Why are Postal Services such shit lords, they decide to keep my package in customs and not keep me updated for 2 days.
Worst experience with your Postal Service /toy/?
>pic related
>>5553332
You should have gotten tracking
>>5553349
I used EMS tracking provided by AmiAmi, but Parcelforce have been fucking about with it for days
The fuck is parcelforce?
>>5553354
I guess that's my fault for wanting to rush it, what are the better alternatives. This is my first time ever buying a figure honestly so I'm a new to this stuff. I heard SAL was the better option.
>>5553359
Some UK postal company that are lazy and incompetent.
As described perfectly by Lee Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqPVKjzKMNM
>>5553359
If customs and jews had mega babies
>>5553359
A britbong's worst nightmare.
If you choose EMS shipping, they confiscate your parcel once it reaches the UK and charge you £13.50 ($20) to deliver it.
>>5553359
It's UK, which also explains how EMS gets snagged in customs. In the land of the free, they just wave that shit on in my experience.
>>5553371
This is what I'm afraid of, I've spent enough money already and now they want to jew me out some more
>>5553373
Burger who always uses EMS here, they do indeed not charge you 20 dollars, even if you miss delivery.
>>5553367
>8 seconds of pointless intro
>15 seconds of the painfully unfunny Lee Evans
>20 seconds of Nickelback
That might be the worst video I've ever seen in my entire life.
>>5553376
It's simple m8, don't use EMS.
Choose SAL or R-SAL, it takes longer, but I haven't had a single parcel caught once, including items of up to 10,000 yen in value, even when they weren't marked as gifts or undervalued.
>>5553381
This is what I get for not seeing the video before linking it
>order Figma Satzbatz Knight from Jungle
>R-SAL cause I'm a patient guy
>arrives in 6 days
>no VAT, no fees
Based Jungle.
>>5553371
They don't seem to mind single items coming through on my end.
>ordered from Mandarake with EMS 3 days ago
>slipped right through customs
>delivered today
But yeah, multiple items are surely checked and slapped with taxes. It's pretty crooked. I tried SAL shipping last week and my Okabe figma is still dicking around in Japan right now. Ordered from AmiAmi, mind you. Not sure how their SAL shipping is.
>>5553392
Well ain't that some shit.
>>5553392
>Revoltech Rei - Ordered on 2nd of March, "expected" by 16th Mar to 7th April
>Revoltech PG - Ordered on 17th feb, expected by 22nd march
>Hasegawa Desk - Ordered 17th feb, expected by 17th feb
kill me for shopping on amazon
>>5553398
AmiAmi and Mandarake's SAL takes the piss sometimes, though I've never anything caught by customs yet so I guess I should be thankful.
I had two tamashii thunder effects shipped out from AmiAmi on February 4th, they didn't arrive until the 22nd.
And pic related is my figma Ninja Slayer, who shipped from Mandarake 3 days before my Satbatz from Jungle, yet somehow he hasn't made it to the UK in almost two weeks.
Hopefully they marked it as a gift like I asked.
>>5553406
>Amazon
My absolute last resort for import figures :^)
>>5553406
>ordering figs on Amazon
>from Japan no less
No worse hell than this. I already had one never show up. I got outbidded on pic related when a UK seller had her up on eBay. Absolute bollocks.
>>5553414
the Nanael I ordered a week after arrived before my Airi that I ordered in the middle of Feb
HK sellers are fast. Managed to get my Shin & Nanael in about a week each
>>5553367
You can do better than that.
https://youtu.be/Vn10K_etGEY?t=2m22s
>>5553332
Same thing happened with The World I got from Amiami.
I never got a pink slip and they never notified me they tried to deliver it or even had it at my local post office.
Went there and picked it up myself, the lady told me it was going to be sent back the next day if I hadn't come
AS shipped from Mandarake January 10... still no arrival...
Last update was New York sorting facility Feb 18.
Called USPS a week ago asking about it.. it went from sort facility to no longer tracking on USPS...
Japan post hasn't updated since the Feb date in new york.
