Hi there fellow forumes

i've just bought an item from the US, shipped via USPS international express service with the tracking number. according to the track n confirm page, my item has left the US from Chicago for international dispatch on the 23rd April. just want to know how long would it take for EMS to reach Malaysia? and also, since im living in Miri, Sarawak, would the item be flown straight there or to KLIA (from where if im not mistaken PosLaju would take over)? thanks!

Just an update on my parcel from the US, sent through USPS international express with tracking.



Called PosLaju and tey confirmed it arrived in KLIA and pending for Customs clearance hopefully nothing wrong there.

So far USPS EMS and PosLaju are really up-to-date with regards to the tracking. Hopefully mine will clear the Customs

will update for those who wishes to clear their doubts about USPS EMS/PosLaju Cheers guys!

For these of you who are interested in buying things from eBay US, im glad to announce that my item arrived safely through EMS =) Secure pacakaging, good tracking service from both USPS and PosLaju, no doubts (cant guarantee others', but im so happy with mine )

I actually bought a Toynami Voltron Masterpiece. Passed through Customs even though the total cost is RM560 (including postal) because I asked the seller to declare the value of the item at USD30 (so total cost on invoice and custom declaration was USD93, including USPS EMS service)

Then again, i think its prudent to check the sellers' reputation also ive asked two other Malaysian customers who bought the same item from the same seller before I actually committed to buy it. No regrets!

i agree with you bro if anyone wants to get MPC Voltron from the US (cheaper than locals, who sell at the least RM6xx ) i can recommend you the seller:


Good seller, good communication =)

update: seems like he doesnt have MPC Voltron on sale for now.... can check his sellpage in the future i guess

This post has been edited by evanrue: Apr 28 2008, 04:41 PM

Just want to share my limited experience with online purchases:

1. Hobby Link Japan:
experience: bought from there twice
order confirmation speed: fast, within 24 hours
processing speed: average (about 2 days)
postal (EMS) from Japan: less than 5 days, trackable via Japan Post and Pos Malaysia, good packaging
other notes: does NOT allow lower declare value for all items

2. Angolz.com:
experience: bought from there once
order confirmation speed: fast, within 24 hours
processing speed: fast (about 1 day)
postal (EMS) from Hong Kong: 3 days , trackable via HK Post and Pos Malaysia. good packaging.
other notes: ALLOW lower declare value, friendly email customer service, actual item price slightly higher, but not by much.

3. XL-Shop.com:
experience: bought from there twice
order confirmation speed: fast, within 24 hours
processing speed: average (about 2 days)
postal: VERY good packaging, and fast, also free postal fee for purchase above RM200
other notes: N/A

Out of the three, i would usually check XL-shop first, since it is a local shop and although item price is slightly higher, it is compensated by the free-postal within Malaysia for items above RM200 Angolz will be my 2nd choice

btw, for the first two, i did not include any issues/problems with our local Customs inspecting the items. That would depend on your local offices. Here in Miri, the Customs officer is the friendly type he just say "takpalah, ambik je"

This post has been edited by evanrue: Oct 2 2008, 04:55 PM

ooo, im from Kuching actually, but working in Miri full time. Generally i found Miri courier staff kinda friendly and helpful, be it SkyNet, PosLaju, Pusat Mel, etc. But about the Customs, i think maybe depends on the officers there; probably i got lucky and have the friendly one layan me, haha.

im not sure if this is true, but my parcel from Hong Kong kena tahan even though the declare value is less than rm400 (i asked angolz.com to reduce it)... could it be that EMS parcel from certain countries are 'tahan'ed automatically? My parcel from Japan never kena tahan.

hm, try calling Pos Malaysia at 1300300300 again bro. and make sure they are able to locate it with the tracking number... i stay in Miri too and had items sent to me from US, Japan and Hong Kong before, but all thru EMS; so when arrived in Malaysia, its all handled by PosLaju which is easy to deal with. But since u r using parcel, u may need to deal with Pos Malaysia....

btw, Pos Malaysia and PosLaju are two different entities; i find PosLaju much more reliable in terms of tracking

hope u get ur item bro

Check the tracking here bro: Pos Malaysia e-Parcel tracking

This post has been edited by evanrue: Nov 17 2008, 11:41 PM

also, if you think its best for you, try to opt for the USPS Express Mail International service (the EMS).. good tracking system, and wil be handled by PosLaju once it arrived in M'sia.. took exactly 1 week for my item to arrive in my hands

not sure about Priority mail though.. but make sure u have the tracking number, should be 13-alphanumericals.. e.g. EN-123456789-US

PayPal is a mixed bag.. so far i have no problems with it, but i have a friend who's in UK and apparently he lost GBP600 due to a hacker attack on his PayPal account

AFAIK, no Malaysians kena yet..

This post has been edited by evanrue: Dec 5 2008, 07:19 PM