New ABS Vader helmet efx - no pictures yet but...

jkno · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 7:37 am

Curious about the shipping costs. Long ago when EFX released the Legend Vader the shipping cost with greedy FedEx was $700. Add to that the customs and VAT (24%) and I could have almost bought a second Vader helmet, when BBTS had the LE version shipped for $200. EFX really cares about international customers... :rolleyes

craigjohn · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:51 pm **Posts:** 531

EFX must have a farmer carry the package on his shoulders to your door once it lands in Bucharest...

....Sometimes I swear UPS has an Amish farmer deliver the package with a horse and buggy in Northern Wisconsin.

jkno · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 12:33 pm

For $700 ($690) they should beam the darn thing directly into my room together with 2 babes ready to massage my feet :toothy

Turrican · **Posted:** Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:36 pm

jkno wrote:

For $700 ($690) they should beam the darn thing directly into my room together with 2 babes ready to massage my feet :toothy

Mega-LOL...best post i have read since a long time.
:toothy

craigjohn · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:51 pm **Posts:** 531

I'd take the "two babe-foot massage" over a farmer, fer sher. ...unless said farmer looked like Mary Ann from Gilligan's Island. :wink:

banthapoodoo · **Posted:** Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:04 am

While I like the slightly rougher look of the Special Edition, the added C-Scar really detracts from its overall accuracy, and because of that, I prefer my Unspecial Edition. And the rationale to add sales tax to all SE helmets because they were "picked up in San Diego" seems rather specious to me.

craigjohn · **Joined:** Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:51 pm **Posts:** 531

If you pick-up in San Diego, then sales tax isn't suspicious. It's reality.

And technically speaking, anything you purchase online, you're supposed to claim and pay the sales tax - to which barely anyone ever does.

TheWorkshop · **Joined:** Tue Jun 14, 2016 3:21 pm **Posts:** 25

craigjohn wrote:

EFX must have a farmer carry the package on his shoulders to your door once it lands in Bucharest...

....Sometimes I swear UPS has an Amish farmer deliver the package with a horse and buggy in Northern Wisconsin.

Probably for those rates..dayummm.

banthapoodoo · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2016 7:17 am

craigjohn wrote:

If you pick-up in San Diego, then sales tax isn't suspicious. It's reality.

And technically speaking, anything you purchase online, you're supposed to claim and pay the sales tax - to which barely anyone ever does.

I meant even if you order online and live in a state that doesnt charge sales tax for orders from out-of-state businesses, eFx is still assessing CA tax + shipping. https://efxcollectibles.com/collections/star-wars/products/darth-vader-helmet-precision-cast-replica-special-edition