Exorbitant Shipping Costs

VEX IQ Robotics Competition Discussion VIQC Crossover (2016-2017 Game)
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I may just be new to the world of ordering online from robotics clubs, but I am in utter shock at the shipping costs from VEX. To order this year’s challenge kit, field, and two name plates, I’m required to pay over $60 in shipping. That’s an additional 20%! Even worse, if I were to just order the $2 name plates, there’s a 250% price increase just for shipping! As an elementary school teacher with very limited funds, I don’t know how I’m going to be able to pay this. Whatever happened to flat-rate shipping?

Is there any way to get these costs reduced, other than driving hundreds of miles to pick it up in person?

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Sent you a PM with some ideas. Good luck.

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It seems like a lot, but I suspect it’s correct. I just checked, and it cost about $20 to ship the challenge kit to Indiana. The field is made up of two boxes that are about the same weight as the challenge kit, so $60 would be about right.

Those three boxes are pretty heavy.

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Robotmesh and iDesign both have free shipping, you may want to order from them

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I’ve looked into RobotMesh and iDesign, but they aren’t approved vendors with my school district. The search continues!