Chimera Industries Cerberus: The 18L, mATX, USA-made enclosure
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Congratulations on reaching this point! I am still trying to decide if I need a handle, but I will be a supporter by the end of the day.
(guys, the video is good, but that audio quality...)
Backed for the handle at this point (not that I'm going to carry it around much, I just think the handle would be a great way to keep my cat from sitting on top of it...), might end up convincing myself to spring for the window by the end of the month. Super excited for this!
Yes, the shipping is a bit ridiculous. And that's with the bulk discount we get through our fulfillment partner, believe it or notWe expected it to be high given it's international (NCASE charged $65 to ship theirs globally, for example) but we weren't expecting it to peak at ~$120 in some areas.
We're still working on trying to find a way to bring that down as much as possible, but it's challenging because of the nature of international shipping. Specific regions will be significantly less expensive, though, and we've manually set pricing for those. If and when we have updates here, we'll share them - for now though, we only want to promise what we know we can get.
Those "some areas" is the majority of the world. shipping is 109/121$ in every country except for Russia, Canada and Us. I've worked a lot with international shipping partners, and it seems to me that this was a comfortable choice of partner.
I also miss some kind of setup of the funding allocation.
I'm not meaning to be negative, but I think it's a shame that this awesome case is "ruined" by these ridiculous shipping rates. Mind this is ex. vat, so getting this case will be extremely expensive for a lot of people.
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I've pledged, but ouch that shipping is a bit much. I can ship a 10kg parcel from the UK to USA for £50 via UPS and that's without any discounts. I love what you guys have done, but I'd really appreciate it if you could shop around a bit for the shipping.
Shipping price is expensive, I still don't understand how this is possible in the US.
I can ship anywhere in the world for €66 incl. 21% tax and this is consumer shipping rates and insured up to €5500.
If that $121 is with import duties I can relate a little, but if it is just the shipping I'm hoping you can manage a way to reduce it.
I can ship anywhere in the world for €66 incl. 21% tax and this is consumer shipping rates and insured up to €5500.
If that $121 is with import duties I can relate a little, but if it is just the shipping I'm hoping you can manage a way to reduce it.
- Feb 22, 2015
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No no, we're just as frustrated with it. We've been trying to find ways to bring the price down, but we basically ran out of time before launching the Kickstarter since there's a delay between communicating with our fulfillment partner, and having them come back at us with quotes.
Granted, it's a metal box, and we want to pack it well, so shipping will be "high" no matter what (I was expecting around $80) - but it's still too high for what it is, at least in our opinion.
We're exploring every avenue that we can, for sure. We don't want people to be priced out over something as stupid as shipping.
As the kickstarter progesses and the quantity of International shipments becomes more established you start getting more leverage.
Do you want to fulfill 500 shipments or not? there are hundreds in the US alone I'd image that could help with fulfillment.
Do you want to fulfill 500 shipments or not? there are hundreds in the US alone I'd image that could help with fulfillment.
- Feb 22, 2015
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Kickstarter lets us send a poll to all backers after the campaign ends. We'll be collecting color and other preferences that way!
Nice. I'll probably be re-painting mine anyways, but always good to have a choice.
54 buyers in 3 hours isn't too shabby!
That's really interesting that your shipping rates are more expensive than what my case ships for. Your guy's case is ~11.7 lbs compared to my case which is ~13.4 lbs. The most expensive shipping quote I have gotten was $120 and that was to Australia.
Shipping to European countries is around $70-85 for my case, personally. Very odd indeed...
Regardless, you guys did a great job presenting everything. Looks really professional! Good luck with the Kickstarter!
-Jeffinslaw
Shipping to European countries is around $70-85 for my case, personally. Very odd indeed...
Regardless, you guys did a great job presenting everything. Looks really professional! Good luck with the Kickstarter!
-Jeffinslaw
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