Drop Mech Keys Meetup Recap - Thanks for Visiting!
As you may have seen, we just hosted our first meetup in quite a while here at Drop HQ (Corsair HQ, but they seem to like us enough :) )! It was a blast to get to meet so many enthusiasts local to the bay area—it had been 10 years since I was last hanging out with keyboard nerds in the bay, at KeyCon 2014. We had a great time hosting everyone at the offices, checking out all the very nice boards y'all brought, and sharing some of our own projects/spaces! I knew it would be fun to host in the Game Room when I first saw it in person, but seeing it come to fruition was still so cool. Alright, I'll stop blabbering on now. xD Picture time! (Oh, real quick - there will be more of these! Stay tuned for more info and to catch the next one!)
May 15, 2024
Instead, we're just letting massdrop know one of the big reasons why we won't be buying this product. If they want more business, they should find a way to offer more realistic shipping prices. Most customers aren't going to be interested in jumping through hoops like you've mentioned -- we'd rather complain and leave it to massdrop to fix their shit.
Thus far, I've shipped quite a few things through them (including a few things from Massdrop), and thus far they've been fast to process them, and I've yet to have a problem with em. Recommended if you need a forwarding service.
Just make sure you check postage costs going in. And of course shop around a bit. For example ShopMate to Australia can be a bit cheaper but I trust DHL (one of the carriers shipito provides) over AusPost more to warrant the slight increase in cost.
Also note shipito doesn't seem to have an option to repackage parcels into smaller boxes if possible on free accounts. Massdrop for example likes to ship items in boxes quite a bit larger which could increase cost (volumetric weight vs actual weight, whichever is higher gets charged more). usgobuy.com supposedly does this but I've never used them. I might try them next time (just ignore their comparison on this page: http://www.usgobuy.com/en/services-and-fees.html some of the things are out of date/lies about shipito (from using shipito, this is evident), and as such I can't really trust it's comparisons with other forwarders either)
TL;DR: my experience was good, just be sure to shop around.
Or else you have to go through shipto's ridiculous verification process where you have to send in an insane amount of ID and evidence to prove your identity.