Dave Hamrick
CREATOR
23 days ago
Project Update: Pledge Manager is coming (trying to solve the Canada shipping solution)
Hey friends,
I'm back from Origins and caught up. The Pledge Manager should open this week. I hope to submit it soon.
The big holdup is mainly Canadian shipping, which has two problems:
1) There's a big labor dispute right now that is preventing some shippers, namely DHL, from sending stuff that way.
2) We used UPS on the last Backerkit and, apparently, that's a big no-no as they will charge Canadians like... an additional $55 in customs fees (wtf UPS).
We're going with USPS, as some have suggested for Canada and the US. Sadly, it looks like we can't ship hardcovers from Amazon, as they've removed the option, but we do get some pretty heavy savings with Shopify. Of course, if you have any suggestions as a Canadian backer, let us know.
The only other thing I'm waiting on is the promo dice that a lot of you are getting. The trade fiasco in the US has backed up shipping lanes, so everything's coming reaaaal slow. As it stands, I have the fancy dice that went with the Negative version of the book, but only a handful of the promotional dice. The rest are coming.
The Pledge Manager will stay open for two weeks, giving you time to get your ducks in a row. After that, it will close, and I will start releasing the PDFs.
Thanks again, backers! Very excited to deliver these goods.
- Dave
I'm back from Origins and caught up. The Pledge Manager should open this week. I hope to submit it soon.
The big holdup is mainly Canadian shipping, which has two problems:
1) There's a big labor dispute right now that is preventing some shippers, namely DHL, from sending stuff that way.
2) We used UPS on the last Backerkit and, apparently, that's a big no-no as they will charge Canadians like... an additional $55 in customs fees (wtf UPS).
We're going with USPS, as some have suggested for Canada and the US. Sadly, it looks like we can't ship hardcovers from Amazon, as they've removed the option, but we do get some pretty heavy savings with Shopify. Of course, if you have any suggestions as a Canadian backer, let us know.
The only other thing I'm waiting on is the promo dice that a lot of you are getting. The trade fiasco in the US has backed up shipping lanes, so everything's coming reaaaal slow. As it stands, I have the fancy dice that went with the Negative version of the book, but only a handful of the promotional dice. The rest are coming.
The Pledge Manager will stay open for two weeks, giving you time to get your ducks in a row. After that, it will close, and I will start releasing the PDFs.
Thanks again, backers! Very excited to deliver these goods.
- Dave
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