Weird. I'm getting a 'Cannot establish database connection error'. That seems oddly site specific to be a problem on my end but who knows. Thanks for the verification!

I ordered two items at mandarake, and checked both of them as *cancel whole order if this item is out of stock* today i got an order confirmation despite the fact that one of the items sold out.
I contacted them about this, but I was wondering if somebody has gone through something similar.

That's what I would expect to happen, actually.

It would appear that they interpret multiples of the boxes checked as cancel the entire order if ANY of these items are out of stock, not if ALL of the items are out of stock.

That's the thing, I expected a cancellation, not a payment request for only one of the items.

Oh. I misread your email. derp. So maybe they are treating it as an all, rather than an any. Interesting.

It feels like they simply ignored or didn't register the boxes checked this time, since the previous times I had no problem.

It's weird.

When does HLJ charge for preorders, and how reliable are they?

I haven't actually ordered from them since 2007.

The Mandarake thing was a simple mistake, both items were in stock but they listed it a x0 accidentally, sent me a new invoice and everything was ok.
Now the waiting game...

I haven't preordered from them, but most people here use them as last resort, since it's incredibly common for your order to get cancelled.
For anything that isn't preorders, they are great.

Hey guys, quick question. I heard for Mandarake Nakano, they have a really good deal on DHL shipping to the US. How good is that? I have a friend who lives in the US, and wants to buy an SRC that's about $15 from Nakano, and wants to know what DHL shipping would be. Would it be under $15? Thanks.

I'm curious about DHL's rates, too. I almost used them on my first order, but Mandarake doesn't give shipping cost until after the order's placed and DHL's site is absolutely useless for calculating shipping.