I've got to rant a little, and I figure voicing this here will let people know that "cheap" does not mean "good".
I placed an order on March 2nd with Hobbyking for some lighting systems, so I can make a night flying Bushwhacker. I ordered 4 sets of the LED lights, because they had them on sale for $1.34/set, vs. their normal price of $9.50.
Turns out that, when I placed the order, it was coming out of the US warehouse, which, apparently, ran out just before I placed my order, and didn't inform me that my items were on back order. It's been nearly 3 weeks, and the order is still processing, meaning that it hasn't shipped, and it hasn't been marked as Back Ordered on my order (which apparently they can't do, because the items are marked as In Stock in another warehouse). I have to wait until the items are in stock again in the US warehouse before they'll ship them out, which could be 30 days from now.
Had I known this, when I originally placed the order, I would have ordered from the Global warehouse and paid $5 more in shipping - and I would have had the items by now!
The guy on the chat transcript tried to tell me that they weren't in stock at all, and I grabbed a screen capture from their page showing the items were in stock. He then said, "Well, yes, but that's in the Global warehouse, not the US warehouse."
Apparently, they cannot have the items shipped from another warehouse, even if it's been 3 weeks...Nor, apparently, do they have any idea of shipments coming from their Global warehouse to their US warehouse.
So, be forewarned - 1) pay attention to where you're ordering your items from with Hobbyking, and 2) cheaper is not always better.
I placed an order on March 2nd with Hobbyking for some lighting systems, so I can make a night flying Bushwhacker. I ordered 4 sets of the LED lights, because they had them on sale for $1.34/set, vs. their normal price of $9.50.
Turns out that, when I placed the order, it was coming out of the US warehouse, which, apparently, ran out just before I placed my order, and didn't inform me that my items were on back order. It's been nearly 3 weeks, and the order is still processing, meaning that it hasn't shipped, and it hasn't been marked as Back Ordered on my order (which apparently they can't do, because the items are marked as In Stock in another warehouse). I have to wait until the items are in stock again in the US warehouse before they'll ship them out, which could be 30 days from now.
Had I known this, when I originally placed the order, I would have ordered from the Global warehouse and paid $5 more in shipping - and I would have had the items by now!
The guy on the chat transcript tried to tell me that they weren't in stock at all, and I grabbed a screen capture from their page showing the items were in stock. He then said, "Well, yes, but that's in the Global warehouse, not the US warehouse."
Apparently, they cannot have the items shipped from another warehouse, even if it's been 3 weeks...Nor, apparently, do they have any idea of shipments coming from their Global warehouse to their US warehouse.
So, be forewarned - 1) pay attention to where you're ordering your items from with Hobbyking, and 2) cheaper is not always better.