QUOTE(St0rmFury @ Oct 23 2015, 10:58 PM)
I chose SAL small packet originally (I don't mind waiting longer for my parcel) to save cost, I estimate it will cost about 1700 JPY from past experience. I did my homework in checking out the box sizes and estimating how much space they will take in a SAL parcel, they should fit nicely. But Amiami told me that it's not eligible for SAL due to the size. So I grudgingly accept that maybe I was wrong in my calculations and picked EMS at 2700 JPY. When the parcel arrived, I facepalmed at how much space was wasted and that my original estimation using a SAL parcel was correct. So I paid extra 1000 JPY for no reason.
Ah, I see. I believe Amiami pointed out that it was ineligible for SAL was not because of your purchase + packing material + box size, but that simply your purchase (meaning just the stuff you bought minus the packing material) exceeded either the weight or the total dimension allowable for SAL. I face it all the time with my proxy when buying books, as in while the books can easily fit an A4-sized document envelope, they refused to do SAL because it's over 2kg or something. So the vice-versa might be possible; that while your figures might not weigh much, they'd still have to use EMS because the dimension is too large.
QUOTE(EXkurogane @ Oct 24 2015, 05:14 PM)
That is nothing compared to what i got from Amazon
They give the invoice some space too, and there was even no paddings of any sort.
At least i wasnt charged for the big box, but i actually like how amiami pads thieir contents because i have seen too many cases of daaged figure boxes. Amiami probably doesnt want to deal with too many damaged box complaints (which are not liable for compensation as long the content - the figure itself - is not damaged).
Yep, same as what I got. Surprisingly very good at keeping the stuff inside in place though.
QUOTE(Azuma-kun @ Oct 26 2015, 03:04 PM)
This means sangkut or what?
No worries. It's sent to the Pos Malaysia/ Poslaju office nearest to your neighbourhood.