I haven't personally used any but I've been doing some research about them lately and www.shipito.com sounds like the the best one, I'll probably try it out pretty soon. Also I've heard a lot of these mail forwarding companies post positive reviews about their own sites all over the internet, so thats something to be aware of.
Online shopping in America
Chip.8 Mar 2011looking for some good jackets for cheap.
ccs only has a few i like, and even those arent in my size.
ccs only has a few i like, and even those arent in my size.
i wear moccos10 Mar 2011^^karmaloop.com
maybe.
maybe.
Ketamine10 Mar 2011karmaloop is where its at.
Bought a gopro from ebay $255 US posted = $259 AUD
Bought a gopro from ebay $255 US posted = $259 AUD
eastbay rape on the postage, 60 bucks for two pairs of shoes
ive had a board, two pairs of shoes, 2 shirts and 2 jeans shipped from ccs for ~40
ive had a board, two pairs of shoes, 2 shirts and 2 jeans shipped from ccs for ~40
DeathMoth10 Mar 2011My buddy had 3 pairs of shoes from eastbay posted for $30. What's up with the $60? That's fucked
grimwood11 Mar 2011anyone know any good US websites to buy band merchandise from?
Shut the fuck up Mark Brimson! You probably get all your shit of the net faggot! If you dont like it fuck off
Mark Brimson11 Mar 2011Bit late on the post sweaty?
I wish I could buy a clue on the internet, cause then I could send it to you so you could have one too.
It is all down to simple math and availability really - If you cannot find something you want here locally, or the local shops sucks dogs balls (more than you do) just go online and buy it, more often than not a whole lot cheaper too.
That is the plain simple truth, well maybe not the bit about shops and actually sucking dogs balls.
Do I buy from online shops - yes, I do.
Do I buy "all my shit" from online shops - no (sorry, I don't)
Example:
Dickies pants have been the main thing I get from people I know from the US for a long time now, quite a few other things over the years have also been good, but I have never bought a deck from a US online shop, as I can find an almost unlimited supply of boards I like in good local shops who do actually support skateboarding.
Thanks for helping keep the low user IQ at a standard level on the forums too.
I wish I could buy a clue on the internet, cause then I could send it to you so you could have one too.
It is all down to simple math and availability really - If you cannot find something you want here locally, or the local shops sucks dogs balls (more than you do) just go online and buy it, more often than not a whole lot cheaper too.
That is the plain simple truth, well maybe not the bit about shops and actually sucking dogs balls.
Do I buy from online shops - yes, I do.
Do I buy "all my shit" from online shops - no (sorry, I don't)
Example:
Dickies pants have been the main thing I get from people I know from the US for a long time now, quite a few other things over the years have also been good, but I have never bought a deck from a US online shop, as I can find an almost unlimited supply of boards I like in good local shops who do actually support skateboarding.
Thanks for helping keep the low user IQ at a standard level on the forums too.
Bender11 Mar 2011Hey Mark,
OMNI still do thier own wood have done so since 1987
OMNI still do thier own wood have done so since 1987
Mark Brimson12 Mar 2011Re OMNI since 1987 - that is so rad.
Where would one get a board though, as I think distribution is limited isn't it?
Every so often you see one here or there, and the list of people on their team has been so varied over the years too.
From other local companies in Brisbane / surrounding areas, we had Righteous and Burford Blanks which both ended up closing their doors / not doing skate decks anymore, which was a big loss at the time as lots of us bought those boards when we couldn't afford much else.
Where would one get a board though, as I think distribution is limited isn't it?
Every so often you see one here or there, and the list of people on their team has been so varied over the years too.
From other local companies in Brisbane / surrounding areas, we had Righteous and Burford Blanks which both ended up closing their doors / not doing skate decks anymore, which was a big loss at the time as lots of us bought those boards when we couldn't afford much else.
I dont give a shit if my local has it. If its three times cheaper on the net, im gonna go there. People like you wreck skateboarding. Cause your such a drongo!! Stop trying to be like the father figure on this site, always throwing in your shitty comments. Cause 80% of the time your WRONG. Ya hear me... WRONG!! XOXO
Bahahahahaaaa i just saw your profile Mark Brimson. You WANKER!!!! "Anything to do with the Brisbane scene..... I can help you" Hahahaaha. You da man! Skateboarding would be a lot better off without you mate. Sorry to say.
Mark Brimson12 Mar 2011You know I was going to try to play at your game, but then thought you would always seem to know more, can probably call me more names, and nowdays probably skate way better than I ever could, so then I think how sad you really must be that you come across as such an uneducated and spiteful individual after knowing such a thing.
Regardless of what you say, how many years you have been here or skating anything else, I feel like I make a positive contribution to what is happening around me.
Maybe one day when you go all old and bitter, if you even live that long, you may see it differently, but until then, you go on being the friendly fellow you currently are and come up with some more amazing things to say to others throughout the forums.
