Another Estes Rocket Sale

I just wanted to let everyone know that Estes is again having a Sale on Rockets. Check back each day during the Month of February to see what's new on sale.

https://www.estesrockets.com/rockets/specials


John Boren

WhooHoo. All month long. I may be able to get in on this one.

My wallet just groaned audibly.

wfcook said:

My wallet just groaned audibly.

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I think mine just exploded...

Thank goodness. I just checked their site and I can survive another day. Not that their sale isn't good...but I can resist today at least.

I think I'm good until they switch to motors with similar discounts.

JumpJet said:

I just wanted to let everyone know that Estes is again having a Sale on Rockets. Check back each day during the Month of February to see what's new on sale.

https://www.estesrockets.com/rockets/specials


John Boren

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So in December you experimented with shipping big boxes full of bunches of rockets. This month you're experimenting with shipping many small boxes daily with only one rocket each? Is this a stress test for your shipping system?

RoyAtl said:

So in December you experimented with shipping big boxes full of bunches of rockets. This month you're experimenting with shipping many small boxes daily with only one rocket each? Is this a stress test for your shipping system?

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Probably more of a stress test for John.

I appreciate these great sale prices on kits but once you factor in the high shipping cost, is it still a good deal? I think the December sale was so popular because of the free shipping in addition to the sale prices.

I ordered 40 Monarchs and got free shipping.

rokitflite said:

I ordered 40 Monarchs and got free shipping.

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Next year's kitbash model??

No , for the many educators each year that I get in the store asking for 10+ of a simple kit for a class, then when I ask them when they need it by, they say "tomorrow".

I played around with the shopping cart and it looks like you can get free shipping if you order at least $90. I bought three Monarchs during the last sale so I will wait and see what the rest of the week brings.

Yes, I have worked it out to be $85 for free shipping. Let's hope there are enough choices one day or another to get there.

LV-426 said:

I played around with the shopping cart and it looks like you can get free shipping if you order at least $90. I bought three Monarchs during the last sale so I will wait and see what the rest of the week brings.

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That Screaming Eagle is a cool kit. It would be cool to do an upscale of it.

It DOES look like they got rid of the "Bonus Points" though

LV-426 said:

I appreciate these great sale prices on kits but once you factor in the high shipping cost, is it still a good deal? I think the December sale was so popular because of the free shipping in addition to the sale prices.

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To buy one or two kits, probably not. But I ran through a sample order of three Monarchs yesterday and my out-the-door cost would have been about $22. That's not a great price, but not bad either.

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It DOES look like they got rid of the "Bonus Points" though

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I noticed that too, I looked everywhere on their site but couldn't find anything. It sucks too, I had some points to use

On another note, I am betting that the "December Sale" rockets are the ones featured this month. They must have a huge cache of these still?

Yes I emailed them , maybe I will get a response. Had like 500-600 points this sucks

Today's rocket of the day is Photon Probe for a little over $4.
The truth is, I'd probably buy every one of these rockets at the discount if they were offered all at the same time - or at least in large numbers. With only one available at a time (along with some launch sets), there is no way to justify the expensive shipping for the purchase. Spread out over many rockets, or free shipping when I spend $85, sure definitely worth it. But not like this. Too bad really.

I was going to buy one yesterday buy for the shipping.

I wonder how retailers and LHS feel about Estes' deep discounts on certain models and the advertisement of such. Especially in light of the MAP pricing model that was discussed in a different thread. It makes no difference to me as a consumer, but this can't sit very well with especially small hobby retailers.

ArizonaSportsman said:

I wonder how retailers and LHS feel about Estes' deep discounts on certain models and the advertisement of such. Especially in light of the MAP pricing model that was discussed in a different thread. It makes no difference to me as a consumer, but this can't sit very well with especially small hobby retailers.

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Maybe they buy them and put them on their shelves at retail.

Too bad we couldn't get the logistics together to execute a "group buy". Payments and redistribution could be a nightmare though.

It's also interesting that the model of the day's price seems to go up during its 24 hour period...

The Super Neon would have been a nice score (lots of payload/booster sections), but the shipping... Oy Vey

So, I broke down, and did buy a handful of today's kit, the Phoenix Bird. It is priced at $5-something each, and is a 24" BT-55 based rocket with balsa through the wall 2 piece fins, a balsa connector, payload bay, balsa nosecone, and 18" chute. The Phoenix Bird traces its heritage back to Centuri (as a #13), and the Challenger II - Maniac - Eliminator line. This modern version, however, is scaled down slightly from BT56 to BT55. Still, it should be a good kit, and one I can hand over to my sons anew to build on Saturday mornings a few times over the next several years.

I did get to use my member "points" left over from the holiday sale, so recouped about $4 there.
I did have to pay some $10 postage, so that my 5 kits came out to more like $7 each (or $6 with my points).
Over at AC Supply at 45% off and as part of a free postage order, they would be $13 or so each - and I've had one in my "cart" there for a while now.
So maybe not a bad deal.

Sale went crazy today. I wonder if they will stay on sale for a while.......

I picked up 2 $20 helis and 2 sets of replacement blades. Should be fun when I get the new cat.

shreadvector said:

Sale went crazy today. I wonder if they will stay on sale for a while.......

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Yeah, they threw just about everything on sale.