You can appoint the poslaju or transportation company to declare for you. Just pay the money to the service. They will call you if your item is at custom and would you like them to declare for you. No need to go custom unless you want. But I will go for the purpose to learn the procedure and the stupid merry go round declaration.

Just do your calculation is it worth to buy online. If the local price is just different a few buck, go and buy locally. The calculation should be price, tax and petrol or tranportation service I guess. For time, well you can go on weekend also or if you free.

It would happen but the risk percentage is low. Those online company you deal are mostly have experience in import /export. They know how to do packaging.

Still it is very very low risk and worth to take.

If the problem like Yunax mention, do we have a choice? Even I live in KL, I still have difficult to get what I want. And I waste a lot petrol and time to find In KL and PJ to get the thing. But if the price is good and avaiable my choice is still buy locally.

This post has been edited by ozak: Jan 28 2008, 09:04 AM

Yup..I agree that you can appoint Poslaju to get the parcel for you but what if the custom officers tax you even though the total cost of the item your bought is less than RM500?

You'll then have to go to the customs office and explain to them why they shouldn't tax you right? Besides, PosLaju's service to pickup your items from the customs office is around RM50 ><.

About the packaging, the best packaging i've ever seen is a online company from the U.S.. HLJ and Play-Asia packaging sucks! Play-Asia uses weak boxes and sometime they just put the item in the box without bubblewraps and styrofoams! As for HLJ, they use stronger boxes but no bubblewraps or any other protection around the item. They do put in the big bubblepack but that thing can burst easily. There was once when I open up my parcel from HLJ, all of those bubblepacks burst! I dunno why but since they are such big and famous companies..can;t they just provide customers with double wall boxes and better protective items??

The item I received from the US toy company was packed by double walled box and the box was like twice the size of the item. Around the item was full of styrofoams that I had to dig lots of them just to get my figure lolz!

Yes, I don't know about KL, but it happens in Penang.
Custom officers will open each and ever parcel they held back for tax. They will ask you again and again, what is this item for, what game, is it nice, for what console, why you buy it etc etc, full of shit and adsurb. That is what I face when taking back a PS3 game for my friend...

So the best choice is still order from local store but from what I know in penang, they don't really care about your order...man...
i want my saber ><;;;

As I said, do the calculation and include the tax. If tax free consider as a bonus. I don't know how much to appoint for poslaju to declare for you. But normally I will go there to deal myself. But if you live other state or far away, is it better to buy online and ask for poslaju help or you yourself travel to penang/ KL to buy the kits? Once again do the calculation and consider which one is better.
For packaging, I never encounter any problem so far. From US till japan. All pack nice and no damage.

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Added on January 28, 2008, 3:49 pmIt seems like KL is much more better I guess. Last time I brought an item worth RM1500 send direct to my home without tax.
The procedure in KL is, get call from poslaju -> go KLIA pos -> open for custom check. Than the custom said kena tax cause over RM500 (never see the item but only invoice). Than take the invoice to counter for documentation tax percentage charge. Than the officer ask you agree or not the total tax percentage. After that give back to custom to check and past to another custom counter and than pass to another counter for payment. Than pass back to the first custom the document and take your item. A stupid merry go round procedure. All between a few foot step away. I order the kits from HLJ worth RM900 and the stupid custom don't want check at all. I just told him what is inside.
This time I try with small amount like below rm200 from HK and see will tax or not. Another item is almost rm500 from HLJ and see how they will tax. If everything acording to my expectation, than I will use the best way to avoid tax.


This post has been edited by ozak: Jan 28 2008, 03:49 PM

Everywhere the same wan..just that for Penang, you will receive a letter via PosLaju notifying that your parcel kena tahan

If you wanna buy stuff over RM500 esp from eBay, just send a fake invoice to the seller and ask them to stick it outside of them box. Your parcel will not get detained by the customs. I've already done that many time lolz!

Btw..which Saber are you looking for?

In KL, they send letter + phone call. But the letter came 1week after I get the parcel. Really laju.

This post has been edited by ozak: Jan 29 2008, 08:29 AM

the new black saber which releasing this march, really nice one...

Already got preorder?
By the way, my model kits arrive this afternoon from HK. No tax direct to doorstep from poslaju. Yeah, save me rm160+.

Guess I have no option but to order from play-asia. This is what i been replied from an enquiry with xl-shop:



I was in total shock with such a bizzare customer service reply letter. Oh well...wish me luck with PA...

What that's mean?

That meant that they will not bring in that item.

Dun blame XL-Shop, they always reply like that simple and easy to understand lolz!

can i add...

i usually order my model/kit from Luckymodel, they have an option of "declare low-value on invoice", so far so good... none of my kits have been detained by Kastam before...

just to add..

kuman

Wow..not easy to find online shops like these. Play-Asia, HLJ and other famous/well-known online shops dun do that..not even Amazon lolz!

If they are willing to do that, we will be free from customs!!

does buy online via LYN garage sales consider buying model kits online ar?? hehe.....

Yup..but its locally and not overseas online shops hehe

Thanks. I just recently found this site. Will try get some item from them since the price is reasonable.

HLJ will automatically change the shipping method to EMS if your order is more than 15,000 yen
http://www.hlj.com/hlj_shipping.html


PA will declare your item to a lower value if you emailed them & request for it

This post has been edited by whoami123: Feb 6 2008, 12:17 PM

Wow!! You're serious??!

But how? Will they edit the invoice or they will just put a lower value at the customs form?
If they don't change the value at the invoice then there is no point. Our customs take the value on the invoice seriously..that's why I always edit the invoice to a lower value whenever I purchase stuff from eBay.

ya...if u requested, all your future order in PA, they will declare 1/2 value....

all my order in PA, they declare 1/2 value....

They just print a dummy invoice to stick at the box for our custom declare. The actual real invoice, either email to you or inside the box. But for country like japan and singapore (what I know), they cannot do that. Thier local custom will check their company account and in trouble. I m suprise the HK can do that.