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05-12-2014, 12:53 PM | #1 |
Big Bad Wolf.
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I realise that shit experiences with shipping is a universal thing in our fandom, and rather than clogging the SHFiguarts all the time, it seemed right to make a thread dedicated thread to vent your rage and frustration at shipping.
Come home to a Fee To Pay card on your mat like me? EIGHT POUND HANDLING FEE? If that wasn't bad enough, where'd the other four quid come from? Got a parcel in some sort of void between Japan and your country like me? This tracking number is of so much use! Buying orders with figures you aren't even interested in, just to try and make the extortionate shipping, customs and handling prices seem worth it, like me? God I can't wait to put the order filler in a suitcase to get lost! This is your thread!
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05-12-2014, 01:00 PM | #2 |
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Yeah I think this thread will be used quite often
So I finally got my Diesel Ressha. After almost a month of waiting since it was stuck in customs for like three weeks. The Customs Office for my region is a 1 1/2 hour train ride away which would have cost me eight euros for both rides. Then I would have had to walk another 40 minutes to get to the damn customs office. So insted I mailed them everything they needed to process my order and then it took them almost two damn weeks to deliver the package to my door. |
05-12-2014, 01:04 PM | #3 |
Big Bad Wolf.
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Yeah my post office is at some airport in the middle nowhere and you physically can't get there without either traversing multiple buses which will take hours or to drive - but I can't do that.
It means I have to do redelivery, but then as I work all week it means the days off I do have I have to sit inside by the window because the postmen come whenever the fuck they want and punish you for not waiting by the door like a dog.
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05-12-2014, 01:09 PM | #4 |
Stronger Than You
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I thought this thread was about character shipping
Anyway, the worst shipping experience was when I ordered a large set of Mugenbine figures for around $150 (The price wasn't the issue. Shipping cost was about $50 (Which I added in to the final price) and I was getting, like, 22 of the 26 alphabet figures along with 2 other candy toys, and about 10 were MISB), but the problem came from the time frame. A week after I made the order, the tracking number said it was "In delivery" or something along those lines. I didn't see those figures for 3 months. For something a little more Toku related, I ordered the Orga Driver. It came wrapped in bubble wrap. No shipping box. No signed delivery. Just the Orga Driver sitting on my porch wrapped in one small layer of bubble wrap. I was not a happy camper (It worked fine and included everything, so I got over it. That was still bullshit, though).
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05-13-2014, 02:39 PM | #5 |
Big Bad Wolf.
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So my AC Kachidoki has been in the 'final delivery' stage for almost a whole week (I mean actual week, not a working one). What does this mean? It's lost? I didn't know stuff could get lost on the way to your house.
Either way, I'm never going with the more expensive shipping option again, it ended up nearly doubling the cost of my order and took longer than my SAL orders do.
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06-01-2014, 05:19 PM | #6 |
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I realise that shit experiences with shipping is a universal thing in our fandom, and rather than clogging the SHFiguarts all the time, it seemed right to make a thread dedicated thread to vent your rage and frustration at shipping.
Come home to a Fee To Pay card on your mat like me? EIGHT POUND HANDLING FEE? If that wasn't bad enough, where'd the other four quid come from? |
06-01-2014, 05:28 PM | #7 |
Man with a plan
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This isn't really a woe but more about a fact about importing I think sucks.
I was planning on just getting an HG 00 Raiser kit for my room (and I love 00 the show) and I was looking at the shipping cost. It cost like 2/3rd the cost of the kit just to ship. Point of the story, wait until you get more money to buy more so you could save on shipping. Also, HLJ will no longer offer SAL when you want to order items, even if its a small amount. Again, looking at the theoretical shipping cost of shipping 4 HG gundam kits (which is a realativley small size physically) they only offer Ems and up. Last edited by Powerman293; 06-01-2014 at 06:02 PM.. |
06-01-2014, 05:45 PM | #8 |
Neppu Yarou.
Join Date: May 2014
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Oh boy. Let me tell you about my experience placing my very first order from Japan, Akiba Blue season Tsuu. I placed it on January first of this year. I never got it.
The irony of the fact is that a week after placing my order it was on Amazon with free two-day shipping. But I waited a whole two months to never get anything, and I knew something was wrong when I placed an order for a Gokaiger Darin from Amiami with SAL and it arrived before Luna. The plus side to this story is I got a full refund on the third month and immediately placed an order through Amazon to get Akiba Blue in just two days. I guess my most recent import was a bit annoying, but mild in comparison to AB. All that happened was my postman was lazy ass who left a "Sorry we missed you" note. Even though I was at home, and he never knocked, or even blew his horn. It just delayed me obtaining a package for a day, but come on, what if it was something important? Why would you do that? |
06-01-2014, 06:04 PM | #9 |
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I had a box shipped SAL, it finally hit customs, in normal time. But! After it went to Memphis for sorting to my town, it went to a town 40 minutes away from me yesterday. So instead of my getting it yesterday like I should have, I have to wait until monday.
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06-01-2014, 06:08 PM | #10 |
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For something a little more Toku related, I ordered the Orga Driver. It came wrapped in bubble wrap. No shipping box. No signed delivery. Just the Orga Driver sitting on my porch wrapped in one small layer of bubble wrap. I was not a happy camper (It worked fine and included everything, so I got over it. That was still bullshit, though). |
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