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[ColetteBrunel]

Eh, I don't like flat chested figures. In real life they look awesome, but on figures? Meh.

Ugh.... my heart...... and I thought we were besties .·´¯`(>&#9602;<)´¯`·.

 

[Maintenance]

Ugh.... my heart...... and I thought we were besties .·´¯`(>&#9602;<)´¯`·.

Spoiler

I like them in real life, just not in figures.

 

[DeadRockstar]

We have a SAL gif, now we need an Alter gif.

 

[Maintenance]

Haha, awesome. I've heard about that nickname from a friend but never saw the gif.

 

[Bloodember]

Oooh. Looks like it's time I should watch Shinmai Maou no Testament....



Much better than that balloon-chest figure of the other girl in the show.

What's her name? The top one that isn't painted.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Amongst my monthly order that was delivered today, I received the 'Sekai Seifuku Sakusen - Sailor Moon: Usagi Tsukino 1/10' figure.

Holy fucking fighting evil by motherfucking moonlight, 1/10 is microscopic. 5000 Yen for this? Get outta here. Don't think I'll be adding to the set.

 

[Baka Zeitgeist]

So apparently the Mail Man left My samurai recolor. that took a month and a half to get here, outside on the front steps and someone just walked off with it. Status shows delivered but it's no where to be found

That sucks, hope you can at least get reimbursed.

Currently having issues with getting opened mail from the royal mail, my Sideshow pin was opened with nothing inside and I've had a few cards from family show up that were opened as if the opener was looking for money out of them. Sideshows sent a replacement for the first pin, while the second pin hasn't shown up at all, even though I got the first opened with nothing in it last Friday. Hell even the figure I got from Kewl that came with the royal mail looked like someone opened it and resealed it.

I wanted to accost the postman, and my wife talked me out of it, she wants to wait and see if it happens again and contact the royal mail about it.

mandarake nnnoooo D:

I saw that last night, and was gonna ask you guys if this was new or always there and I just missed it, but I forgot.

I guess it's new.

Manda had another Marie Starless figure up for 22k, but paying shipping, customs, and handling fee and her would make her over £170.

It was good while it lasted, pretty soon I'll be buying way less if I have to eat customs fees on everything.

 

[Maintenance]

What's her name? The top one that isn't painted.

Maria Naruse.

 

[BGBW]

In England regardless of if it's registered or not you still need to be given the parcel personally by the postman or pick it up from the depot.

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[Maintenance]

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What the fuck.

mandarake nnnoooo D:

Crap, just read that now, well it was good while it lasted. Thanks Manda.

Now I have no other place to go when I quit AmiAmi, oh well.

 

[DeadRockstar]

Stay free Yodel.

I saw that last night, and was gonna ask you guys if this was new or always there and I just missed it, but I forgot.

I guess it's new.

Manda had another Marie Starless figure up for 22k, but paying shipping, customs, and handling fee and her would make her over £170.

It was good while it lasted, pretty soon I'll be buying way less if I have to eat customs fees on everything.

It seems like they will still undervalue if you ask them to and are willing to take responsibility, but they don't automatically do it like they used to. In some countries parcels with suspisciously low values cause problems for the recipient, so I think it's just because of that.

 

[Muzicfreq]

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[Nictel]

Under bucket&#8203;

Worst best hiding spot

 

[Maintenance]

It seems like they will still undervalue if you ask them to and are willing to take responsibility, but they don't automatically do it like they used to. In some countries parcels with suspisciously low values cause problems for the recipient, so I think it's just because of that.

Hopefully this is the case, I don't mind taking responsability.

 

[Baka Zeitgeist]

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LOL, like that's safe...

Stay free Yodel.

It seems like they will still undervalue if you ask them to and are willing to take responsibility, but they don't automatically do it like they used to. In some countries parcels with suspisciously low values cause problems for the recipient, so I think it's just because of that.

I'll keep that in mind, still the end of an era. Since I walked from NY, there is only the Jungle left, and they really don't get that much stuff in.

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Of course since I just complained about it, the second Sideshow pin showed up unmolested. Also my plamoya customs ransom note, and amiami looking for payment...Today is a day of bills!

 

[Bloodember]

Maria Naruse.

Thanks, really like that figure.

 

[Zerojul]

Snagged a Aigis figma from Amiami preowned section, but it doesn't show as preowned on the detailed listing of the item. And it appears to be still in stock. Strange :/

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIG-MOE-6771

 

[StayDead]

I was creating this Silent Hill-worthy abomination when her right arm snapped at the shoulder.
This is the second problem I've had with the same figma, making that two breakage problems ever in my entire figure collecting career. Poor Ritsu.
So that's why she's an amputee currently. Supergluing.

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[Maintenance]

Holy crap, 5 stuff that I bought came in the same day.

All taxed. Not even the 1200 yen amiibos were safe.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Holy crap, 5 stuff that I bought came in the same day.

All taxed. Not even the 1200 yen amiibos were safe.

Ouch

 

[Tempy]

Holy crap, 5 stuff that I bought came in the same day.

All taxed. Not even the 1200 yen amiibos were safe.

