How long would a parcel take to arrive through SAL if I order through HLJ?
I ordered an item from HLJ using EMS and it was super fast believe me...
The item was shipped from Japan on 27 Mar and it arrived at the customs on the 29 of Mar. Just received the item from Pos Laju today.

I plan to order a shirt so I don't think it will be damaged in any way through rough handling if i opt for SAL.

Hmm... is SAL method of shipping really that unreliable?
SAL is cheaper than EMS so I wanna know what is the delivery time to reach our shores?
Btw, I dont think that the item will be lost provided that the right address is printed on the parcel

A month....? That long?

wow... 12 days for SAL is kinda fast... even registered mail takes around 15 days+ to arrive (when i bought some items through Ebay)

Something seems weird with that..
FedEx is faster than EMS but yet its cheaper?? o.O

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.

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

Any suggestions for other online stores besides HLJ?
The customer account page on HLJ is almost frequently unavailable as they keep on performing some sort of maintenance on it. That is the only drawback I found with HLJ, other than that their pricing and shipping costs are quite reasonable?

Anyone here bought stuff from HobbySearch before? They have this points system when you buy things from them but their shipping is quite costly as they only ship through EMS.

Play-Asia seems to have free shipping for certain things but I find that their figures always seem to be out of stock.

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Added on April 26, 2008, 11:32 amForgot to mention that Hobby Search does not accept PayPal.

I have never bought anything off Hobby Search and Play Asia before so I dont know whether their service is good.

This post has been edited by raptor_cZn: Apr 26 2008, 11:32 AM

Just curious to know, if I order stuff through SAL which is not trackable... How does the merchant know that the item has been delivered to me or not?

Does Hobby Search confirm the shipping costs with you after placing a order or do they straight away charge you for the total cost? Cuz if you provide them with your credit card info, they can charge you anytime unlike PayPal...

The thing is.... they do not provide the weight of the product or at least an estimate on the product page >.<

Some stuff might be heavier even though they may look small..

Thx for the tip.. but there s still not much info on weight for pre-order products

5k??!!!
Shipped through EMS?

If you pre-order something on PA and choose Paypal as your method of payment, they will charge you immediately where else they will only charge your CC when the item becomes availabe (in stock) when you choose credit card as your method of payment. IMO, I prefer Paypal since it is safer and they have some buyer protection stuff.

Anyways chances of customs holding your items are rather low of you make purchases which are below a certain value (around RM 500 me thinks)

It depends. I think PayPal's conversion rates are slower to update compared to CC which is converted directly from the bank. PayPal charges a little bit more too.

What kinda tricks are those? Forex trading?

I thought for SAL, HLJ just sticks a small sticker on the box.

O.o. But they don't usually provide any sort of tracking code when you choose SAL. Well, at least I have never experienced them providing it before.

I thought Mat Salehs work at HLJ?