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NerdyOreo
(@nerdyoreo)
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$40 to ship 1 Spool of Filament?

I am a USA Resident and have been buying Prusament for a while now. As of late it seems that the cost of shipping has Skyrocketed. Especially to the US. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this Global Conflict based? Apologies if I missed something/ an announcement or other updates here but man, $40 shipping for a <$30 Spool of PLA caught me off guard. This is honestly the best filament out there and am sad to see this happen. 

Posted : 23/10/2024 3:55 pm
gkas
 gkas
(@gkas)
Estimable Member
RE: $40 to ship 1 Spool of Filament?

Try VoxelPLA.com . They make excellent filament. A USA business in Garden Grove CA. It's $16.99 for both their PLA+ and PetG+. I get 20-30 spools at a time and that gets me about $1 a spool discount. It's FAST and prints very well. I've used it almost exclusively for over 1-1/2 years, except for a few specialty products I get from Amazon (next day shipping). For your $70 you can get 4 rolls with free shipping. 

Posted : 23/10/2024 8:10 pm
Dan82
(@dan82)
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Prusa’s USA authorized dealer is: Printed Solid  in NJ https://www.printedsolid.com sells Prusament for a reasonable price..plus free shipping over $50.  

I checked Voxel out some time ago, it’s not made in the USA.  I opted to not order it.  “Printed Solid” has its own (Jessie) PLA & PTEG brands made in USA with trusted ingredients.  Its PLA & PETG both sell for $19.99 for 1kg.  I’ve only used Jessie filament, so I have no reference, but it’s rated very high…some say it’s as good as Prusament.

I hope this helps.

This post was modified 4 weeks ago 2 times by Dan82
Posted : 23/10/2024 10:20 pm
Henry
(@henry-6)
Active Member
RE: $40 to ship 1 Spool of Filament?

I just received two rolls of Prusament Monday and shipping cost me about $20, FedEx 3 day. I can see no shipping option that costs $40 to the US. I would take another look. 

Posted : 23/10/2024 11:11 pm
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John Lindo
(@john-lindo)
Eminent Member
RE: $40 to ship 1 Spool of Filament?

Worth a check, is Prusament manufactured in the EU ? if so I doubt in Czechoslovakia, I cannot

believe Prusa has its's own plastic extruder company just to support there printers.

With the crazy EU health and environment rules it would be very cost prohibitive.

The EU bans imports of bananas that are to curved, funny but true.

Posted : 24/10/2024 3:27 am
Neophyl
(@neophyl)
Illustrious Member
RE: $40 to ship 1 Spool of Filament?

It absolutely has its own machines to make filament  there’s whole blog posts and tour videos about it.  They have multiple production lines now  

Posted by: @john-lindo

Worth a check, is Prusament manufactured in the EU ? if so I doubt in Czechoslovakia, I cannot

believe Prusa has its's own plastic extruder company just to support there printers.

With the crazy EU health and environment rules it would be very cost prohibitive.

The EU bans imports of bananas that are to curved, funny but true.

 

Posted : 24/10/2024 5:04 am
JP Guitars
(@jp-guitars)
Reputable Member
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Here you go, tour of the filament facility in Prague:

Posted by: @john-lindo

Worth a check, is Prusament manufactured in the EU ? if so I doubt in Czechoslovakia, I cannot

believe Prusa has its's own plastic extruder company just to support there printers.

With the crazy EU health and environment rules it would be very cost prohibitive.

The EU bans imports of bananas that are to curved, funny but true.

 

This post was modified 4 weeks ago by JP Guitars
Posted : 24/10/2024 10:30 am
Walter Layher
(@walter-layher)
Prominent Member
RE: $40 to ship 1 Spool of Filament?

Very doubtful indeed! 🙂 This country can't even be found on a current map.

Posted by: @john-lindo

if so I doubt in Czechoslovakia

 

With the crazy EU health and environment rules it would be very cost prohibitive.

The EU bans imports of bananas that are to curved, funny but true.

 

Posted : 24/10/2024 11:02 am
FoxRun3D
(@foxrun3d)
Famed Member
RE: $40 to ship 1 Spool of Filament?
Posted by: @henry-6

I just received two rolls of Prusament Monday and shipping cost me about $20, FedEx 3 day. I can see no shipping option that costs $40 to the US. I would take another look. 

I ordered some last week, same here. Nothing was close to $40.

Plenty of alternatives. I very much like Polymaker and Overture. But these days it's hard to find bad filament unless you go for rock-bottom pricing.

 

Formerly known on this forum as @fuchsr -- until all hell broke loose with the forum software...

Posted : 24/10/2024 11:42 am
Diem
 Diem
(@diem)
Illustrious Member

Here you go, tour of the filament facility in Prague:

That's out of date now - from the beginning of MK3 production.  A more relevant one is:

Or, if you want more of a user's point of view:

Both include glimpses of filament production.

Cheerio,

Posted : 24/10/2024 5:04 pm
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