So came across this listing while looking for more measuring bottles. Which do you think I should go with and which do you think the shipper would like me to go with? What is up here, do you think?
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Probably a typo on the high postage.
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I have another Polish seller with similar listings. I used to buy all my Miniart from him but stopped when this started happening.
However, having been a seller myself normally when you make an error you merely edit the listing; you donât put up a new listing and keep the old one going to cause confusion amongst potential customers. Itâs a very simple process that just takes a couple of minutes at most.
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multiple accounts by the same person selling the same product, basically they know you will go for the cheaper one. Iâve come across this before here in the UK.
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First thing that came to mind for me too!
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Going to be a while before we can have movies like that again.
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Personally, I havenât purchased a paint mixing bottle in my adult life. For the cost of the bottle and shipping you could buy a bottle of thinner and combine with that almost empty one. Instant mixing bottle.
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I was looking for one with markings printed on it, and the Tamiya is one that comes up in the lists. Plus Iâm not simply mixing paint and thinner; I am mixing quantities of different colors together by milliliters as those are the ratio measurements I have for the colors I am looking to recreate (for automotive kits).
I also need more than 23ml capacity.
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Is this what youâre looking for? Found these on eBay with Free Shipping. HTH.
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Yes, Iâm familiar with Omnimodels. The $7.99 SRP is a bit much for my taste. I was looking to find something similar to the Tamiya without the Tamiya pricing.
Putting âmixing jar measurementsâ in the search bar tends to clog it with Tamiya listings since those key words are in every Tamiya listing.
However, my question was about the odd shipping costs in those otherwise identical listings and not so much about the actual acquisition of a mixing jar.
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To your original post: I have seen similar multiple price postings such as you mention, even with large US retailers/distributors. ⌠Caveat emptor.
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I say buy the first one. I must be of far better quality!!
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Maybe it arrives in a case handcuffed to a courier?
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Comedy like that would get you banned from Hollywood nowadays. Thatâs why movies like âBlazing Saddlesâ could never be remade.
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If youâre buying in the US, surely the tariffs and postage-due on the cheaper one will add up to the outrageous postage quote for the other one? 
I love those bottles for custom mixing, and pick them up at model shows whenever I see them. Once the colour is mixed I can decant some back into cleaned-out standard Tamiya jars for thinning and use. As I often mix up âfadedâ versions as well as full-strength this system offers the flexibility - it just takes a keen eye to make sure ALL the bottles get accurate labelsâŚ
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I collect the used individual jam(jelly) jars, from hotels and air b&bs, for storage, ask the staff the day before,
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Both listings actually mention there may be additional tariffs, so I donât know that that is the answer.
There really is no reason from a business standpoint to do this unless you are skimming off the postage to make extra money while keeping your own fees to a minimum.
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I was only kidding about tariffs etc. The disparity (several dollars vs $99 on postage) suggests a mistake or bug rather than a scam - itâs just too ridiculous. But I do remember a number of European suppliers bumping up postage to giant sums when the tariffs and postage craziness hit a year or so ago as a way to put off American customers - we had similar issues here in the UK after Brexit when nobody wanted to fill out the tax forms. But they ought to have sorted it out by now, rather than leaving both pricings visible to US customers. Perhaps it might be useful to drop them an email on the subject? They might not be aware of the situationâŚ
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Seller has sold a lot of items and still has a relatively good feedback score, so doubt itâs a scam. Adding a huge postage is a means to freeze a listing without removing it, therefore keeping itâs rating. Unlikely in this case as the seller has two listings the same, however itâs probably a means to control stock when itâs low.
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