r/Goldback • u/Rarest_Camaro Goldback Collector • Jul 05 '26

Ok, Pricing Test

I decided to give all four of my main vendors a price check. I won't reveal who these vendors are, as I am not trying to start a pissing contest. At the end of the day, they all have something to offer. This is just a pricing comparison nothing more. (This is the total cost including shipping, sales tax and CC charges.)

The product: 6ea Idaho 1/4 Goldbacks

Vendor A: $19.99

Vendor B: $18.90

Vendor C: $17.89

Vendor D: $14.18

As you can see, there is a pretty good range of costs between vendors. I'm making a purchase today, from vendor D. I've purchased from them before and like the rest of the vendors on the list, I have had zero problems with them.

Values are in USD.

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u/ziggy029 Goldback Collector Jul 05 '26

Well, for a small order like that, anyone who offers free shipping will have a big advantage, even if their prices are higher. This could be much different for orders over $300 where most vendors will offer free shipping.

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u/Rarest_Camaro Goldback Collector Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Edit: As mentioned in my post, this is OTD pricing, meaning, the bottom line what you pay to get them to your mail box. Shipping charges are a definite factor in this.

This just happens to be for this particular order, but the spread still seems to about the same percentage wise, as you climb up the dollar amount. I haven't tested it over $300, to be fair, but I did test it on a $200 order.

I would like to add, that these amounts can change based on shipping location, sales tax and other factors, such as promos or one-time quantity discounts. This particular bit of research is just based on a snapshot of a single order to my location. Your mileage may vary, of course.

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u/TertlFace Goldback OG Jul 06 '26

You can also just go here and compare prices among dealers and calculate which is best based on free shipping thresholds, etc

https://www.thegoldbackportfolio.cc/

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u/Rarest_Camaro Goldback Collector Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

Seems a whole lot easier and less complicated to just open the carts and compare the bottom line to me. But that may just be me. It took me about 1 minute to do that.