her, but not pay the Sideshow exclusive price of $45...
What price is the Buffy collector club offering her for preorder? I'm still thinking of joining that, if only to get that library display.
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Post by buffyfannumerouno on Jul 16, 2005 7:32:13 GMT -5
She's up for preorder at Time and Space Toys collectors club for $34.99.
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Post by The Second Evil on Jul 16, 2005 11:30:45 GMT -5
She looks fantastic. I'm very tempted by her, but I think I'll pass on it for now. However If she had been in human face then maybe It would've been another story. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Jul 16, 2005 17:40:45 GMT -5
Well, I cancelled my Sideshow order because I joined the Buffy Collector's Club there and decided the bird wasn't worth that much more money. Anyway, I asked this question under the "Buffy Collector's Club" thread but don't know if anyone is still checking that out. I joined the club and got an e-mail from them confirming joining the club and selecting the gift certificate. But there was no coupon code or other information on how to go about using it. Do they send you a coupon through snail mail right to your house? Or do you get another e-mail with the code you are supposed to use. I did get the e-mail with my code to use the Collector's club website and already went and pre-ordered a bunch of figures. And I even went and tried that same code on the regular site but it didn't work so I'm assuming that wasn't it.
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Post by Girl Power on Jul 16, 2005 23:38:18 GMT -5
I received an email the following day with the gift certificate code in it.
How long has it been since you joined?
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Jul 17, 2005 0:31:37 GMT -5
I got an e-mail right away that was an order confirmation which had at the bottom what I bought: Name Code Qty Each Options --------------------------------------------------------- Buffy Collector Club XXXXXX 1 50.00 Membership w/ $50 Gift Certificate Total 50.00 I put XXXXX where they had something else but I think it is just the item number because I tried that to see if that worked as the coupon code and it didn't. Then the next day I got another e-mail: Welcome to Buffy Collector Club! Here is your access info: User Name is your email: blahblahblah@blahblah.com Password: bccXXX1111 (changed to not be my code.) The codes should work immediately. If for some reason they do not, reply to this email so we can reset the codes. You may now go to www.BuffyCollectorClub.com and click on "SHOP" in menu bar to enter codes and begin shopping. Thank you for your support! _______________________ Time & Space Toys Buffy Collector Club I never got an e-mail like this with the access code or coupon code for my $50 gift certificate. I -mailed them and haven't heard back. My access code for the club worked fine and I ordered stuff already through the club. I thought that maybe I was supposed to use that code and tried that but it didn't work. In the second e-mail with the club code they said the "codes" should work but there was only the one code for the club.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Jul 17, 2005 10:16:24 GMT -5
I just received an e-mail from them with the coupon code! Good, because I was starting to think I missed something and did something wrong.
I pre-ordered my first 6" figures because all the Sideshow figures I've already pre-ordered. I got 2 Illyria's and 2 season 4 Wesley's to go with her (one set for me, and one for my daughter). Ended up going over by about 5 dollars and it ended up costing about $17 with the shipping. I hope these look as good as the promos because I don't normally like any of the 6" figures but I absolutely adore Illryia & Wesley and don't know if Sideshow will do one of her and him.
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Post by armando on Jul 17, 2005 14:28:44 GMT -5
Amazing likeness, im getting one
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Post by thezepposideman on Aug 5, 2005 22:05:42 GMT -5
God shes beautiful, but Im not sure if i should wait for a human faced version, u rekon they'll make 1? Either way Ill probably still get it! looks like the heads about to fall of in those pics.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Aug 5, 2005 22:34:59 GMT -5
I'm sure they'll make a human head version too but I definitely want this one and will get the human head one if they make it. They usually don't do the same outfit (with the exception of Spike who really only wore a few different things throughout the entire series) so I'd be curious to see what they'd put her in. Wasn't she in some black gown when Spike was trying to "cure" her and had her hand tied up with Angel's when he stabbed them with the crucifix knife (What's My Line pt.2)? That would be a great outfit.
I also thought it was funny how they posed her head because it does indeed look like it's going to fall off!
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Post by Rogue on Sept 28, 2005 19:59:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I've considered waiting till they hit ebay. But I don't want to risk the opposite effect, the price on Dru going up. I like her just enough to preorder her, but not pay the Sideshow exclusive price of $45... What price is the Buffy collector club offering her for preorder? I'm still thinking of joining that, if only to get that library display. She's up for preorder at Time and Space Toys collectors club for $34.99. Well... I went ahead and preordered her from Sideshow's site. After what happened with the Sideshow Darlas, I wasn't sure I wanted to risk missing out on Drusilla. I'd hate to spend the money on the BCC, put in a preorder, and then find out that Sideshow was only going to sell her through their store Sideshow hasn't noted how many Drus are going to made either, unless I missed something...?
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slayerverse98
Potential Slayer
She's beautiful with a lion's heart and the face of an Angel
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Post by slayerverse98 on Sept 29, 2005 6:24:01 GMT -5
I can't wait till she's available in the UK. She is amazing! Not exactly one of my favorite characters but this figure is great! Spike will be proud!!
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