When I called usps they said the last status they have it that it's in France.. -____-
Contacted Mandy last week, was told they'll contact japan post... to be continued.
>>5553458
I have a figure from Mandy that still says its in New York even though I got it weeks ago
>>5553458
I should add that was the first of about 6 orders...
last being January 30th.. all the rest arrived by early March.
In the past couple days:
>arrived at USPS facility
>arrived at unit
>arrived at USPS facility
>arrived at unit
They're not different ones. It's like it's going back and forth, but I don't even know the difference between them.
>UK
>tricked all the other EU nations into opening their borders
>still confiscate foreign products
>>5553332
>for 2 days.
>>5553410
>hasn't made it to the UK in almost two weeks.
I am in hell over here.
I'm wondering why I'm supposed to contact someone.
One package was stuck in my country's customs for three weeks, though it was during holiday season so I can kind of understand.
Not sure what's with this one. SAL packages always takes 10-14 days to arrive to my doorstep.
>>5553414
that's not lewd :^)
>>5553477
It arrived as I posted this
>>5553746
Whaddya get, anon?
>>5553752
A couple of robots
>>5553332
>2 days
>worst experience
Not postal service error but I once had an order suddenly switch the canceled two months after it was supposed to arrive
USPS waterlogged my package to hell and back then tossed it in a plastic bag for delivery. After some bickering, I was able to get them to file the paperwork for an investigation but they had to take my items back in case they got a call regarding the condition and actually tried to deliver them back to me just two days later.
They told me yesterday I could have my things back but made it sound like they never needed them in the first place so I have no idea what the hell is going on over there.
>>5553398
>>5553414
>nearly a week later
>still no change
>still no sign of Mayuri
JUST
Happened a long time ago but once had a mailman deliver an EMS package in the lock box, which never happens because they need a signature, then took it back out the next day because an extra lockbox was needed.
It was effectively 'undelivered' without any kind of card or notice and took about a week to track down. Good thing since they technically stole it. That was a fun one.
>>5558869
Mine too :^(
>>5553406
I tried to pre-order figuarts pyramid heado from amazon as it when the pretty quick on amiami (at least the first wave/printing.) It said it would be released 5 months from the order date, so I waited.
When the the release date arrived I received no word whatsoever. 2 weeks after the fucking amazon page hadn't even been updated. Finally I had to physically call amazon only to find out the 3rd party importer hadn'tdone anything or even let amazon know what was going on.
Got my money back, but to this day I still believe the asshats just took the money with no intention of actually filling the orders.
>>5558869
Bump for fucking when
How's everyone else holding up?
>>5553361
Sal or Registered Sal if you want to wait for something to arrive but get it without paying vat+ import fees if it slips through unchecked.
Alternative for fast shipping would be Fedex- still get full tracking, you'd be more likely to be hit with charges then Sal but customs clearance is WAY quicker on average then EMS and they'll deliver it straight away and send you an invoice later. Have had quite a few things get through without charges as well.
>>5553414
Well they're all here now :^) How's your Nendo whatever?
Just ordered a Little Armory m1911a1 set for a figma to be a true blooded american against my Nazi Revoltech
>>5562677
They're shite m8.
Maybe I got a dud set, but the brown parts don't fit into the grips properly so it makes it really awkward to put them in a figures hands.
Also there's no way to put the straps into the holsters without cutting and gluing them.
>>5562686
Eh, even if I get a dud, I'd like em just for the novelty. Plus they're model kits, aren't you supposed to glue and cut them :^)
>>5562694
>Plus they're model kits, aren't you supposed to glue and cut them :^)
I guess, but cutting and gluing takes away the change your mind if you want the strap to fit a larger/smaller figure.
>>5562677
Doing well, actually. Just have to pick her up from the post office tomorrow since I missed her yesterday. Estimation date was actually on time for a change.
>>5562742
And here she is. What a cutie.
Still no luck on that SAL package tho
>>5565036
Time to stop her grandmother's pocket watch.
>go to post office
>"hey, I'd like to ship this for as cheap as possible with tracking"
>"would you like signature confirmation with that?"
