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Title: VKB Gladiators now without tariff or shipping costs
Post by: Leisure on July 10, 2025, 03:10:35 PM
VKB is now selling its Gladiator line from a North American locale so no tariff or shipping costs as Amazon is delivering them. Good deal if you ask me.

https://www.vkbcontrollers.com/blogs/news/some-good-news-from-vkb-hq (https://www.vkbcontrollers.com/blogs/news/some-good-news-from-vkb-hq)
Title: Re: VKB Gladiators now without tariff or shipping costs
Post by: Animl-AW on July 11, 2025, 11:33:25 AM
Grab them. They are great sticks for the money, better than x52 and 56.

I use zero scaling, damping, deadband settings on my VKB. Compared to a x52 that required quite a bit.
Title: Re: VKB Gladiators now without tariff or shipping costs
Post by: hazmatt on July 11, 2025, 12:16:43 PM
Quote from: Leisure on Yesterday at 03:10:35 PM
VKB is now selling its Gladiator line from a North American locale so no tariff or shipping costs as Amazon is delivering them. Good deal if you ask me.

https://www.vkbcontrollers.com/blogs/news/some-good-news-from-vkb-hq (https://www.vkbcontrollers.com/blogs/news/some-good-news-from-vkb-hq)

Hmm, the $90 stick that I want to order still shows $40 shipping. I guess it's only specific models. I just can't bring myself to pay $40 shipping on a $90 item lolz.
Title: Re: VKB Gladiators now without tariff or shipping costs
Post by: Animl-AW on July 11, 2025, 01:09:56 PM
There is a glitch
Mine came from a USA warehouse, however they were out of stock and had to wait to come from China, which added tariffs. Putting a 120 to 170 or 180, lost track.

Catch 2. After using it, I would have paid 180 for it.  Verses, buying a stick with a plastic gimbal forcing a replacement 1-2 yrs down the road. Now you are past 180 to have a stick.The VKB gimbal will outlast 2-3 plastic gimbal sticks. VKB is a very smooth stick