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Post by Sagat on Jan 22, 2021 23:40:47 GMT -5
If the Tokyo Olympics go ahead this year, it could possibly see the return of EMS, Air Mail by Japan Post (for a brief moment) - i.e Flights in/out of Japan.
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Post by Magmatron on Jan 23, 2021 1:38:13 GMT -5
If the Tokyo Olympics go ahead this year, it could possibly see the return of EMS, Air Mail by Japan Post (for a brief moment) - i.e Flights in/out of Japan. Actually, it seems all but confirmed that it will be canceled.
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Post by mpchi on Jan 23, 2021 1:41:10 GMT -5
If the Tokyo Olympics go ahead this year, it could possibly see the return of EMS, Air Mail by Japan Post (for a brief moment) - i.e Flights in/out of Japan. Actually, it seems all but confirmed that it will be canceled. Yeah, I heard briefly from the news that 80% of Japanese participated in a survey preferred the Tokyo Olympic to be cancelled.
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Post by Sagat on Jan 23, 2021 2:52:24 GMT -5
Actually, it seems all but confirmed that it will be canceled. Nothing "official" yet. :/ All speculation, for now. IMO, I think they will still go ahead. Yeah, I heard briefly from the news that 80% of Japanese participated in a survey preferred the Tokyo Olympic to be cancelled. What the people want and what the Japan Government and Olympic Committee do, will not be necessarily the same thing.
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Post by Super.Ultra.Robo.Rider on Jan 23, 2021 10:27:39 GMT -5
My gx-33r has been with CDJapan since August. I paid for SAL, the toy is paid for, but CDJapan wants another $160 to upgrade to DHL, or $145 for Fedex. They want to charge me ~$175 ($15 + 160) to ship one toy! That's almost as much as the toy itself. The prices seem extra high! I also have a half dozen other paid for items stuck with them, including gx-90. I've asked them about ferry. Nope. I've asked them to consolidate all of my items into one package. Nope. I've asked them to ship them to my tenso address, so that tenso could consolidate and ship with their much more reasonable rates. Nope. It is a real pain seeing Leopardon and FA Combattler on Amazon for less than I paid to preorder, and I'll probably get screwed by a price hike when Japan Post starts running again. They refuse to do anything except warehouse my orders, for now. How much longer? I wish I knew. I wish I could cancel with them without getting banned by them. What would you guys do?
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Post by bleah on Jan 23, 2021 10:33:58 GMT -5
My gx-33r has been with CDJapan since August. I paid for SAL, the toy is paid for, but CDJapan wants another $160 to upgrade to DHL, or $145 for Fedex. They want to charge me ~$175 ($15 + 160) to ship one toy! That's almost as much as the toy itself. The prices seem extra high! I also have a half dozen other paid for items stuck with them, including gx-90. I've asked them about ferry. Nope. I've asked them to consolidate all of my items into one package. Nope. I've asked them to ship them to my tenso address, so that tenso could consolidate and ship with their much more reasonable rates. Nope. It is a real pain seeing Leopardon and FA Combattler on Amazon for less than I paid to preorder, and I'll probably get screwed by a price hike when Japan Post starts running again. They refuse to do anything except warehouse my orders, for now. How much longer? I wish I knew. I wish I could cancel with them without getting banned by them. What would you guys do? How big is this box that they're charging that amount? Is this USD or another currency?
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Post by Magmatron on Jan 23, 2021 10:59:07 GMT -5
My gx-33r has been with CDJapan since August. I paid for SAL, the toy is paid for, but CDJapan wants another $160 to upgrade to DHL, or $145 for Fedex. They want to charge me ~$175 ($15 + 160) to ship one toy! That's almost as much as the toy itself. The prices seem extra high! I also have a half dozen other paid for items stuck with them, including gx-90. I've asked them about ferry. Nope. I've asked them to consolidate all of my items into one package. Nope. I've asked them to ship them to my tenso address, so that tenso could consolidate and ship with their much more reasonable rates. Nope. It is a real pain seeing Leopardon and FA Combattler on Amazon for less than I paid to preorder, and I'll probably get screwed by a price hike when Japan Post starts running again. They refuse to do anything except warehouse my orders, for now. How much longer? I wish I knew. I wish I could cancel with them without getting banned by them. What would you guys do? I'd cancel my order, even if it means getting banned. For how much they are asking for shipping you could get it from Amazon Japan shipped via DHL.
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Post by mpchi on Jan 23, 2021 11:32:21 GMT -5
CDJapan is a really good shop. Shopped there for years and always get good and quick responses. Good prices too. I think this mishap is really due to COVID and their inflexibility to change policy. Them charging a lot for DHL didn't help (which I avoid shopping there until COVID is over). Most likely your orders has been boxed up and ready to ship. If they consolidate, there will be changes on the billing and a lot of wasted packaging they need to swallow the cost. It may not sound much to you, but imagine they have to do the same to a 100 or a 1000 customers all want changes and consolidation on their orders under similar situation. And being a Japanese company, I can see them not easy to bend the rules or make exceptions, nor their managers liking that idea and take losses.
Getting banned from a good shop like that is no good, but paying $160 extras for DHL or leaving items in limbo indefinitely also suck big time.
