There is a small Gunpla store in Mtl that orders bulk from HLJ. I typically get my kits there.
Because I know the owner, he gives me the kits almost at his costs so it works out the same. Plus, I don't have to play the Canadian Customs lottery where they may decide to slap additional taxes and tarifs on an overseas order. On 7/2/07, ZY Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I shop from HLJ also. I usually time my purchase if dollar to yen is at least 1 to 110, which is the case rightnow. I do notice shipping is cheaper if I can get SAL, the problem is HLJ automatically do EMS if the value of the order is over 200000 yen. So large expansive item will always cost almost 40% more shipping ex the 1/350 scale starship yamato kit from Bandai. The days of putting 1 large order to save shipping form HLJ is long gong. :) zy On 7/2/07, Dr. Core < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Beilby wrote: > > Ming Cheung wrote: > > > hmm, my mom's going to Hong Kong tomorrow, maybe... > > Sweet! I may have to send another order into HLJ > > Sigh... my own trip to HK had been canceled. > > Anyway... can we do an informal survey on your shopping habit? Do you > order online mostly? Or shop in person? How much over exchange rate > do you typically pay? (or you don't care or notice?) Do you order > from HobbySearch (EMS)? > > I assume some of you pre-order, or order at the initial release date, > individual kits from HLJ. It seems to cost about 50% for shipping. > On average I end up with about 30% shipping overhead, by "engineering" > a 2kg gross weight order from HLJ. It's cheap enough that I've long > stopped asking friends/relatives (especially "civies") to buy gunpla > from HK/TW. > > -- > Dr. Core > -------------------------------------------------- > The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] > > Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml > Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in > the BODY: help list > -- "I think so that I was quick"- Kimi Raikkonen