A+ for stupidity. Cheers!!
Regardless of what you say, how many years you have been here or skating anything else, I feel like I make a positive contribution to what is happening around me.
Maybe one day when you go all old and bitter, if you even live that long, you may see it differently, but until then, you go on being the friendly fellow you currently are and come up with some more amazing things to say to others throughout the forums.
A+ for stupidity. Cheers!!
Chr!s13 Mar 2011The funniest thing living here now is how dickies is considered shit. You get their pants at walmart which is essentially like buying your pants from woolworths.
Mark Brimson13 Mar 2011Re dickies funny - yes, especially how so many people wear all the super big / double knee or whatever ones who want to look all cool or whatever and pay $100+ for them over here. To be able to buy them in woolworths would be good, but I still get them cheaper from known US sellers than I could get king gee or hard yakka from local big w or kmart stores, and dickies wear better anyway.
As the sales pitch goes, they have been around since 1922 and are still the same hard wearing pants...
They had been the most common pants skaters wore in the US for a long time due to them being so cheap and easily found in walmart and other places too. A lot of them still do wear dickies as they are without a doubt still the cheapest pants on the market.
The 874 work pant (chino pants) - just the plain simple flat front original fit - are the best for everything, be it work, skate, wearing all day every day, easy to move in, long lasting, and great as cut off shorts too, so to get them and more often than not I cut the tags / labels off, then ignore all the rest of the hype or fashion changes surrounding the newer styles of the slim fit or stretch skinnys which are just not the same at all to me.
I also buy a lot of plain tees, most recently AAA (not AA / American Apparel which I once thought they were) but the Alstyle tees which are the most common ones used for skate brand tees in the US anyway since back in the day. They are through a local aussie distro in the skate industry and cost less / better quality than the plain ones from kmart or big w anyway.
In Perth the local skate shops are marketing them as their own blanks with a little shop name tag on the bottom hem and they said they are some of their best sellers, so I guess I am not the only one getting in on the quality tees too.
For the masses of cool kids out there nowdays, tight skinny Krew and other brands on the market are doing the best, but there are still a lot of people that wear chinos too.
You don't need to spend lots of money on clothes if you are happy wearing the good quality basic stuff.
As the sales pitch goes, they have been around since 1922 and are still the same hard wearing pants...
They had been the most common pants skaters wore in the US for a long time due to them being so cheap and easily found in walmart and other places too. A lot of them still do wear dickies as they are without a doubt still the cheapest pants on the market.
The 874 work pant (chino pants) - just the plain simple flat front original fit - are the best for everything, be it work, skate, wearing all day every day, easy to move in, long lasting, and great as cut off shorts too, so to get them and more often than not I cut the tags / labels off, then ignore all the rest of the hype or fashion changes surrounding the newer styles of the slim fit or stretch skinnys which are just not the same at all to me.
I also buy a lot of plain tees, most recently AAA (not AA / American Apparel which I once thought they were) but the Alstyle tees which are the most common ones used for skate brand tees in the US anyway since back in the day. They are through a local aussie distro in the skate industry and cost less / better quality than the plain ones from kmart or big w anyway.
In Perth the local skate shops are marketing them as their own blanks with a little shop name tag on the bottom hem and they said they are some of their best sellers, so I guess I am not the only one getting in on the quality tees too.
For the masses of cool kids out there nowdays, tight skinny Krew and other brands on the market are doing the best, but there are still a lot of people that wear chinos too.
You don't need to spend lots of money on clothes if you are happy wearing the good quality basic stuff.
imgne_13 Mar 2011Sweaty your a dickhead!
Sure mark isn't exactly the most liked person on this site, but he has done more towered helping skateboarding more than you ever could.
Buying online from the US isn't going to kill skateboarding, just the Australian scene...
It doesn't matter if you buy the product here or there the company is still going to get their cut, but the local distributors who are more than happy to help out with the local scene by sponsoring and promotion are missing out on theirs...
Keep buying online it don't mean shit to me, but don't come back here bitching about such an such not getting a decent sponsor deal or nobody is running a skate comp at my local anymore...
Eat a dick!
Sure mark isn't exactly the most liked person on this site, but he has done more towered helping skateboarding more than you ever could.
Buying online from the US isn't going to kill skateboarding, just the Australian scene...
It doesn't matter if you buy the product here or there the company is still going to get their cut, but the local distributors who are more than happy to help out with the local scene by sponsoring and promotion are missing out on theirs...
Keep buying online it don't mean shit to me, but don't come back here bitching about such an such not getting a decent sponsor deal or nobody is running a skate comp at my local anymore...
