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On a lighter note, a $76 orbit ball ought to score itself, in autonomous, don't ya think?

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But it doesn't gain any more points then any orbit ball scored in teleop mode. So what's the point?

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Java and Orbit Balls
 

This email came out a bit late...April Fool's day was six weeks ago!

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Java and Orbit Balls
 

Hey Rick,

It is only $59 to Greenville...
Want me to buy you one, and then ship it the rest of the way? I think that would be cheaper. I can save you some money!

-John

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Java and Orbit Balls
 

Somebody tell'm they have options other than Sheppard ... :rolleyes:

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Hey, thanks John. What would the import duties cost coming across the border from Texas?

- Rick

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I think it will be more than $7.00 to ship it from Dallas to Seattle, its only 2200 miles.

Unless the Robowranglers have perfected the teleportation system...::safety::

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True, we are our own country....:)

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Not quite what I was hoping for.

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Hmm... I'm close(ish) to NH.
Maybe they will allow pick-up??
I doubt it.
They charged full price chipping last year to deliver 2 trackballs across the street to the FIRST docks for an off-season I helped with.

I will say that Logo-Loc is a very cool service & I am glad overall that they help FIRST with branding & marketing, but their shipping & handling practices & prices, especially with the game pieces are just ridiculous & have been over the past few years.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels the same way, I'm just a little dissapointed it took the mass of the FIRST community until now to realize this.

The shipping on tubes from 2007 had very similar price-mark-ups if you recall for anyone who ordered any of those.

And Trackballs in 2008 - same ridiculous handling & shipping fees.
(Although to be fair, those were heavy to ship, so I brushed that one off last year & never bought a set.)

Idk... And to top it all off, they are selling these at ridiculous prices when the balls are USED!!!
Seriously??
I think you can do a little better than that Logo-Loc. :mad:

I challenge you to try & do so in the future.

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Java and Orbit Balls
 

For demos, we found some inflated plastic balls at Walmart for $1 each, I spent another dollar and bought a pair of ball inflator needles so I could let some of the air out so they would compress as easily as the orbit balls.

$10 will get you plenty of demo balls...they're light and bouncy, and kids love them

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Competing topics are fun!

A rep from FIRST informs me that they expected the handling to be $6.31 per ORDER, not per ball. They said they were going to "get on it right away".

So I guess a little patience is requested.

In the meantime, don't order a thing (not that you were going to anyway).

Or go after the alternative cheapo ball route.

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Thats great, but it still doesn't explain the $50 for ground shipping to TN

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Oh. you mean the kind of ball you can REALLY find at Walmart? Excellent!

I think many of us have known this for the few years you mention, Elgin. I think the fact that this year we are experiencing the same pain with the addition of the huge handling fee being applied per ball (I think it was per order or per 10 or per something before), the fact that some of our zip codes won't even allow a shipping calculation, and the ultimate salt in the wound this year is that they are listed as "used".

I know those little extras this year put it over the top for me for sure. I'm guessing if these were new balls, we'd be paying the $10 per ball plus all of the same fees using LogoLoc's FIRST store?

Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Java and Orbit Balls
 

Ahhh... now try it with brokerage and an exchange rate factored in! :ahh: (Mind you, shipping to Canada is, I'm sure, much easier than shipping to Brazil, Israel, Turkey or anywhere overseas, so I do try to keep my complaints in perspective.)

On the other hand, its not like we HAVE to buy them.... I'm sure the four balls that we have had all season will continue to serve for demonstrations.

Jason