Originally Posted by
Danny/SMC
Does Maxamps ship via UPS ? How about A Main ? For us we have a dangerous goods agreement with UPS and have negotiated rates this is the best we can do.
I will not break the International shipping regulations to make a few dollars on a pack.
AMain for 2x2S lipos:
MaxAmps doesn't say what company they use, but at $49.95 I can only assume it's also UPS. Something tells me neither AMain nor MaxAmps would risk their business by breaking the law.
Originally Posted by
Danny/SMC
As far as Hobby King goes they do break the shipping rules and ship via postal services which is illegal. That is up to them to do so.
As far as cost for packs please tell me what Hobby King models are at better prices than ours ? I do understand that shipping will be cheaper from Hobby King as they do ignore shipping regulations.
To the end customer it doesn't matter whether you break the law or not, or if your batteries are made with magic by pixies. The simple fact is that HobbyKing offers reliable (or as reliable as lipos can be these days), high capasity batteries at low prices. Their shipping is a third of what you charge, and they will even kindly ask you to specify what value you want them to put on the customs declaration.
I'm not trying to make any point in particular, I'm just saying that I'd be an idiot to buy from you when I can get essentially the same product from Hobbyking 2 or even 3 times cheaper.