>"no, just standard tracking"
>"ok anon that'll be $12.50"
>box is small as fuck there's no way it should cost $12.50 to ship
>"I don't need signature confirmation, I just want standard tracking"
>"alright, that'll be $12.50"
>give up, pay the bitch $12.50
>contact buyer and ask if he had to sign for it
>he said yes
>mfw
>>5565098
Do not bully the Mayushii!
>>5558920
Not going to bother updating the screenshot cause it's still same, god damn it hurry up Ninja Slayer.
Satbatz was shipped via R-SAL on the 6th and arrived on the 12th, what the fuck.
>finally arrives in the UK
>Good Friday and Easter Monday coming up
>probably going to be waiting until next Tuesday for delivery
World's slowest ninja slayer
>>5565146
they fuck up in asking you first
depending on the buyers location the option might have been nonnegotiable
They either were afraid to admit the fuck up because you could have gone to another services provider or you got some embarrassed retard that would rather eat your wallet then deal with saying "Sorry only option there is with signature"
>>5568133
I know the feeling friend, my SIC Another Shadow Moon just got to Langley.
Sad times ahead.
>was waiting for that HM Biker figurine to arrive today
>Canada post claims they attempted a delivery, though no one knocked on my fucking door
>they just fucking dropped off a notice in my box saying that I need to pick it up
>have to wait another day so that they could put it in their system before I can go out to grab it
Fuck everything. I fucking hate this shit.
>>5568551
Eh, at least it's not caught in customs.
>>5568133
My Menace shipped yesterday.
Also just ordered 8 items off amazon, only 4 left on my list before I finally bother saving up and get a debit card :^)
>Revo Alice
>Revo Alleyne
>Revo Jagi
>Revo Yuria
>Revo Zeed
>Little Armory P226/P228
>Little Armory M4A1
>Little Armory Tacticool gloves
>>5568588
>before I finally bother saving up and get a debit card
You know debit cards are free to apply for, right? No savings necessary :^)
>>5562562
Never again, SAL. Never again. I just want my madu scientisto.
>>5568593
just applied for a current account, senpai :^) j4yfam
>>5568669
You should set up a Paypal account once you've got your bank stuff sorted too.
anime sluts await you senpai.
AmiAmi, HobbyLinkJapan, Mandarake, Jungle, oh my.
>>5568676
hope they accept my disability and ppi buas actual income. wish me luck, buddy. If I get it, I'll buy a Siggy in your honour :^)
>>5568686
They'll accept literally anyone as long as you're not balls deep in debt.
>>5568690
oh that's good then, I guess. I'll just have to get used to SAVING MONEY to spend online instead of just going to newcastle and picking up too much shit.
>>5568692
Considering how much you seem to spend on Amazon and in Newcastle, you'll be able to get twice as much for your money on the japanese websites.
Jungle has all three of the figma Sonicos, hint hint :^)
>>5568706
>JUST FUCK ME UP JAPAN
The Little Armory stuff on Amazon is suprisingly close to the AmiAmi price when you factor in postage and shit
>>5568721
>when you factor in postage and shit
Not quite. The prices on Amazon seem to be almost double what you'd pay on AmiAmi including shipping.
This is an order from last June, I think the exchange rate back then made it roughly £14. The AKM is one of the more expensive guns too, cause you get two of them.
>>5568740
o-oh
>>5568584
True, I just want my karate bugman right now.
>>5568902
Not him, but I like them, so fuck off faggot.
>>5568918
>but I've noticed they're a little shorter than SHF.
Those are SIC KT, aifferent (and now dead) toyline. They range from bad (eg. Garo) to pretty OK (like Kaixa, Den-O imagin set).
I recommend just buying the actual SICs, assuming they're not the older and fragile releases (unless you don't plan on touching them.) Many of them can be obtained for cheap, like the Den-O stuff.
>Why? Is it bad to enjoy something?
Avatarfagging isn't even allowed as a rule, and it's annoying as fuck. Not even >>5568902, but you can clearly see the person just wants to post for the sake of posting the shitty pictures. Go back to /co/ or whatever if you want to shit up the board.
