My first used figure from amiami arrived and I expected the worst possible box you can imagine if they rate it A/C... Long story short: I would sell that more or less as new lol Only the display windows is a little loose. For 1500yen I can't complain.
Japan's criteria for used stuff is vastly different from ours. I bought a shitton of used games over there and even some of the older ones (Famicom, Sega MkIII) were insanely well kept. The more recent stuff could pass as new for me (were it not for the plastic wrap). Same goes for the figures.
From what I see, most of the time amiami's "B boxes" or Mandarake's "箱小イタミ" pretty much equal "good as new"
French customs are no joke, either. I think it's safe to say European customs suck hard, in general :/
I just go with SAL for little parcels with just one fig/game for which I'm in no hurry. Monthly Amiami orders will be EMS only, as customs would check big SAL parcels just the same and there's not much of a price difference anyway. I used registered SAL once in my life, never again.
Well on the flipside, you Europeans have way better social programs, lower trade deficits (or non at all due to all the customs and import charges), and all that mandated paid vacation. When I was just a minor peon under the big man I would of probably been willing to make that trade. Now that I own my own business and have employees of my own, all that stuff would just make it not worth it. This is coming from someone who is union, pays union rates and actually offers better benifits then the union requires. Moment of honesty, it's funny how when your the low man on the totem pole you admire the European system but once you run your own business it's like whoa that looks like a mess to deal with.
Well on the flipside, you Europeans have way better social programs, lower trade deficits (or non at all due to all the customs and import charges), and all that mandated paid vacation. When I was just a minor peon under the big man I would of probably been willing to make that trade. Now that I own my own business and have employees of my own, all that stuff would just make it not worth it. This is coming from someone who is union, pays union rates and actually offers better benifits then the union requires. Moment of honesty, it's funny how when your the low man on the totem pole you admire the European system but once you run your own business it's like whoa that looks like a mess to deal with.
First thing I told my wife was that if my art career ever took off I'd be leaving this country before it bled me dry, fine to be a starving artist here, not so fine if you make loads of money, but that was 13 years ago. Of course now that she runs her own business here it'll be harder to leave.
Japan's criteria for used stuff is vastly different from ours. I bought a shitton of used games over there and even some of the older ones (Famicom, Sega MkIII) were insanely well kept. The more recent stuff could pass as new for me (were it not for the plastic wrap). Same goes for the figures.
From what I see, most of the time amiami's "B boxes" or Mandarake's "箱小イタミ" pretty much equal "good as new"
First thing I told my wife was that if my art career ever took off I'd be leaving this country before it bled me dry, fine to be a starving artist here, not so fine if you make loads of money, but that was 13 years ago. Of course now that she runs her own business here it'll be harder to leave.
European laws are a bitch in that aspect.
I know people in the UK who run their own business and barely have any savings.
It also seems to be common to start a family or invest in things when you don't have any savings, depending purely on your monthly salary, which is a sad way to live, but it is how it is.
AmiAmi won't ship EMS to me . Not only must I use registered SAL, but it has to pass through military post. That means after the normal registered SAL delivery time to the military post hub in Illinois, it's then sent, by boat, to my island adding an extra 4 - 6 weeks.
Question. If I order a pre-owned item from AmiAmi, and they get another pre-owned of that figure in better condition before I pay, can I order the new one and have them cancel the other?
Question. If I order a pre-owned item from AmiAmi, and they get another pre-owned of that figure in better condition before I pay, can I order the new one and have them cancel the other?
So I decided to do Registered SAL for a shipment of keychains (or something) from AmiAmi.
It was shipped on January 23, and its status hasn't been updated since January 27.
Is this normal, or should I freak out?
Never not going EMS again.
I don't bother with registered SAL usually. Local post has non-existent tracking so it disappears when it enters the country. Plus registered needs to be picked up from the postal office in person.
Pretty much. I've experimented with all the different shipping options and EMS is the best both for speed and for peace of mind. There is one exception, Nippon-Yasan's Translogic shipping : faster than EMS and guaranteed no extra customs fees (you pay the VAT at the check-out).
AmiAmi won't ship EMS to me . Not only must I use registered SAL, but it has to pass through military post. That means after the normal registered SAL delivery time to the military post hub in Illinois, it's then sent, by boat, to my island adding an extra 4 - 6 weeks.
