LolNo more ECMS from HLJ apparently
>>11831991i remember when importing things actually saved money
>>11831991When did they get rid of it? Today?
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>have stuff preordered on HLJ some from almost a year ago>can't cancelWhat the fuck do i do, bros?
>>11831991Probably because it takes a few weeks and the CPSC eFiling procedures take effect on July 8. So it's probably temporary until they figure that out. AmiAmi still has it for now. There's a thread about this. >>11822161
>>11831993Kek this is what the BBTS shipping costs look like to NZ. I feel your pain. Especially when you've already bought it.
>Another American complaining thread
>Another complaining about Americans post
>Another no valid argument response
I'm just going to close my account. They want 65 to 80 bucks to ship a 23 dollar HG Gundam kit. They refuse to cancel the order so yeah they can just keep it in their warehouse.
>>11831993It would be nice if at least only toys and figures were getting expensive, but is everything, definitively getting close to being priced out myself.
>>11831991It's temporary until they work their filing methods out with ECMS. While HLJ has the necessary data the odds of them having used it all appropriately for a shipping method they picked up as a slapdash cheaper method is highly unlikely. It'll probably be back in a few weeks.>>11832137Out of curiosity, where you do you live that a single HG costs you that much? It's looking like $51 to me here in Wisconsin AFTER tariffs and fees.
>>11832148Arkansas. Now it is the gcucks Dom which is bigger but I've shipped boxes 4x as big for that much from hobby-genki
>>11832027Get raped
>>11832148>It'll probably be back in a few weeks:/
muricans becoming like the rest of the world is hilarious to seethank your orange friend for eradicating a century of american privilege in a couple years I guess
>>11831991I was waiting on a july order to ship my stuff but I might just sit on it for a few more months until this shit is worked out.
>>11832305Rest of the world without even getting to enjoy the amount of time off like other countries.Funny seeing them get confused with how many people from other countries are there for the world cup and are able to spend 4+ weeks there.
>>11831991>>11831993Lol is this only for Muttmericans?Never did I think there would be a time where importing as a Leaf would be cheaper than what you guys got. Thanks for the laugh, Dahnald.
>>11832153Something is fucking wrong with some of these shipping calculations. I know with hlj they base a lot of the price based off their own shipping box dimensions, but I've had forwarders ship larger boxes for half of these current prices just in the past few weeks.
>>11832630That's why I've just said fuck it. I already have the kit anyway at home. I forgot I had it ordered on hlj then bam it's in their private warehouse. They can keep the 23 dollars.
>>11832031Apparently ecms does things by the shipping container, and has problems with entire loads of parcels getting hosed over one package in the container? I can see that being harder to sort out with this round of gov't faggotry. Ironically that's the volume import that the rule is intended to affect, despite it hitting individual parcels too.
>>11832305:)
>japanese twitter>everyone talks about toys>/toy/>everyone talks about drama, youtube faggotry, or american shipping
>>11832595What people haven't realized is some of these costs are literally just HLJ overcharging Americans for profit because they can get away with it.
>>11833468And has this made things cheaper for you?
>>11833595That's why I pay in yen when I use them.
>>11833478Why would the Japanese care about the price of shipping shit to America?They also bitch plenty about their own drama and internet 'celebs'
>>11833595I don’t think that is true and I’m not inclined to believe you because you are likely a low intelligence trumper/conspiracy theorist
>>11833468Japan's broken economy can be directly linked to economic policy the United States took to kneecap their economic power in the 80's but you wouldn't know anything about that because you get all your opinions from memes you retard faggot
>>11833779You don't hate (((them))) enough. You think you do, but you don't.
>>11831991Why did Orange child rapist do this to us?
>>11833713
>>11834029Yeah HLJ always is a bit more expensive than Amiami. Punisher is only $78 on Amiami. They do the actual conversion. Can't you change the currency on HLJ to Yen though and pay the yen amount? I thought you could at least used to, I don't see the option anymore.
>>11834029>he doesn’t know how currency conversion worksYeah of course it will be more expensive if you pay in USD. You should always pay in the source currency for international purchases. This is not an hlj or even Japan thing, that’s how it is everywhere.>>11834039The option is still there, scroll to the bottom.
>>11834062Ah, there it is. Thanks. They used to keep the drop down box at the top, they must've moved it to deter people from paying in yen. I don't really use HLJ anyway, there shipping tends to be higher than either Amiami or Hobby Genki, which are my two go-to import stores.