>>5568918
Depends on which you're talking about. Regular SICs are a fair bit bigger than SHF but they're a mixed bag in terms of articulation and durability. The ones you'll have seen will be the Kiwami Damashii figures which are smaller scale figures with less accessories but much better articulation.
I personally love the regular SIC figures but their articulation is god awful, but the sculpt and paint work make up for it. Also they have a shit ton of die-cast parts which makes them pretty fucking heavy.
>>5568927
I'll check 'em out, Thanks, pal.
>>5568925
>>5568902
>using two images from the same comic with appropriate reactions for the post is "avatarfagging" now
>>5568942
Don't listen to those faggots.
Rules are for chumps.
>>5568942
I wouldn't call it avatarfagging, but how are those appropriate? Were you swallowing semen as you typed those posts or something?
>>5568992
maybe~
>>5568133
>tfw he arrived today
Pessimism is the best.
two days, ahahahahahah
in italy you end up waiting two weeks to two months for your crap, sometimes without notice, amd end up paying 20% taxes plus five euros for their "service"
glad l ran away
>choose SAL
>takes forever to arrive
>choose EMS
>pay Jewforce ransom money for your stuff
Fuck this country. Just let me enjoy my weebshit in peace.
Do any britbongs here use Air Small Packet when ordering from amiami?
I've been using it now for about 6 months and I have never been caught for customs until this week when Hotaru and Renee nendos got caught.
Shitting my self now because I've preordered stuff up till September and picked ASP for all of them.
>>5568593
oh hey i got accepted for a debit card :^) now I can buy waifus direct from japan for cheep
>>5570025
Congrats m8.
You'll probably want a Paypal account too now that you've got a proper bank account sorted.
seriously fuck sal, I'm getting so impatient
>>5570178
I don't understand how the delivery time can vary so much.
>figma Satbatz shipped from Jungle on the 6th
>arrives on the 12th
>figma Ninja Slayer shipped from Mandarake on the 3rd
>arrives today
It didn't update for two weeks after it left Tokyo.
>>5570178
I honestly thought SAL wouldn't be that bad. Never again, man.
>>5570189
>>5570193
I'm in MA and so far it's still been on "Dispatch from outward office of exchange" I'm ready to wait a month.
>all these horror stories of shit deliveries
And this is why I pay a few bucks more to buy it off shops that already imported the shit. At least that way if anything goes wrong I can exchange it easily enough.
>>5570249
Godspeed, little parcel.
come reaper, bless me with the embrace of death
>>5568612
PROGRESS
>It's Easter weekend
t-thanks christians
>ordered figma Giant Warrior on Monday
>Mandarake still hasn't sent a payment request
>they haven't responded to my email
s-should I be worried?
>>5572072
I'm glad my Nanosuit and Ninja Slayer came yesterday, feels good man :^)
>>5570188
I got my Shadow Moon yesterday too, SAL is a mixed bag.
>muh Robot Damashiis left Japan today
>will get in-country over Easter Weekend
>will definitely get delayed
Shouldn't have even bothered with EMS, fuck
>>5570154
Paypal is a huge bitch to get set up, though
>finally get a goddamn job and some money earlier this month
>order some jap plastic crack to celebrate
>AmiAmi only takes PayPal
>try to setup Paypal, theit system wants me to submit 3 different documents to verify my ID
>right as I figure out what the fug they want I get an e-mail saying "your ID was confirmed :^)"
>then have to deal with verifying my bank account since their system rejected my debit card
>THEN have to weight over a week to get money transfers to clear since AmiAmi doesn't tell you the exact JPY/USD exchange rate until you go to pay and I underestimated
>finally got these damn toys paid for 1 day before due
Bump for SAL still a shit
>>5570349
Only took 3 days!
>>5575331
Mine won't either, senpai. I know it's on the way to the Tyneside postal office, but Royal Mail doesn't deliver on Bank Holidays. I want muh Menace.
