better take a lot of cash with you

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Added on May 20, 2011, 4:43 pmdude i love your socks. just cant bring myself to spend rm80 on a pair.

This post has been edited by stylophile: May 20 2011, 04:43 PM

Can't wait to experience what the big deal is about this bag.

Willingness to pay RM80 for a pair of socks separates the big tymers from the small tymers.

^Let the customs uncles and aunties give u the experience of a lifetime

RM80 a pair?!

Really?!

i realised i was a small timer when i weighed my last package that came from overseas, and its weight was a mere 380g as opposed to 38kg.

i suspect customs has already realised that the bag is a big deal. i have never been hauled up in my 12 years of online purchasing. but then again, i'm a small timer.

that sounds shitty. i was informed that there is no tax on leather goods.

you had it delivered by usps?

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Added on May 21, 2011, 10:47 amalright alright, i don't want to disappoint you all when it finally arrived. the 38-kg-haul is actually a baby stroller from the states. actual weight is only 19 kg but dhl charges me based on volumetric weight which is 38 kg. i am like paying double for the shipping.

sucks. i know.....

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Added on May 21, 2011, 10:48 amwithout shipping, yes. but still cheaper than here, rm1xx per pair.

This post has been edited by attacusatlas: May 21 2011, 10:48 AM

Last time i visited the custom near LCCT was about 2 years ago. 3 jacket, 2 gloves, 1 pair of boots...

Cash..... about 20% of actual payable... oh and seems they ran out of receipt too..

Kakmj... do share your experiences there with us

The place to go to is the POS MALAYSIA "MEL & KURIER" building a (farish) walking distance from LCCT.

The place is really low grade. You go in after surrendering your driving laisen, and enter this semi-decrepit place with custom officers and such. Go to office No. 1, give them the notification you received from Pos Laju. Then go to Counter 2 which is the warehouse counter. The warehouse is really low-grade. I am something of a logistics/warehousing expert, and that warehouse is the most decrepit and low grade I have seen. It is also tiny, from which follows that only an infinitesimally small percentage of parcels will be detained simply because their warehouse is so small.

Your parcel is then given to you. Now you have the choice of running out of the building with your parcel with 4-5 obese, unfit, middle aged customs officers unbuckling the holsters to their pistols in an attempt at taking aim at you, or you can put the parcel at the counter and open it for them to inspect.

There were 3 Pos Laju "runners" (the sort who do this for you when you pay them RM49.50) who were opening a parcel next to me. They took out a a cheap toy bow and arrow. But there was more in the box. They retrieved a cast metal hobby rifle, the sort you can kill with if you load it with a ball bearing. The parcel was declared as "archery toy set". The toy set will be delivered, the rifle detained.

There were many parcels all around me. It is very easy to steal a few. The customs guy said my beg is "mahal sangat oh!, pergi klang sana you boleh tengok mereka buat custom untuk kau." I said the klang stuff must be very teruk. "You punya beg feshen lama lah, baru tengok macam buruk lah." I said that's because it is cotton. "Canvas," he said. These people know the names of stuff.

I ended up paying 10% on the cost of both the item and postage. No big deal.

Now having breakfast at LCCT. LCCT reminds me of Pudu bus station last time.

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This post has been edited by kotmj: May 21 2011, 06:59 PM

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Thanks for your story. I was starting to get sick of figures on my 20 excel worksheets. Having a break from this monotony.

There are custom bag-makers in Klang? O_O

This post has been edited by Grimm: May 21 2011, 02:51 PM

I should add that I had very high expectations of that bag, given the cost and the fact that even PG carries one.

It manages to exceeed my expectations. Imagine the most robust bag possible. This bag is 2X as robust.

I thought it would be similar to those canvas bags you see in Sg. Wang except more refined. But it's totally different.

10 years ago, i used to travel to there on weekly basis to clear my parcels. bought most of my action figures through international forums, ebay and online stores. i kid you not, the police officer, customs officer and pos malaysia staffs addressed me by my first name. that time, lcct wasn't exist yet and sepang sic was as bald as the desert.

thank god the facility opens on saturday.

The housefly excreting atop the nice bag is absolute win.

I told you LCCT is like Pudu Bus Station...

wow big hint. time to go get me one.

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Added on May 23, 2011, 2:54 pmholy mother of all that is holy. that's one expensive bag.

did you buy it from the official website or from a 3rd party? if it's from the official website, and the brand was stated on the packaging, then it's no wonder you got taxed.

This post has been edited by stylophile: May 23 2011, 02:54 PM

filson?
256 or 257?

Just bought a pair of jeans from Echo Park last week.

sorry to ask, but do echo park carry legit Sean John? (as far as i know, they are well known for bringing in fake clothing like Supra, Alife, etc.).

hi guys.. I just buy a new Levis Sta-Prest pant.. I buy it for NZD89 after discount.. Is it a good buy? how much it retail in malaysia.. thanks

Dior Homme Indigo MIJ raws 19cms

^nice.

nice!

your fifth pair??