Question. If I order a pre-owned item from AmiAmi, and they get another pre-owned of that figure in better condition before I pay, can I order the new one and have them cancel the other?
i have Triumphant Excalibur and Sol Badguy on their way via registered SAL. I don't really mind the wait too much and I don't really get postal issues. I still need to sign for everything, which is something I rarely can do.
Haha, what the hell AmiAmi? One 1/8th figure and charging 3200 yen for EMS for it? Haha, what? Guess I'm picking SA...
Ummm.... I think I'll just eat the cost and stick with EMS.
Honestly it takes 2-3 weeks for SAL usually. I can manage. If you can pre-order stuff for almost a year a couple of weeks for 2k yen savings is worth it.
The registered thing is more of a local post nuance. It's not the same with each country.
Local post translate international services to national services and local post has only normal mail and confidential mail. The later is registered former unregistered.
The later requires identification to ensure the recipient is only allowed to access it.
EMS is usually handled by the national post's courier service if such exists.
SAL Registered with my recent Tenso delivery took about two weeks but I'm a patient person. My Snake unregistered order took longer but it was caught by customs. Also I know Royal Mail deals with SAL which means if I miss the parcel or have to pay for it it is only a brief walk to collect it. I've heard EMS can be dealt with other couriers which could mean a long and awkward journey to their warehouse.
Question. If I order a pre-owned item from AmiAmi, and they get another pre-owned of that figure in better condition before I pay, can I order the new one and have them cancel the other?
I'm moving tomorrow. The last of my figures to leave this house (like 5 nendos still unpacked) are going to be packed tonight and that'll be it. Still scared of moving for some stupid reason. I guess it's where I've lived here since I was born.
I'm moving tomorrow. The last of my figures to leave this house (like 5 nendos still unpacked) are going to be packed tonight and that'll be it. Still scared of moving for some stupid reason. I guess it's where I've lived here since I was born.
Just across town. My fiance and I live separately right now and want to live together. We've been together five years, ffs. I have a dinky studio apartment and she has a one bedroom apartment, so neither of ours would work.
Have our pre-final inspection today. There are a lot of little things that need to be touched up, but we're very happy with how the house turned out. My office is gonna be perfect for Nendos, which of course is all I care about.
Why did I look, battle damaged Kongo in the amiami preowned section for 8.7k, only reason I didn't grab it yesterday was it was 11.9k new and I didn't want to spend that much...
I need to play a game to distract me and hope it's gone later, before I do something stupid...
Again...
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Good luck to all the people moving, can be nerve racking even when you've done it 20 odd times...
Just across town. My fiance and I live separately right now and want to live together. We've been together five years, ffs. I have a dinky studio apartment and she has a one bedroom apartment, so neither of ours would work.
Have our pre-final inspection today. There are a lot of little things that need to be touched up, but we're very happy with how the house turned out. My office is gonna be perfect for Nendos, which of course is all I care about.
Look at the face, it's the biggest indicator. Early 2011 seems to be the cut-off for ugly face/loose part Nendos. The K-On Nendos, for example, are 2010, and have cute faces but are hard to stand up.
Yamato Kai popped back up finally! Been stalking her- glad to have her preordered! April is getting pretty busy for us, but luckily it's my birthday month so I can probably convince some of my family to help a little.
Number 300 was when they revised their packaging style. However, they revised their stand design and improved some QC things even before that. Some in the 100s and 200s have the current style of stand (adjustable arm that fits in the back) vs the older style of little things that fit around one or two legs.
As for the look of them, even my #95 nendo can exchange faces with brand new ones. The quality of the paint job and sculpts on older nendos is still pretty good, too (not quite as good as more recent ones, but still Good Smile good). And some of the older models also have really neat extras (faces/accessories). Honestly it's hard to tell on some of them unless you're holding them side-by-side with a brand new one.
The number or release date really isn't a great indicator on its own for anything before #300...you should look at pics on MFC. I've posted about this before in the previous OT that it's not like there's a clean cut-off point.
ah i love her, she is adorable and a lot of people around the office and my friends love her too! had to jump on her after i found her for a good price on MFC (cheaper than ebay, heh!). i do hope riot will let GSC come out with more League nendos, cause they did a really good job with her
Yamato Kai popped back up finally! Been stalking her- glad to have her preordered! April is getting pretty busy for us, but luckily it's my birthday month so I can probably convince some of my family to help a little.
