hi guys, may I know how to give rainbowten my mastercard number if I want to order from them. From the FAQ they said can send them e-mail seperately with the card number, but they didn't mentioned to what e-mail I should send to.

guys.....wanna ask does EMS will kena tax for big package like your CPU size????
if tax how to kira??? tax of (item + shipping)??????

urgent plz help!!!!

This post has been edited by zefflodo: Aug 27 2007, 01:27 AM

Yes..tax of total cost which means item + shipping and maybe insurance..

Hi, there few things bugging my mindas:

If I pre-order a item from Hobby Search. Will it be cheaper than our local store or expensiver? I did a calculation between HLJ & Hobby Search shipping cost & both were different for the same item. Hobby Serach shipping cost much cheaper compare to HLJ.

As in risk, what soft of risk that we need to take if buying online? Custom tax were out of the question as Hobby search ship 1 item as 1 shipment.

Delievry get lost? Just for my reference. How many buyer here unluckily have their items lost during the delivery? It might help me on my decision making. Thank!

whether it's cheaper or not will depends, sometimes almost the same price unless you order and shipped a few items. HLJ have a fixed shipping for each item, HS will only calculate shipping when the thing is ready to ship so it's a more accurate charge.

not much risk if u use ems, unless you ordered something that the custom might held, but they dun open ur package all the time though, I only have one shipment open by them, the rest all pass without problem

haven't lost any delivery at the moment, most online store have their own policy on lost delivery, usually u get store credit, but i think lost item seldom unless it's those free shipping.

Another risk..be always prepared to see your items dented!!

I'll only but online when I cant get it locally or when I have a coupon to use ^^

But, if you read the HLJ FAQ, they said that customer in Asia can expect to pay 20% lower from the stated shipping cost. So I guess it should be the same rate as HS?
But HS usually give 20% discount for their figures and model kits (HLJ gave them only when preorder)

Few years back i used to order model kits a lot, not much choice in KL then, can save quite a bit. But now, with these guys selling parellel import kits or even littak stuff at very attractive prices, not much point ordering online for kits. Also, Kastam usually "kacau" when they see big and huge package or very expensive invoice, else they wont open and tahan your goods. Hence not much point ordering big, bulky kits.

Now mostly ordering accesories, option kits like minus mold, decal etc. Small packages. No kastam kacau. Very happy.

Hmm, I usually only shop online for figures. Model kit buy from local toyshop (much much cheaper)

I've got a funny story to tell you people. I bought an original replica 300 Thermopylae shield (see pic below for more details).



The shield I ordered in is about 1 meter in height with the battle scars and a few broken arrows chuting out from the shield, like in the movie. Everything was going smoothly until reach our Malaysian Custom (as usual lar always got problems wan!). They called me to the department and said that this "weapon" is illegal.

I told them it is not a weapon but a wheel cap for my tyre.
Guess they not that stupid to fall for it. Oh well.

Anyway, after they look at my invoice of purchase which is RM 7,543, that time, they asked me, "Bang, you boleh beli benda ini untuk lebih daripada 7 ribu, kan? Berapa you mahu bayar?"

When I heard this I know that these people are wanting "money under the table". So I said RM300. And the guy said, that the so called "fine" RM300 is very little. So I asked how much I possibly need to pay the least. And the guy said RM2500. I was like WTF!!!
That is like paying almost 1/3 for the so called "weapon" which is still a wheel cap.
And again the guy said that if you are able to pay more than RM7000 for the "weapon" RM2500 should be nothing. Total bullshit of the century.

So I just asked them to pack up the item and return it to the sender. Finish story.

So the point is that not to give in to these type of people or they will continue to be more aggressive and thick-skin, like a kerbau

This post has been edited by STYC: Sep 9 2007, 02:51 PM

u should ask the sender to declare a false value of that item...like usd100...then can save up alot of trouble...

Well..I dont think they will send it back to the seller..

Often they have this 'Jualan lelong'. They sell those stuff they ppl dun want and earn money..

Why not ask them to show you the custom book? When my mum went to collect my CDs..they custom dude showed my mum the book proving that he's not lying about the customs fees and infact..he reduced the custom fees from about RM70 something to RM 32!

So, what happened to your RM7k? Fly??

This post has been edited by deejay220989: Sep 9 2007, 05:22 PM

The item actually got returned back to the seller and the seller was kind enough to refund my full amount. But later I still bought something else from the seller as she was kind and friendly.

And what is there to show from the custom book? He already classified it as a "weapon" and not supposed to be brought into Malaysia in the first place. Plus, what can this shield be classified under in the custom book? Aksesori rumah? Perabot? Wheel cap?

This post has been edited by STYC: Sep 9 2007, 11:50 PM

I think this's funny. Luckily i didnt buy those 1/1 life size figure doll. Else they might name it "illegal imigrant". Ha ha

Malaysian Custom is very good. Once i followed my friend to pick up his stuff from custom. There i saw they just sepak and throw all the parcels. Aiyo, if the stuff in there is so fragile, i think it will be destroyed already. And their service is very slow. And some more smoking in their office. What the hell is all this?

wow they really do that, no wonder some boxes are really in bad condition.

No wonder all my boxes all 'kemek'.......
S*** to all the custom!!!!!!
I tot is postman who did the 'job', only now I know is custom the badass who did the job.......
#@%@%$#%$#

lol after reading all ur ppl story! Importing stuff is really difficult thx to our friendly government servant!

Some more they shake-shake the boxes first.
What can we do? We dont have evidence to proof they do all this things.

Normal la..our country to these type of f***ed up ppl wan capai wawasan 2020 summore a? Not civilized la