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Shapeways re-opens

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JimG:
Just checking out Thingiverse this morning and their page header is that Shapeways has re-opened. On checking out the link it seems that the original co-founders have restarted it after it had previously gone bankrupt. I didn't go any further to check out what is available or prices as it was always basically too expensive for me.
Jim

KitS:
They need to drop their shipping prices before they come anywhere near a practical trading proposition. Most of the stuff I've got from them cost more to ship than it did to buy!  >:-o

Neil:
I have always found buying from the USA to be very expensive from as outlets in the USA due to tarrifs and customs imposed on them to ship.............you only have to look on ebay at stuff from there and the costs of sending. However, if you have a friend in canada who will buy from any US outlet the costs of shipping are much lower to canada, and again from canada to the UK.............SAVE ABOUT 50% on shipping.
but then again you have to pay british import customs.

TheLongBuild:

--- Quote from: KitS on December 14, 2024, 05:18:23 pm ---They need to drop their shipping prices before they come anywhere near a practical trading proposition. Most of the stuff I've got from them cost more to ship than it did to buy!  >:-o

--- End quote ---




Just to send a card to the USA is £ 2.80, card was only 99p. 

KitS:
For some obscure, and I'm sure greed related reasons, the worldwide postal authorities seem to have multiplied their charges by VAST amounts since Covid.


Shear opportunism if you ask me.

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