They are legit I found out after calling, part of Barska.

I come across that every so often.  I've put in an order to some companies only to have them change their shipping policy and try to charge something like $20 up to $40 to ship to Hawaii.  F that! 

Support your LGS!

Support your LGS!

yeah or else!
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2012/11/22/obamas-gun-ban-list-is-out/

I just tried ordering some small guitar parts through Amazon. They just flat out refused to ship here.

You can find Barska on eBay for cheaper.

I just tried ordering some small guitar parts through Amazon. They just flat out refused to ship here.

Yeah some of the stuff the won't send here doesn't make sense. I can buy kettlebells on amazon and get free shipping here,yet the won't ship a bluetooth radio receiver I want??

I just tried ordering some small guitar parts through Amazon. They just flat out refused to ship here.

Yeah some of the stuff the won't send here doesn't make sense. I can buy kettlebells on amazon and get free shipping here,yet the won't ship a bluetooth radio receiver I want??

It's not an issue with Amazon...look for "Ships from and sold by". Most of the vendors have great prices, but will screw you on OCONUS shipping. If it's shipped & sold by Amazon (usually costs a bit more), you can get free "Super Saver" shipping deal. If there's a problem or you change your mind? They cover return shipping too.

Yes, support local but when it's 1/4th the price, it can't be matched.  Just sucks how we get screwed on shipping.  Just didn't appreciate the way it was handled by them.  I told them if they can honor the original price and waive shipping, I'll gladly take it.  Prob not though.

Yeah some of the stuff the won't send here doesn't make sense. I can buy kettlebells on amazon and get free shipping here,yet the won't ship a bluetooth radio receiver I want??

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Herewith is a copy of an email that I sent to an electronics supply company on Apr.17 of this year. I wanted to order a small part and their ordering system wanted to charge me about $35 to ship it. In the past they always charged reasonable rates and I did a lot of business with them. After several infuriating exchanges with customer service, I wrote this:
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Ok, this is the LAST time I'm going to explain this to you. Then you will never hear from me again.
Hawaii is actually one of the 50 United States... Has been since 1959. I do not live in a grass shack. The girls do not wear hula skirts.
The president of the United States grew up here and he did not wear a loin cloth and climb coconut trees. We DO have indoor toilets and hot and cold water. I get to work by driving a car. I do own shoes and actually wear them. We even have TELEVISION here! And it is in high definition! We don't carry spears to catch fish for dinner, and as far as I know we have not roasted a missionary over burning coals.
I was really born in a hospital, not a cave. My children were born in hospitals too. Wow! imagine that. My wife didn't have to squat in the bushes and bite the umbilical cords off with her teeth.

Believe it or not, this is the year 2012 here in Hawaii. Yes, it is the same year as in California. The United States Postal Service actually uses airplanes (not canoes) to get most of the mail here and it costs about the same as it would for you to ship something to say, New York City.
Believe it or not, if you were to put that little piece of cable into a little USPS flat rate box which costs $5.35, it would get here by AIRPLANE in about 2 or 3 days.

So you are saying that I would pay you $34.33 for $5.35 worth of shipping and you would pocket a sweet $28.98 in pure profit, right?
You think I'm STUPID? Are you PURPOSELY trying to discourage people from this state from ordering merchandise from your company?
You might as well put a big banner across your website homepage saying,
 "SCREW YOU HAWAII-- WE DO NOT WANT YOUR BUSINESS--DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM US"

I suggest you forward this complaint to a higher level. Your supervisor will get a good laugh out of it.

I'm going to save this!!! Good one!

It appears more than a few companies have accounts with UPS and Fedex and are geared to ship everthing that way.  Far too expensive to come here.

What I have done several times with success is contact the sellers I was interested in buying from and asking why they would not just throw whatever into a USPS flat rate box and charge for that.  In most cases they agreed to do just that.

Never hurts to ask, they often do agree the shipping charges are insane and will work to help.  Just did this to knock $44 shipping down to $15.  Still a bit high for a flat, light circuit board but they did do a special shipping for me.

What i usually do is ship to a friends house in the mainland.  He reboxes for me and sends it along.  Only have to pay shipping from LV to HI, since its free to his house.

What i usually do is ship to a friends house in the mainland.  He reboxes for me and sends it along.  Only have to pay shipping from LV to HI, since its free to his house.

I've thought of doing something similar for ammo.  Have it shipped to a friend's place on the mainland and have them pack it in their luggage when they come to visit.  Haven't done it yet though. 

ask us and tell us what price we have to beat....we will see if we can do it.

I've thought of doing something similar for ammo.  Have it shipped to a friend's place on the mainland and have them pack it in their luggage when they come to visit.  Haven't done it yet though.

You should. When we go to Vegas I always have extra money for our checked luggage with ammo and our regular checked luggage.
Hawaiian was 60 or 70lbs, four of us, $25 additional extra checked bag cause were premium. Was worth it to me

If your company has a corporate account and they let you book your personal flights through it then you get 2 free checked bags.

ask us and tell us what price we have to beat....we will see if we can do it.

I would be looking for deals on ammo, but a shop would have to bring them in by bulk to make pricing competitive with the cost of freight. 

You should. When we go to Vegas I always have extra money for our checked luggage with ammo and our regular checked luggage.
Hawaiian was 60 or 70lbs, four of us, $25 additional extra checked bag cause were premium. Was worth it to me

When I went to Alaska in September, I was planning on bringing back ammo that we can't find here.  But I got busy on the last day and didn't get a chance to go back to the sporting good store. 

I would be looking for deals on ammo, but a shop would have to bring them in by bulk to make pricing competitive with the cost of freight.

I think a lot of us here buy it by the case(s). If enough of us need/want ammo at the same time then they could probably arrange something.