Originally Posted by
sakadachi
I've bought several kits and parts directly from TamiyaUSA. They're very good with turnaround time. The only downside is that they still use those ancient foam pellets as packing material and it is a royal PITA each time to find my parts in that pool of foam, then have to dump it into my recycle bin.
Hopefully they will start using rolled up packing paper or large air bubbles instead.
Last time I tried, TamiyaUSA wouldn't sell direct to Canada. Said they couldn't step on Borgfeldt's toes, even if Borgfeldt had zero product. I appreciate the ethic, but don't think the execution worked well.