Edited,double post

u can check here bro..

HLJ Shipping Info

just ordered Aoshima Rims from them, havent received their estimate yet..

3 sets of rims set 60g each, my estimate gonna be around 1240yen - 1520yen...
those rims cost 700yen each...

This post has been edited by duke_hunt: Jul 4 2007, 02:13 PM

@stride

my orders has been confirm and just shipped today with tracking number given..
total for 3 sets of rims + shipping as follows:

3 x 700 yen = 2100 yen
shipping = 1100 yen
total = 3200 yen @ ~ rm 90

hopefully it'll arrive earliest this saturday using EMS.

Dear, my name here la (disclosed) hehe...

Thank you for using RAINBOW TEN mail order.
We have sucessfully had your payment.
Your order has been shipped today.

The contents and the other details of your order are as follows
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BANDAI HGUC77 1/144 RX-79BD-2 BLUE DESTINY UNIT 2
price per unit 1200 yen quantity 1
BANDAI HGUC80 1/144 RX-79BD-1 BLUE DESTINY UNIT 1
price per unit 1200 yen quantity 1
BANDAI HGUC79 1/144 RX-79(G) GUNDAM GROUND TYPE
price per unit 1200 yen quantity 1

Sub total 3600 yen
Shipping & handling 2700 yen by EMS No.EI######JP ( Packed in 1 shipment )
Grand total 6300 yen

so, based on my cc balance, r10 charge me rm177.27
the original r10 quote was 7200 (estimate) ~ rm202.60
so the diff is rm25.33

these kits i saw few weeks back @ TM BTS was about rm65-rm70.
XL selling @ rm69.90 for the BD 2 and 79(G) as BD 1 still not on sale here yet...
so, the diff between HLJ and R10 is 900yen, HLJ quote each @ 1500 while R10 @ 1200..
the shipping is the same for both site...

my previous shipment from HLJ regarding 3 sets of 1/24 rims reach here in 4 days, it was post on the 10th, flew from japan on the 11th, reach msia on the 12th, arrived at my doorstep on the 13th evening, no one at home, picked up at post office on the 14th..

i guess these gundam from R10 will reach on saturday evening based on HLJ's post, so i can only pick them up on monday...haih...

it all depends to which shipping method u choose..
i ordered once from HLJ last week using EMS, it arrived in 4 days, box condition was excellent...
no dents at all..
this morning, got a call from pos malaysia regarding my order from RainbowTen via EMS, my order was confirmed on the 17th, it went for posting on the 18th, arrived @ KLIA around 11.30pm last night which was 19th, today confirmed to reach my doorstep but since they say the box is big and i'm not at home to receive it, i'll collect them 2moro @ the pickup center near my house @ Balakong.
hope the RainbowTen orders are in excellent condition as well..
1 more thing, i used cc and link it to my paypal acc, so far, not a problem...

well leroy, buying online is just another option..
from past my purchases, if u take into consideration of time, fuel expenses and parking, i saved almost RM70...
moreover, some of us buy online bcoz the item is really hard to get here or the price is unreasonable..
tips of buying online is u dont buy 1 item, buy at least 3 and do the calculation...
buying more than 1 will make the shipping charges lower, ex: (2 item+shipping) / 2 = cheaper price for 1 item.
but, make sure u scout what u want locally 1st, then only look online...
calculate how much u can save...
my experience says that its cheaper, striderozy always buy handful of SD's from rainbowten and are very happy with it...
i did my homework b4 i purchase online..

from my experience, there are no additional charges using paypal linked with cc...
it all depends on the currency rate exchange as it fluctuates...
if u do ur calculation via online currency calculator, there are 2 occurrences...
sometimes, bank charges and ur calculation are identical which is good...
sometimes, the charges are different by cents or even ringgits but not so much, so far, mine less than rm5 lar..
most of the time, rm1-2 only...
u may pay at a given price but there might be instances where, u already paid via paypal, and the bank charge a lil later to realise that currency rate changed..
if it goes up, u pay same usd/yen but ringgit went up...
if it goes down, same usd/yen but cheaper in ringgit...
u might never know...

i havent purchase anything from robot kingdom b4 so i cant say much bout em...

all i can say, HLJ and Rainbowten shipping charges are more reasonable than other online retailers...
just my 2 cents...