Elaine Lithgow
CREATOR
1 day ago
Project Update: Locking Orders This Thursday and Shipping Update
Greetings delvers!
Just a quick update today to remind folk that we will be locking orders this Thursday 26th! So make sure you're happy with your pledge levels and add-ons before the big button is pushed. You should receive a notification from Backerkit on Tuesday when we set orders to lock, so you can make any final changes to your pledge. Once orders are locked and your cards are charged, you’ll get access to all the PDFs in your pledge.
Addresses will not be locking down until April 28th, on our current timeline, but we’ve been working on shipping costs and you should now be able to see those in your pledges. The following noteworthy changes have occurred since our estimates last year.
- Australia: Shipping should be slightly cheaper than we estimated, thanks to our distribution partner’s support.
- EU: We have joined up with a new EU dedicated distribution partner. As a result, some upfront shipping costs may appear slightly higher than we estimated last year. Importantly, because this partner is sending the books from inside the EU, we're confident that you won't have to pay any surprise import duties. It should be cheaper for most EU backers in practice.
- USA: Shipping within the USA is currently more expensive than we expected; this is partly due to the increasing costs of moving freight across the US border as well as within the US to get it to its final destination. In practice this translates into a sub-$5 increase for most US backers; we’re still working to see if we can get this down any further.
All these shipping costs have been updated and reflected in the pledge manager, so you can check what your particular shipping costs are going to look like. So check them out and make sure you're not going to get any nasty surprises. We’ll be back in touch once we are ready to lock down your addresses and start shipping!
- Elaine & The RRD Team
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