Still waiting for my dollhouse TV and Hasegawa meeting room set up, sadly. Then after that the longer wait for my Revo/LA Splurge begins,
>>5572514
Paypal is a pain in the ass to set up, but after that you don't have to really think about it much. The money transfer thing is dumb and slow and unwieldy though, you should just set it up so Paypal automatically takes out the appropriate funds from your account when they're needed.
I'm under the assumption that USPS forgot to update the tracking at this rate
>>5575367
>my USPS tracking number doesn't work
>my HKP tracking number doesn't work
At least Japan Post works
>>5575381
Yikes. What shipping stage are you at?
>>5575413
Both dispatched. Tracking numbers don't work yet. Probably not on the system yet as they shipped on friday
Has anyone received anything from mandrake with the shipping not updating past "dispatch from outward office of exchange"?
Will Parcelforce charge me for importing something that's £12?
>>5577179
No, as long as your order is worth less than £15 (that includes shipping) they can't charge you jack shit.
>>5577188
Thank fuck. Ordered a LA of AmiAmi's ebay shop, had EMS included in the price. I hear EMS can cause trouble, will that affect it even though it's under £15?
>>5577193
Nah you should be fine.
EMS in the UK is handled by Parcelforce (who are owned by the Royal Mail) by default, regardless of the value of your order.
OP here, looks like it's finally coming after almost 2-3 weeks
Thanks ParcelForce you fucking degenerates
>>5578409
Took them long enough. Been waiting for the past 3 weeks for the damn thing to leave Japan.
>also have to pay those fucks £71 to hand over my other parcel or they'll send it back
JUST
Well guys the wait is finally over, the figure finally came and he is fabulous
>>5578495
What figure did you get anon?
>>5578535
Okabe figma from AmiAmi's pre-owned section. Decided to use SAL because EMS seemed a bit excessive for a low cost order.
What a mistake that was.
>>5578602
I just ordered a Jotaro SAS a few days ago and the tracking thing hasn't updated from the "posting collection"
But I used SAL so maybe you and I both fucked up my friend
>>5578625
I knew SAL would take some time but not like this. Good thing is that it usually slips through customs. But it seems like we're fucked either way in the UK. Either get your stuff quicker and pay more fees or wait a few weeks and pay less.
Of course, it all depends. You could just get lucky in both cases.
>>5578630
I'd rather wait a few weeks more and not have to pay £20+ customs tax and Jewforce fees on top of what I'm already paying for my plastic anime sluts.
Looks like my Figuarts lamp man and camera man have reached the UK :^)
No customs tax for me!
Guess I'm an idiot for expecting it to arrive today.
>>5553332
>seven days to get from Japan to home country
>thirty days to reach my state after that, tracking info simply froze on "moving package" for 23 days
>had to pay an unjust tax of 20 dollars to actually bring my figure home
Third world ain't fun.
I'm going through something strange, I live in commiefornia and had an order from mandarake arrive in los angeles only to be marked back the next day in the japanese shipping container it arrived in. I live in Sacramento and it never said failed delivery attempt or tracked anywhere near my house, is it heading back to nipponland?
>>5578638
They're fun figures but I hope you have some stands because they tip constantly.
![[tipping intensifies].gif](https://i.imgur.com/GH8fUow.gif "[tipping intensifies].gif")
>>5579449
They sound like my kind of figures :^)
>>5578602
3 goddamn weeks and the absolute madman is finally here.
Bump for more shipping hell
>>5579578
I hope kikedicks like you burn in an oven you white knight piece of gender fluid filth.
>>5584507
Wow Seth that's pretty rude.
>Order DecaDriver off Mandy
>Get RSAL
>After 3 weeks the tracking falls off the face of the earth
>Post office doesn't know where it is
>3 months later it randomly shows up
This thread still has that weird April Fools theme for me, weird.
What are you lads waiting on?
>>5588999
Still waiting on my 2nd Manda email for my Musou Rei and Arise Motoko order. My Siggy, Annelotte and Aldora have shipped at least.
