Sorry I must have miscalculated ><. Yeah..Japan shipping is more expensive than HK's.

And btw, I'm comparing HK and Japan lar.. that's why I ask you to take out ruler and measure... shipping of course will be more expensive lar.
sites? for the HK shop you mentioned?

This post has been edited by temptation1314: Apr 4 2008, 11:24 PM

well.. I think HLJ's shipping prices are quite reasonable compared to like Play Asia or other shops. The shipping costs depends on the weight of the item. Light or smaller stuff will usually cost RM 40 or less through EMS. So far from my experience, its much better than some Ebay sellers who charge like USD 26 for shipping and its not even EMS.. normal registered mail which is much slower.

Not just shipment. Some item is cheaper than HLJ. Brought some Tamiya warship. And alot cheaper than HLJ. One thing I don't like about HLJ is they canot lower the invoice price for custom tax purpose. So 80% from them kena tax. But the HK sites no problem. They just put a dummy invoice as I request. Brought few time and never kena tax before.
Try this two site and you will never buy from HLJ.
luckymodel.com
hobbyeasy.com
If you can't find anything from this two sites, try this japan site. Abit cheaper than HLJ and can lower invoice price for custom clearance.
rainbowten.co.jp

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Added on April 5, 2008, 12:41 amMost of the shipping cost almost cost our item 1/3 of the price. The item is not expensive but the shipping is expensive. And we can't buy in big quantity to save the shipping cost. After all we are enduser. So it is best to find the lowest shipping cost site to buy. I don't care how far thier country from us. My wallet is important.

This post has been edited by ozak: Apr 5 2008, 12:41 AM

again... HLJ shipping price is not expensive. It's called reasonable. They did not overcharge like ebay sellers.

Imagine I buy 1 kits from an ebay seller @ hongkong. he charge me USD 22.9 for shipping alone

cool thanks for the info for new site shoping online instate of HJL.

oh ya but most of them not able to use credit card which kinda hard >,< by just using paypall.

ozak: that's mean ur painting booth also dint kena tax~

wow nice website! May buy from them if cant find them locally!
I think it is really important thing if the selling party can change details on the invoice for us! Especially when importing paints or any solvent based stuff! Becoz local Kastam does not allow such thing to be imported! They will take ur stuff if they found out so! U wont kena tax but whole shipment is gone loh!

No tax. Straight send to my home. I ask the them to send as a gift. So they do something to the invoice.

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Added on April 5, 2008, 4:22 pmActually import paint and solvent is not a problem even our custom side. The problem is thier country shipping rule. But some sites can overcome this problem. I ve brought some tamiya paint from HK sites without any problem. Brought tamiya spraycan paint from HLJ without any problem. Brought tamiya thinner from rainbowten without anyproblem. You can read thier shipping rule regarding the rule.

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Added on April 5, 2008, 4:35 pmI just find those thing that I want to buy and compare the price. But all of them are cheaper than HLJ. So no reason I continue buy from HLJ. Anyway I not mean to band the HLJ. I still compare the price. If some item is cheap + shipment from HLJ, I will buy from them.
If price over RM500, even the HK sites is expensive, I will buy from HK sites. Cause if kena tax, the item is very expensive.
I didn't try to buy anything from ebay before. But if the shipping is that damn expensive, I won't buy.

This post has been edited by ozak: Apr 5 2008, 04:35 PM

i have no choice but to use HLJ
as no credit card

the HK site does not sell PVC figures or anime related merchandise?

Nope..they don't..I was kinda disappointed when I couldn't find any PVC figures..

Easy lor. Go to 7/11, get the prepaid CC. Put in some money and you can buy anything from website.

ppl here. got play RC? drifting RC. try it. it is nice~

Hi,

I need some advice here. I wanted to order some MG kit from Rainbow Ten. Then the estimate postage is :

A) SAL - 4320yen
B) AIR - 5750yen
C) EMS - 6000yen

Compare SAL and EMS the differrent is around RM55+-. So which will u all choose?

SAL - Maybe kena Kastam Retain & 15%tax, Box damages, maybe wait more then 20 days.
EMS - Expensive.

which one u wanna get?

Now I headache. I wan to try SAL. But scared later kena Kastam Retain and box damages. hmmmm...... You?

Spend RM55 for trouble free?

local cant find???
use ems better...

Thanks for the advice.

Buy in Penang(PG) very expensive. If I use EMS also cheaper then buying here. Get from KL need to paid the postage KL - PG, same case. Unless I drive down to KL go BTS, go Endah Parade but the petrol + toll, same case.

Since KL got..why not buy from there?
If the item is normal size (like normal PVC figure), usually shipping is RM10 only..

Besides, your items might get damaged during shipment..so since you can get it locally its better. If anything is broken, you can always send back to KL.

EMS not only trouble free but also fast and trackable! ^^