>>11833784>you get all your opinions from memes you retard faggotLiterally you. As if there were fucking prominent Jews pulling the strings in the Reagan/Bush Sr. Administrations. I wanted to say you could spend your time looking into who actually makes these policies but your under developed fetal alcohol syndrome brain instead only allows you to process low IQ info slop from streamers. Your brain is literally too underpowered to be able to accomplish anything more.
Why should i ever use HLJ over Amiami?
>>11834093You shouldn't unless it's a last resort. That's what I do anyway. I have dozens of Amiami orders I've placed over the years, I can count on one hand the amount of times I've used HLJ in that same amount of time. Yeah, Amiami isn't as quick as it once was, but still, it's miles better than any other import site I've used. Their customer service is good the one or two times I've needed to use it in the decade I've shopped with them. Can't complain really.
>>11834112But you can't preorder 100 things and cancel them without getting banned by Ami, that's why you should only use HLJ
They have additional service charges too. I thought the high shipping was to civer that kind of thing.Used to love HLJ but using it just seems like self harm at this point.
>>11834116They are more lenient about cancelling pre-orders now. It's not as big of a deal, just don't do tons of shit at once and you'll be fine.
>>11834062>>11833595Goddamn. I always believed that only applied when I'M in the country
>>11834116But HLJ doesn’t let you cancel shit anymore. Every figure I’ve ordered from them since they made the change has said it’s past the cancelation date on the first day it’s gone up for order. It’s actually reversed to where amiami is the reasonable place with order cancellations now.
>>11834093Using neither of them is an option at this point. Better sites are around these days. Funny enough, middle man services are better to go with. J-subculture is a good one if you ever need one.
>>11833478Japan toy collectors complain about chinese scalpers quite a lot, but that's completely valid drama.
>>11833608Yes, actually. But I'm an oldfag who remembers when 100 yen = $1.>>11833779Am I supposed to be upset by this?>>11834067Lmfao you sound exactly like the dusty libtard in this video. "Lol ur low IQ" is always a projection.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB2_1Kl6cxY
Imports will end soon enough once customs destroys enough figures for Japanese stores not giving the proper paperwork
>>11834269>you WILL buy the marvel legend, goy
>>11834333Sorry, I only buy McFarlanes!
>shopping at hlj after Ryan ditched >shopping at hlj after Sid ditched I don't know if they have always been shady even when those two were there, but covid really fucked them up. They seemed to not have recovered from it. The tariff stuff probably made it worse. But yea hlj seemed to get kind of gay after sid and ryan left.
>>11834269So start a class action suite against them. They're destroying our property because of their arbitrary rules.
>>11834180This, you literally can't cancel your orders on HLJ anymore unless it's the exact same day you order it.
It's going to be almost a year since i ordered this and nothing is happening. Will they cancel my order if i ask them nicely? I have literally never had this happen to me so i'm kinda lost. I simply don't want it anymore.
>>11834781>Will they cancel my order if i ask them nicelyYes, just say you want an update and that if they cant get it cancel it. they offered to cancel my seed zgok because of the same situation .
>>11834781Man I remember this thing shelfwarmed hard when it came out and now it's not available anywhere except trapped in some random mom and pop store that didn't realize they should have clearanced it.
>>11834192>Tries to disprove that he gets his opinions from memes by posting a video of some faggot telling you how to feelYou're literally bugs lol
>>11834732The most you would get back is the cost of the figure in damages. The lawsuit would cost over 1000x that. Not logical. The only logical move is not to play.
>>11834781They will, but you won't get your money back. They will give you store credit minus a restocking fee. I tried to do the same for my order in the private warehouse. I would not recommend anyone shop at hlj anymore.
>>11835024NTA but yeah, I wouldn't put up with that kind of poor arrangement. But then I wouldn't pay 100% up front for a preorder either. It's bad enough a lot of these shady import sites force you to pay like $5, $10 or even $20 to preorder. Generally I wouldn't preorder if the up front is any more than $5 and I'd just consider that money lost.
>>11835024I haven't paid anything yet, just ordered it.
>>11835089Does it have an actual release date that they’re expecting it? If it doesn’t, you are still able to cancel backordered items from what I understand.
It's been done.Thank God.
