@K 'Dash: If you have a female relative/friend staying/working with you in your home/office willing to let you order packages in her name, that might help with stuff slipping through customs as well. I've ordered figures for years and nvr once kena tahan at custom, whereas my bf's brother's statues always kena tahan ^^;; Maybe they think female name = won't order ecchi stuff lol.

Thanx for the info, dude
Appreciate it.



Ah, never thought of having a female peer to solve that. Thanx alot

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Added on April 22, 2009, 11:24 pmBtw, if the term "kena tahan" by the customs as in they've opened the package(s), or juz a simple "tahan"?

This post has been edited by K' Dash: Apr 22 2009, 11:24 PM

maybe the recipient name look like female alrdy can pass custom?

Lol, beats me, might ought to try it

In my bf's bro's experience, they tahan then request to open the package for inspection - he gave reasons like very fragile, ceramic statue, scared damaged if shift it around while opening the box etc. so the inspectors backed off cos they were scared they'd be blamed for the damage. Not sure if this tactic will work all the time though It seems to be much safer if you have a female-sounding name on the package, my bf got sick of sometimes getting figures with the "opened for inspection" stamp on the package and started ordering in my name - no problems since ^^

Hehe... Quite an amusing experience it seems. Hope mine won't be as amusing as that

This post has been edited by K' Dash: Apr 23 2009, 01:53 AM

Mine is rather funny too. If i have Play-Asia to mail the items to my house under my own name, it has a 80% chance that the boxes might be crushed on one side or another or more. However, i have them mailed to my gf's place using her name, so far, 100% perfect condition or minimum damage to the parcel. Since noticing this strange occurrence, i have them mailed to her place instead everytime since we are always meeting up on a daily basis.

Maybe just a coincidence. Maybe the post office which is in-charge of these parcels is rather close to her place, so they are placed on top of other people's parcels so that they will be delivered first, hence the avoidance of being crushed by other parcels. Who knows. All i know is that they suck.

I rather use DHL or Fedex sometimes.

This post has been edited by IntegraTypeR: Apr 23 2009, 01:05 AM

~Bizzarre indeed~

nice info,
might try it for my next online purchase

I should use the name "Wang Liu Mei" next time

has anyone pre-ordered online on local ebay?

LOL wang liu mei

Yeah, you sometimes need to watch the show/read the mango to appreciate the figs. Like these two monstrous-looking guys I bought today:


I doubt many would find any appeal in them if they didn't watch Kamen Rider Den-O.

Yeah, stupidly expensive. The last time I tried sending a 800gram box to US, they wanted to charge me RM150. They don't have any other cheaper alternatives either.

i think they are cheaper now. fedex is not doing well

I wonder will this poison works.... for Chizzu....

Got... These lah.

I've been always using my mum's name when purchasing online since I'm using her credit card and no difference, my package from PA still gets damage!

Maybe I should put a cuter name

Preview:

Out September

omg omg omg... what a nice figure.....
how about the price? -->