Pete B Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Like the earlier 'Swarm' scheme, it all looked a bit complicated to me but yesterday, in the course of ordering a few bits from HK, I thought I'd look a bit closer at their Buddy Code system, which is a way of obtaining a lower price on certain items. By way of example, I was able to reduce the price of Nano-Tech 3S 2200 25-50C Li-Po's from $16.48 to just $10.27 each and the Turnigy 4000mAh DX8 Tx Li-Po pack from $17.95 to $15.12, not to mention their 50g super-thin CA reduced from $2.39 to just $0.97! Those savings, IMHO, make it well worth a bit of time spent checking whether there is a code available for your product. RCG has a number of threads on their 'Hot Online Deals' part of the forum and there is a specific website RC International where you can browse or search to see if what you are looking for has a code. I'm a long way from fully understanding the system but, first and foremost, you must be logged-in to your account on the HobbyKing site, then do a search for a code on RC International or click on a published link on a forum. If the code is valid (and they are time-limited) the HK product page opens with the reduced price indicated by an asterisk. Put it in your cart and you get that reduction! Conversely, I couldn't find a code yesterday for a particular motor, the NTM Prop Drive 3548 900Kv, so I paid the normal member price of $21.30. Today, I checked the order page to see a blue footprint symbol alongside that item. Clicking on that, the site produced a Buddy Code for that item, reducing the price by $4.12. I've uploaded this code to RC International and posted it on an RCG thread. If anyone else takes advantage of this code, I'll have the $4.12 credited to my account for future use. No, you only get it once..... OK, it isn't the most intuitive scheme going, but a bit of application has produced enough savings to pay my postage costs for this particular order. Not to be sniffed at, I'd say! Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark R Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Hi Pete, thanks for the info.......wished i had found it before ordering more lipos...least i have an excuse to order more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 Cheers, Mark. So far as I can make out, if you have purchased those Li-Po's within the past 14 days, and on checking your order page you see the blue footprint against the item, you can generate a code (which will show you the discount), publish it on the Web and, if others use that code, you'll be credited with the value of the discount. With a bit of application, it seems difficult to lose, doesn't it? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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