Hah. Yeah, I had that once where several packages were under the taxable value, but when they saw a bunch of those at the same time, they combined the values.

 

[Theonik]

Hah. Yeah, I had that once where several packages were under the taxable value, but when they saw a bunch of those at the same time, they combined the values.

They can do that?

 

[RMI]

Was registered SAL, sent an email to the post office, not sure if I should contact amiami as well.

Really, really sucks. You should go to your post office in person. If they don't have your signature for a registered package then they fucked up big time. Don't wait for them to respond via email.

I've had my carrier drop off registered packages before and it really pisses me off. Luckily I live in a very safe neighborhood.

 

[Maintenance]

Hah. Yeah, I had that once where several packages were under the taxable value, but when they saw a bunch of those at the same time, they combined the values.

I got smaller packages because I thought it would be safe... but in the end I wasted that shipping fee for nothing.

Ouch

Yep, that's why I am downsizing.

 

[cajunator]

Is it really a thing in America to leave parcels on your doorstep? Seems really weird, I'm surprised more parcels don't get stolen.

In England regardless of if it's registered or not you still need to be given the parcel personally by the postman or pick it up from the depot.

Mailman usually leaves it by the back door hidden by the garage. nobody knows its there.

 

[Maintenance]

Are CharaForm figures worth the price? They're nendos that can't move, but have the same price.

I'm asking this because if they're not really great I'll probably cancel my Chrom pre-order.

 

[Freezasaurus]

Holy fucking fighting evil by motherfucking moonlight, 1/10 is microscopic. 5000 Yen for this? Get outta here. Don't think I'll be adding to the set.

Now you see that 1/10 is the true enemy.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Just got a mail from Ami saying my I-401 corrected parts have been dispatched. Panicked at first as I thought it was an expensive order I might have forgotten about! :S

 

[Snkfanatic]

Just got a mail from Ami saying my I-401 corrected parts have been dispatched. Panicked at first as I thought it was an expensive order I might have forgotten about! :S

Hehe ya I think they arrived yesterday. That was the only thing holding my order up.

 

[Einbroch]

Not sure how 9k at the beginning of the month turns into 28k.

It's a mystery.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Not sure how 9k at the beginning of the month turns into 28k.

It's a mystery.

Bunch of cutie nendos?

 

[Maintenance]

Not sure how 9k at the beginning of the month turns into 28k.

It's a mystery.

I could say the same about what happened to me, but in my case it isn't a mystery. This is what fucked me over:

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Just got off the phone with the PO, the taxes aren't that high to be honest (because they were amiibos, for fuck's sake), but one thing is still a mystery: paid the same for two amiibos (shipping + price), they got shipped separately from two stores (Nippon Yasan and AmiAmi). The NY got taxed more.

 

[Einbroch]

Bunch of cutie nendos?

Nendos, a plush, and two keychains! No expensive scales this month.

 

[Snkfanatic]

Nendos, a plush, and two keychains! No expensive scales this month.

Yay! Look forward to pics :3

 

[Maintenance]

Haha, I got a 40 dollar "value" on an amiibo (this means they taxed me with the base value of the merchandise being 40 dollars).

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

 

[Ban Puncher]

I'm sure glad I live in a country where if whatever you import is under $1000, you get taxed squat.

I remember when it used to be $250 though. Dark, costly times indeed.

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

I didn't even know customs was an issue for people until I joined OT1 here

 

[Theonik]

Haha, I got a 40 dollar "value" on an amiibo (this means they taxed me with the base value of the merchandise being 40 dollars).

At this point it's cheaper for you to put many figures in one shipment and have them marked down right?

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Edited for reasons

 

[Maintenance]

At this point it's cheaper for you to put many figures in one shipment and have them marked down right?

Yeah, but the one taxed for 40 dollars was marked 10 yens, plus gift.

 

[Einbroch]

Haha, I got a 40 dollar "value" on an amiibo (this means they taxed me with the base value of the merchandise being 40 dollars).

Crooks.

 

[Maintenance]

Crooks.

Recently we just got 2 million people on the streets protesting against the government, and one of the reasons is corruption. I almost went there with a cardboard saying "Free my amiibos!".

 

[Theonik]

Yeah, but the one taxed for 40 dollars was marked 10 yens, plus gift.

I figured that was the case so the idea is they try to fuck you over all the same but then you 1up them because they underestimate.

 

[Zerojul]

Yeah, but the one taxed for 40 dollars was marked 10 yens, plus gift.

They really don't give a shit, do they ?

 

[Maintenance]

If figured that was the case so the idea is they try to fuck you over all the same but then you 1up them because they underestimate.

That happened already with me, they tried to be smart charging a package 30 USD for a 1000 yen package, when it was actually more than 50 USD, so I ended up paying less.

They really don't give a shit, do they ?

No, they don't.

 

[Theonik]

That happened already with me, they tried to be smart charging a package 30 USD for a 1000 yen package, when it was actually more than 50 USD, so I ended up paying less.

So you should try doing that more.

 

[Maintenance]

So you should try doing that more.

When I can I always try, but I can't try that much because the only store that made it happen was Mandarake.

 

[Muzicfreq]

 

[Seductivpancakes]

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Clever girl...