Eat a dick!
where are you copping AAs mark? ascolour dont do em anymore
Fakes14 Mar 2011i want skateboarding to die so it becomes cool again
KETAMINE.... Have you used Karmaloop before? is it pretty secure and is shipping quick?
thanks man
thanks man
Mark Brimson14 Mar 2011AAA / Alstyle tees through Spire Dist = melb local.
http://spiredistribution.com/
Shipping was a flat rate of $30 courier to Brisbane but you can buy whatever size / colour / quantity / mix of whatever you want.
Get a crew together and buy a lot for all of you, so you divide up the shipping cost.
OR if you work for a shop, get a lot for the shop including your own of what you want.
I think they work out about $6 or something + shipping.
http://spiredistribution.com/
Shipping was a flat rate of $30 courier to Brisbane but you can buy whatever size / colour / quantity / mix of whatever you want.
Get a crew together and buy a lot for all of you, so you divide up the shipping cost.
OR if you work for a shop, get a lot for the shop including your own of what you want.
I think they work out about $6 or something + shipping.
Mark Brimson14 Mar 2011Re: imgne / sweaty salmon all share the love for me...
I have said before and say again I am of the mind that I want to say things to make people have a go, rather than make some alter and sling shit at others from an unknown entity that can change names every time I get too excited and say something I shouldn't.
I actually find it really funny when people like SWEATY SALMON come out with that sort of thing.
They just prove how silly they are with comments like:
(1) "You probably get all your shit of the net faggot!"
which seems to be condemning the online ordering of product then back it up with:
(2) "If its three times cheaper on the net, im gonna go there."
which is the complete opposite. Then there is the amazing comment like:
(3) "People like you wreck skateboarding."
to which I would like to know how exactly???
Cause I want to wreck it some more.
Anyway, that whole father figure thing is crap, cause I definitely dont want to be a father to anyone. You can all wipe your own noses and what not.
Sorry if I hurt your feelings but it is only for fun and a bit of a game at the end of a day getting on here and talking it up at all.
Here is a tip for those who order online - check the size, shape / box size or best shipping options as some will do better deals if you ask, or use priority flat rate boxes for lots of smaller things, cause it will really work out way cheaper for you in the long run.
Like anything, if you can buy in bulk, it will be easier to ship, better on price and keep you going for longer without having to go to any of those mean nasty overpriced little local shops we would so like you to support to keep the local scene alive, but seeing as you don't care at all about the local scene, you can probably just ignore this too and do your own thing anyway.
I have said before and say again I am of the mind that I want to say things to make people have a go, rather than make some alter and sling shit at others from an unknown entity that can change names every time I get too excited and say something I shouldn't.
I actually find it really funny when people like SWEATY SALMON come out with that sort of thing.
They just prove how silly they are with comments like:
(1) "You probably get all your shit of the net faggot!"
which seems to be condemning the online ordering of product then back it up with:
(2) "If its three times cheaper on the net, im gonna go there."
which is the complete opposite. Then there is the amazing comment like:
(3) "People like you wreck skateboarding."
to which I would like to know how exactly???
Cause I want to wreck it some more.
Anyway, that whole father figure thing is crap, cause I definitely dont want to be a father to anyone. You can all wipe your own noses and what not.
Sorry if I hurt your feelings but it is only for fun and a bit of a game at the end of a day getting on here and talking it up at all.
Here is a tip for those who order online - check the size, shape / box size or best shipping options as some will do better deals if you ask, or use priority flat rate boxes for lots of smaller things, cause it will really work out way cheaper for you in the long run.
Like anything, if you can buy in bulk, it will be easier to ship, better on price and keep you going for longer without having to go to any of those mean nasty overpriced little local shops we would so like you to support to keep the local scene alive, but seeing as you don't care at all about the local scene, you can probably just ignore this too and do your own thing anyway.
Stookie17 Mar 2011Bumpskies
Anyone know how much shipping generally is from Karmaloop?
Looking at buying a few shirts, jeans and shoes.
Anyone know how much shipping generally is from Karmaloop?
Looking at buying a few shirts, jeans and shoes.
i wear moccos17 Mar 2011IF you put a heap of stuff in a cart and then check out, it should give you the postage pricing before you then pay for it.
CCS postage is usually about $30US, which is pretty reasonably for a couple pairs of shoes etc.
CCS postage is usually about $30US, which is pretty reasonably for a couple pairs of shoes etc.
anyone bought from endemic before?
i've been charged for an antihero hoody by them but they haven't sent me an email to tell me its been sent/payments cleared or anything. i've sent two emails asking whats going on and got no reply.
tried getting the hoodie through drew but aus and us suppliers were out of it.
startin to think ive been jipped.
i've been charged for an antihero hoody by them but they haven't sent me an email to tell me its been sent/payments cleared or anything. i've sent two emails asking whats going on and got no reply.
tried getting the hoodie through drew but aus and us suppliers were out of it.
startin to think ive been jipped.