I bought one from my local variety store on friday, I had heard of Drift battle mag so i snatched it up as soon as i saw it. Im pretty impressed with it. Cost me 7 bucks.
Well I had been in contact with Lori Ahn, at Drift Factory, via emails because I wanted to order the magazines but I don’t have a credit card to order from the online catalog. They made some changes to the way they do business here in Canada and need confimation the order was indeed placed by the person.
So she gave me a link to an ebay auction so I could use my Paypal account. The total cost is $30.00 Canadian shipped. Now yes that works out to be 15 per mag but if you don’t count the shipping, $10.50, as it’s a standard thing using ebay the cost really is’nt that bad.
Anyway for anyone here interested, and have the same issue I do which is no credit card, this is the link
why pay 15 for one when i can go to a convenice store and pay 7 (as sean_brimstone did), and not havew to wait 3 weeks for shipping, to me it makes no sense, and i cant imagine the mag being worth 15 dollars so ill just stic with those guy at SCC, at least until i find this for a nonridiculous price
how do you not factor shipping in the price? you realize every single mag you buy you pay for shipping, its just not a seperate costn its ot like they cover it, so when you buy a mag at the magazine rack your paying 7 bucks including shipping, so then the mag is like 4.50, so its a shit deal anyway you think of it, but meh if you think its worth it thats all that matters
i just picked up a copy of the drift battle mag tonight at a local convinence store it cost me 7.99 plus tax for it… its a good mag the one i have has a nice feature on a sick S15 and a scene report on some nights in Japan…
good stuff
I would like to clarify. We are not offering a ‘shit deal’ at all. We do not charge anything over the cover price and we do not rip our customers off when it comes to shipping. The reason we charge that much for shipping to Canada is because USPS does not offer many cheap ways to ship from the US to Canada. Regular airmail is slightly cheaper but it also takes forever. Drift Factory has heard over and over from customers that they do not want to wait weeks for their items to arrive. This is why we often ship USPS Global Priority which takes approximately 4-6 days to get there. International shipping from the US is expensive, no matter which carrier you use unless you are shipping in bulk. It also takes a lot of work on our part because we cannot simply ship using our normal automated process, we have to take the package down to the post office, fill out customs forms and pay for the postage.
For US customers, we charge $3.85-$4.00 shipping in a flat rate envelope which can fit three to four Drift Battle magazines. This has been a popular option for those who want to order more than one and saves them the time and cost of getting it from a store.
So in sum, we do not overcharge our customers. We are a fair company that does our best to offer the best deals for our customer. The offer is there for any Canadian customers who cannot or do not want to get these magazines locally.
i guess i worded it wrong, it wasnt meant as a comment about the seller trying to rip off their customers it was meant as its too expensive to ship the mags here so its not worth the effort sort of comment, i dont noubt the shipping from australia or wherever it is they make the mag to us is more than the standard mag its just more thna im willing to pay, if i see it on the rack like a couple of the other memebrs have i will pick it up or else meh its not a big deal