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Post by Super.Ultra.Robo.Rider on Jan 23, 2021 15:39:09 GMT -5
My gx-33r has been with CDJapan since August. I paid for SAL, the toy is paid for, but CDJapan wants another $160 to upgrade to DHL, or $145 for Fedex. They want to charge me ~$175 ($15 + 160) to ship one toy! That's almost as much as the toy itself. The prices seem extra high! I also have a half dozen other paid for items stuck with them, including gx-90. I've asked them about ferry. Nope. I've asked them to consolidate all of my items into one package. Nope. I've asked them to ship them to my tenso address, so that tenso could consolidate and ship with their much more reasonable rates. Nope. It is a real pain seeing Leopardon and FA Combattler on Amazon for less than I paid to preorder, and I'll probably get screwed by a price hike when Japan Post starts running again. They refuse to do anything except warehouse my orders, for now. How much longer? I wish I knew. I wish I could cancel with them without getting banned by them. What would you guys do? How big is this box that they're charging that amount? Is this USD or another currency? Yeah, I haven't seen gx-33r's box in person, but it shouldn't be much different in size from the original. $40-60 USD was what I was expecting for dhl. Nobody is feeling optimistic about SAL to USA coming back this spring?
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Post by Sagat on Jan 23, 2021 17:29:28 GMT -5
I'd wait it out. CDJapan are a good shop. Good, prompt customer service. As mpchi said, they (Japan online retailers) aren't to blame for pandemic. They may be inflexible but I think we just have to wait it out. That said, I really need to check where are my orders are at various sellers.
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Post by zman on Jan 23, 2021 18:28:38 GMT -5
My gx-33r has been with CDJapan since August. I paid for SAL, the toy is paid for, but CDJapan wants another $160 to upgrade to DHL, or $145 for Fedex. $145 FedEx just for GX-33r? Is that in USD? CDJapan shipped my DX Voltes V in a huge outer box via FedEx for $103. This is from Japan to Cali.
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Post by Super.Ultra.Robo.Rider on Jan 23, 2021 20:34:24 GMT -5
I misremembered the prices. It's $154 and $119. Plus the $15ish for the SAL.
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Post by xchr23dc on Jan 23, 2021 22:36:43 GMT -5
I misremembered the prices. It's $154 and $119. Plus the $15ish for the SAL. At this point I would just go ahead and pay for it. You already have paid them and I would not like to lose it all. Learn from this one and either hold buying or just go in knowing shipping it’s going to be expensive. I have a good friend in akihabara and honestly doesn’t look good. He mention things are getting crazy with Covid and they will be entering in quarantine maybe sooner than later. I am Damn glad I have cancel my item with amiami it was Dx voltes. They where ok with that since I only have cancelled once in 6 years. Cd Japan is a great store keep good term with them ... my advise. Good luck ...
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Post by krimpov on Apr 14, 2021 11:40:48 GMT -5
Anyone got surprise customs brokerage fees when ordering something with DHL or FedEX, to Canada or the USA? I skimmed through the thread and haven't seen anything horrifying... hopefuly it will be fine if I go with a courrier.
I've had stock rotting in HLJ's warehouse for what seems like forever. With no EMS, I'm stuck with this option. Either that or by boat for 20$ less and a very long wait.
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Post by bocasas on Apr 14, 2021 16:47:37 GMT -5
I don't recommend boat, I seen a lot of wet boxes... and water is not the best thing to put a gokin through...
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Post by leeboo1211 on Apr 16, 2021 19:32:57 GMT -5
Anyone got surprise customs brokerage fees when ordering something with DHL or FedEX, to Canada or the USA? I skimmed through the thread and haven't seen anything horrifying... hopefuly it will be fine if I go with a courrier. I've had stock rotting in HLJ's warehouse for what seems like forever. With no EMS, I'm stuck with this option. Either that or by boat for 20$ less and a very long wait. I've gotten stuff from Mandarake via DHL multiple times, no customs issues and here in under 3 day. From Japan to Florida. If your order is above 2000 usd have to declare I think, but otherwise I've had no issues with orders up to 5-600.
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Post by bocasas on Apr 16, 2021 19:37:20 GMT -5
Today I shipped my CCS Gurren lagann from hlj via dhl... I will share my experience.
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Post by inverarity on Apr 18, 2021 14:19:05 GMT -5
My DHL experience with Mandarake over the last year or two is the same. A little bit pricy, but the orders arrive in 3 days or so and I've never had customs issues. (Orders have been $500 or less and shipped to the northeastern US.) Considering the cost of the items, the $40-$50 shipping charge is just fine with me considering the speed with which things arrive.
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Post by krimpov on May 1, 2021 18:29:16 GMT -5
Got my CCS Gurren Lagann and Metroid Prime 3 Samus Figma a few days after posting here. Shipped from HLJ to Canada with FedEx.
I set up a FedEx account to avoid ROD fees. No bill there or in the mail; nothing charged to my card.
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Post by krimpov on May 15, 2021 12:30:47 GMT -5
Weeks after the fact, FedEx finally charged me. The good news is it's only for the provincial and federal sales taxes. No fees of any kind.
What sucks is that it got cleared right in the middle of a temporary drop in value of our Dollar (or a rise of the Yen, I don't know). Ended up paying around $10 extra just for that.
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