I am heading to California for Christmas and New Year which happens to be the home of RPI. I am 99% sure I am going to pick up a RPI scoop for myself but I was considering getting a few if people on the forum were interested?
The first issue is - does anyone know roughly the size of these units? I need to get a gauge of how many I might be able to fit in my suitcase coming back if quite a few people are interested. There would obviously be a size limit and on top of that a "customs" limit. I am sure questions would be asked if I had a bag full of 20 RPI scoops at customs...!
The second issue - what would people pay? They are priced at $129 but shipping to the UK is $133, more than the scoop itself! To get the scoop shipped to a US address is $17, so I am talking $146 per scoop. Would people be prepared to pay £100 for a scoop? Its a small margin for me 9.6% for my efforts and a great saving to anybody in the UK wanting one but grimacing at the shipping costs!
Let me know what the consensus is
The first issue is - does anyone know roughly the size of these units? I need to get a gauge of how many I might be able to fit in my suitcase coming back if quite a few people are interested. There would obviously be a size limit and on top of that a "customs" limit. I am sure questions would be asked if I had a bag full of 20 RPI scoops at customs...!
The second issue - what would people pay? They are priced at $129 but shipping to the UK is $133, more than the scoop itself! To get the scoop shipped to a US address is $17, so I am talking $146 per scoop. Would people be prepared to pay £100 for a scoop? Its a small margin for me 9.6% for my efforts and a great saving to anybody in the UK wanting one but grimacing at the shipping costs!
Let me know what the consensus is
