Pop Bumper Pete Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Marco. Save a little on shipping Poking around on the Marco Pinball and I found something I wanted but was not looking for. Never going to find it elsewhere. I told myself, not to get too excited before I find out the shipping prices. So I look around, find a few other things to get shipped with it, go though the checkout process. Once I found the shipping price, I figured I would add more stuff tomorrow and then proceed On checking my e-mail this morning there was a message from Marco, noticing I had a cart of stuff but had not checked out….. …..and here is a code to save 10% off the shipping price. Not great, but any saving is good Thought I would pass this on Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2S88 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Use shopmate for Marco and any other USA stores that charge too much , it's ausposts parcel forwarding service , 1/4 of the price , takes about a week longer https://shopmate.auspost.com.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard.m Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Use shopmate for Marco and any other USA stores that charge too much , it's ausposts parcel forwarding service , 1/4 of the price , takes about a week longer https://shopmate.auspost.com.au Yea, shopmate is good for most stuff, just don't use them for large objects like a backglass or playfield - items like these exceed the maximum allowance & will not be sent on to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball god Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 so how do use this for say marco. Do you give them a US address or something? What stops marco from automatically adding os postage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2S88 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 so how do use this for say marco. Do you give them a US address or something? What stops marco from automatically adding os postage? Once you sign up to auspost it gives you an address in Portland US , so you give Marco that address ,then you pay standard $9.99 shipping for USA , a few days later the package arrived at your US address auspost weights it and sends you a bill you need to pay before they send it to you in Australia , always much cheaper Sent from my Moto G (4) using Aussie Arcade mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railways Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Once you sign up to auspost it gives you an address in Portland US , so you give Marco that address ,then you pay standard $9.99 shipping for USA , a few days later the package arrived at your US address auspost weights it and sends you a bill you need to pay before they send it to you in Australia , always much cheaper Sent from my Moto G (4) using Aussie Arcade mobile app Good tip and thanks. I've had a long time grumble with Marco since they started using I-global. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yobs Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Shipito is also a good one to go with, same deal as the one mentioned, you get a US address and once the package turns up there are several shipping options to choose from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 Yea, shopmate is good for most stuff, just don't use them for large objects like a backglass or playfield - items like these exceed the maximum allowance & will not be sent on to Australia. ohh poop need a ramp, it will exceed their dimension limit :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ando77 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 ohh poop need a ramp, it will exceed their dimension limit :( RTBB ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Bumper Pete Posted June 30, 2018 Author Share Posted June 30, 2018 RTBB ? not this ramp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinball god Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 not this ramp I thought you might be cutting down on stock than adding after seeing your other thread. You're adding to your dilemma mate lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard.m Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 As the shipping cost from Marco direct to Au is so expensive I was going to ship it to my US address provided by Shopmate for them to forward it to Au, which will be cheaper. Problem i’m having is when I go to pay using the US checkout option, they won’t accept payment from an Australian paypal account or an Australian credit card. Am I missing something? How do you go about payment? I don’t want to get a US paypal account or cc, I can’t add a US address to my paypal acc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limorange Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Is it the Marco checkout or the Shopmate checkout you're having trouble with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard.m Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Marco checkout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hathro Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 They accepted mine a month ago with AU credit card and PayPal account? Is it that you're shipping to the states and the credit card is AU? Flick them an email to sort it out, probably a silly fraud rule in their system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard.m Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 They accepted mine a month ago with AU credit card and PayPal account? Is it that you're shipping to the states and the credit card is AU? Flick them an email to sort it out, probably a silly fraud rule in their system. Was your order shipped to a US address? Yes, I was placing an order to be shipped to the States, but paying with AU credit card/Paypal account - wouldn't accept either. I didn't think of contacting them about it. I ended up using a parcel forwarder which buys the items & ships them on my behalf (assisted purchase), I'm estimating it will end up being $25 - $30 cheaper than Marco's international shipping, which is significant on a small order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getaway Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Pretty sure there is an option on the Marco checkout to select us military outside us or similar that I used and never had a problem with an Australian credit card, been a while though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard.m Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Pretty sure there is an option on the Marco checkout to select us military outside us or similar that I used and never had a problem with an Australian credit card, been a while though. I tried all the checkout options & couldn't see any option that would work with an AU CC or Paypal. Unless I have missed something, I think what has happened is Marco has made some checkout changes due to the new import GST which they now are obligated to charge GST at their checkout (included in the invoice for Aus. customers). If an order is placed through the US checkout option for a US address, no GST is applied, however if payment for that invoice comes via an Aust. CC or Paypal account is could be deemed the destination is Australia which may be why they won't accept it. Once the parcel is sent here via a parcel forwarder in the same package Marco send it out in, it may get checked at some point after arriving in Australia for the GST component, the invoice will not show GST has been applied while Marco has an obligation to collect it - even though they don't have to collect it in this case that's how it would look at face value. By Marco only accepting an Aust. CC or Paypal payment when GST is part of that transaction, then they are covered. In any event it was still worth a workaround IMO as it works out a bit cheaper. Marco charge more than double the USPS shipping price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hathro Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Was your order shipped to a US address? Sorry, it was an AU credit card to an AU address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railways Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Pretty sure there is an option on the Marco checkout to select us military outside us or similar that I used and never had a problem with an Australian credit card, been a while though. Yep, I've used that before too Chris but like you've said, it was awhile ago. In actual fact I'm not spending anwhere near the money I used to overseas on parts 5 years ago. Either i'm loosing interest or our local suppliers have more to offer on their stock now?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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