oh, deduct rm400 left a bit only lah; my problem is more to the hassle needed to pay tax if it does happen

Damn, all this GST talk is freaking me out...I looked up a few things on the Kastam(GST) website, which is worse than crap...It says that GST will be charged on the cost+shipping+any customs/excise duty... Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this mean if Kastam charge you, you will have to pay GST ON TOP OF THE KASTAM DUTY...??? I hope I just misunderstood this, and someone can prove me wrong, but if I'm right, we'll be paying more than just 6% extra ...

Only half correct - the so-called excise duty are for things like cigarettes, alcohol, and some luxury stuff that have separate taxes applied. You cant expect a Ferrari or a Lamborghini to be taxed only 6% right? If there are only taxed 6% an Aventador wouldnt be priced at RM2.8million - it'd be much lower. Stuff like cigarettes are taxed 300%, and will be taxed another 6% on purchase/transaction.

Any other things (sundry, electronics, garments, toys, etc) that are not in this exemption list (usually luxury stuff and specific items that have higher taxes like tobacco products) will never be taxed upon import - taxes are only charged on consumers based on how much they spend. When u spend in a supermarket, you are taxed 6% for each transaction (but some food, petrol and essential stuff are exempted). It is no different from the Japan tax system, you see things like 9800yen (10,584yen) - 2 prices written on the figure box. The higher price is the final amount consumers pay for - after a 8% GST tax.

When you buy online and import it, it is also considered as a transaction and may be eligible to 6% GST it it passes the maximum amount (price) allowed, but there are no other taxes applied, only this 6% GST.

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Oct 16 2014, 11:05 PM

so the current kastam tax is replaced by GST instead when GST is implemented?

i don't think this counts as figure, but any love for this? made by GSC. first of its kind, the product line is called Good Smile Arms

Looks COOL~~~

How Much?

quite a bomb... amiami 15k yen

My worry about GST would be that the parcel will always kena tahan, which later you need to go to kastam and open the parcel for checking. NSFW figure no chance to slip past kastam dy

Alternatively, buy from local shops.

Wouldn't that one will apply to local shops as well?

Local shops confirm got "backdoor"...

amazon.co.jp now ships figures to oversea too!
good selection, good price, and cheap shipping too.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/feature.html/re...roup=1&plpage=1

example:
Max Factory アクセル・ワールド 黒雪姫 ~Death by Embracing~ (1/7スケール PVC製塗装済み完成品)
Items: ￥ 5,098
Shipping & Handling: ￥ 1,762 (<-- AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping, 2 to 3 days delivery)
Order Total: ￥ 6,860

Max Factory ファイアーエムブレム 覚醒 サーリャ (1/7スケール PVC製塗装済み完成品) (Sallya)
Items: ￥ 7,063
Shipping & Handling: ￥ 1,539 (<-- AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping)
Order Total: ￥ 8,602

more infor, refer:
http://myfigurecollection.net/blog/17359

I've actually been stalking amazon jp more than I do any other site lately... One of the best(and worst) things about amazon jp is that once a figure starts binning, you never know how low it'll go...Buy too soon, and the price will keep on dropping, but if you take too long,the price goes back up...Similar to amiami, but amazon change their bin pricing almost on a daily basis...Too bad not all figures can be shipped here, like this one (had to use proxy, but still worth it)...

She will be out this month.. FINALLY...

Just paid the shipping fee (EMS) to the proxy that ordered this figure for me months ago, gonna gamble whether my parcel will be detain or not (total value around 15k yen after shipping fee is added)..... Since that proxy never undervalue item(s) for customers, plus the current exchange rate is quite meh atm.....

This is one of the best figure... this year, so detailed

Alter Asuka jersey version sold out everywhere. I checked 26 sites and none have it. I almost dunked my laptop out of the window.

i saw her selling somewhere but could not recall...

Try this from taiwan... i have agent you need

http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21404077866195

http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21403226857000

This post has been edited by jayjay11: Oct 21 2014, 12:02 AM

If I can't find one in jap sites within this week I'm seriously considering to dig in the China market especially Taobao

Edit: PLAMOYA is already pricing her at USD 200

This post has been edited by EXkurogane: Oct 21 2014, 11:23 AM

HOLY...!!!

-EDIT-
Retail price 16800 JPY...Can't say I'm really surprised about the pricetag though...

This post has been edited by killerjeya: Oct 21 2014, 10:53 AM

this is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!