I had no intention to insult you, I called them our rather then you, sorry if that came over the wrong way.

And this stuff hasn’t happened to me personally, but after I took the time to look up some things I wont give these guys money ever again.

Since this is getting off-topic, I suggest we drop this discussion, I wont write anything more to it. This is just what I think and it will stay that way.

At most, I've found it can shave a day off. They seem to ship as quickly as they can get the items out, once the release date hits. I don't know if I got actually got bumped up the queue for paying way early, but it seemed that way. Only once have I had to wait a few extra days because they got their stock a little slowly from the distributor. I usually ship EMS and that means I usually have the item in hand by mid-week (Thursday at the latest - barring any customs hold-ups). I've used FedEx once (had the item on Tuesday) and SAL once (usual wait time).

Personally, it's just a shame that canceling preorders is such a hassle in this hobby, especially for orders that won't release for several months. Several financial setbacks can happen in that time, so it's unfortunate but eh what can you do?

These stores probably don't have a lot of storage space, and I know they'd rather not let something sit for x ammount of time. These people have bills and employees to pay, so not allowing for cancelations is totally justifiable.

One or two cancelations might not seem like a big deal to you people, but imagine yourself in their shoes and picture how many cancelations they must get daily.

Now imagine being stuck with that product and eventually running out of space for future orders.

Not to mention all the operating capital tied up in the merchandise that just sits there. Financial output with no corresponding input is bad for business.

I mean I totally get it. Just frustrating to deal with as a customer but businesses have to look out for themselves.

Yeah I've paid early at NY multiple times, and other times I've paid closer to the deadline, and it's been up and down when they get something out the door immediately vs when it processes for a few days and then finally ships.

I tend to use SAL, though now that we can split & combine preorders (as long as you attempt to before the initial payment request email arrives, I think) I'll probably be using EMS more regularly for larger orders.

That aside...wow Bravo, Blade Jack, Gaim Jimba, Gaim Kachidoki and Bio Rider will all be in-hand for me by the end of the month or early October.

I got my payment request for Kachidoki~!

Awwh yeahhh CDJapan just shipped out my Kachidoki :D

While everyone else is talking Gaim, I've just ordered my first Figuarts - Fourze Fire States! Also got Module Sets 1 and 3 to mess around with. Anything I should know about it before it arrives?