Another thumbs up for Muteki Sales. Got my Shadow Moon yesterday, after ordering on Friday!

Has anyone ever bought from here?

http://www.aashop-pzone.com/

They have a few items I would REALLY like to purchase.

Has anyone ever used Rakuten to order stuff? And what do you need to do to use it? Middleman? I'm confused.

I'm sure this has been answered before, but does anyone know the different prices of Mandarake's various shipping methods? How long each takes would be nice too. I'm trying to order Minipla Go-BusterOh btw.

EDIT: Never mind. Decided to get the set plus FS-0O of eBay. I'd still like to have the info for future reference though, if it's not too much hassle. ^^

Didn't know where to post this.

I never sold anything to BBTS before, they recieved my item today and offered me the store cred they promised in 1-4 buisness days? But I have no idea where it shows up. Can someone help who's sold something to them before?

It shows up on your my account page. Trust me, I've sold them tons of collections before, and they always take more than 4 days to pay me. Whether that's in store cred or cash. They got a new Vintage Department worker (Sara) earlier this year who seems to be a source of problems. Dennis was the guy I always dealt with. If Im being completely honest Sara has NO clue how to do her job. And the entire process has gotten ridiculous since she started handling buys.

She has flat out told other users on this board that BBTS is on a buying freeze or that the items someone wants to sell "aren't worth our time". And then they turn around and buy at least one collection a month from me. Expect some kind of delay getting your payment Sentai.

Especailly since it's been Sara I've been dealing with.. Least I know now where to look, whenever the heck it shows up.

So I just had my first bad experience with Mandarake ever. After over 100 orders with them I just got shafted. I ordered a DX Murphy K9 D-Bazooka from Dekaranger last week as a Christmas present to myself. It arrived today just in time for the holiday. It was listed as opened but unused on the item page. Which in Mandarake terms generally means dead mint.

However what they failed to mention on the item page is that the whiteish gray plastic has faded terribly, some of the chrome is chipped and there's some kind of brown gunk and stains on the toy in various places.

If something is faded/broken/used/anything Mandarake always tells you up front in their listing. They go the extra mile to make sure you know what you're buying. In this instance they made no mention of any of these problems. I've never had a problem with them before, and I'm a very good customer, I'm not sure that they do returns or refunds but I've requested one to see what happens. Who knows.

So I'm on the fence about ordering from Mandarake. Found some cheap Sentai Figuarts which are around 1000-1500 yen all from the same store but a bit hesitant to confirm an order because I don't know how much shipping will be. Any experienced buyers able to give a possible estimate for shipping costs of about 4 S.H.Figuarts figures? I know they have the estimate based on weight but since I don't buy them often I can't really say. Am I wrong to think it should be around 2000+ yen?

For SAL? That could be right.

Anything else, add 600-1000 yen. Also bear in mind if you're buying figuarts with preorder bonuses in separate boxes those will add to the costs.

It's really hard to say for sure. I'm halfway convinced AmiAmi and Mandarake stick their thumb on the scale when they weigh these items for shipping. HLJ always ships far cheaper than everyone else, and are the only one to offer FedEx(which prices based on volume not weight and is therefore harder to fudge). It's too bad their initial prices always work out higher.

I don't know about Mandarake but AmiAmi stuff the hell outta their box with papers and their boxes are also larger than what I think is necessary to accommodate the paper stuffings, so that adds almost a pound to the weight if not more.