Still waiting for;
>Revo Alleyne
>Revo Alice
>Revo Jagi
>Revo Zeed
>1/12 Hasegawa Meeting Room Desks/Chairs
>LA M4A1
>LA P226/P228
>LA Tacticool Gloves
>>5588999
What figure is that? The thing in his hand looks like a good substitute for a Sunlight Spear
>>5589418
Fuck off back to veeeee!
Just kidding, it's Figma Giant Warrior, based on a pretty cool short film :^)
I'd love some 1/12 scale Dark Souls figures, seems like a property nobody wants to take on though.
>>5589422
at least we have superior Funky POPs to save us! :^)
>>5553458
>>5553466
back again.. this order from Jan 10 still no show...
tracking info no longer found
Mandarake-Sahra told me to hold on a bit longer for them to get an update from Japan Post about 2 weeks ago.. at this point i'm sure it's not coming. Idk what else to do
(It was my first mandarake order baka)
>Jagi arrived
>P226/228 arrived
>Siggy's arrived in the homelands, should be here on friday hopefully.
>My Kuroneko has left Japan
>my Annelotte/Aldora and Motoko/Rei orders are still there.
cmon zeed, M4A1 and meetin room come soon
>£20 charge for one nendoroid
FUCKING JEWFORCE
>>5593946
pics senpai
>>5593946
>not using R-SAL
>>5594031
>3 weeks wait
>£20 to parcelkike
I know which one I'd rather deal with.
Don't be in such a hurry for your toys senpai, be patient and enjoy your the ones you already have :^) You could've used that £20 towards another figma or something.
>>5594042
True, but I've always been an impatient fuck wit. 1 week's fine but 2 is probably my limit.
A lot of my figmas and nendos I tend to buy from UK sellers to avoid international shipping bollocks. Japan's a last resort unless it's a new release or considerably cheaper.
600$ item shipped with tracking + sign on delivery
all information correctly written and applied.
USPS in Philly somehow got it fucked up and sent the package back to Kentucky, saying my address doesn't exist.
>My house address is a goddamn private company and I ship things all the time.
Atleast the seller is sending a newer version with free gear.
>>5578628
My EMS stuff has never been caught in customs and has always arrived like a day early
>>5594120
How? Are you American or something?
Unless all of your shit has been under the value of £15, I don't believe you.
Parcelforce will jump at the chance to slap a fee on anything that comes their way.
>expected delivery date april fifth
>no updates for six days
Maybe if they really hurry it'll get here on the 5th. Just as an aside, fuck this seller for using Media Mail.
>>5594191
>update
literally ordered something from japan and had it delivered between the time i bought this and now
>>5594122
Im in America and Ive been buying only 3,000 yen or more products from Mandy. Amiami is the only website that fucked me over and the only time I didn't pick EMS was on there
>>5594219
>America
Your opinion is complete irrelevant in this case.
What exactly is it with Americans giving their matters on EMS when the context is clearly about Europe, or in Canada?
So EMS just fucked me and returned a large package back to sender without a delivery attempt. Is there any way to contact them directly to stop this or am I fucked.
Man you people are so fucking impatient with this stuff. You ordered a toy online, didn't have to drive anywhere, didn't have to even dress up to get the package. Hell just today I picked up a massive box full of figures sent from Japan. I'm in New Jersey. 12 hours before I signed for it, they where in Indianapolis. On Wednesday, just a few hours before, they started in Japan in the morning, made it to Alaska by lunch time, and even had a quick stop in Korea. In 3 days this package travelled more than I have in my whole life. And I ordered part of it on my phone. We are so spoiled by the conveniences of modern life. I remember when I was a kid in the late 90's when internet shopping was still scary and my parents wouldn't bite, if I couldn't find a toy after searching for it for a long time, I just had to settle for not having it at all.
>>5595134
When you pay $80 for 5-7 day shipping and they fail to deliver it in 20 I think you have the right to be mad. If the shipping was free like amazon 2 day then sure your argument has value but this is a paid service that a lot of these companies fail to do. The bullshit I've had to deal with dealing with these shipping companies gives me a damn right to be angry. When you pay for a service you expect that service to be fulfilled and a lot of delivery companies fail to meet expectations.
