Duymon Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Lol that one went fast, but i don't care because i already have so many f's...like.... 5..... Quote
anime52k8 Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Did you use the "Ship When Available" instead of "Private Warehouse"? I can't recall the process for the former since it's been quite a while since I last did that. With private warehouse, the shipping cost is indicated upfront when you select stored items for shipping. You pay shipping cost almost immediately after requesting it then the status changes to "...order has begun shipment processing". had it set as private warehouse when I ordered then changed it to ship when available a day or two later. I've done that before and it's never messed things up. looking back at my bast orders they always set out an email saying payment received the same day my account activity showed Payment for Invoice #xxxxxxxxxx I think tomorrow I'm going to send them and email and ask if there having any trouble with the credit card. Quote
Graham Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 That's the reason I never use HLJ anymore, because I'm impatient to get stuff, but even if you choose the fastest shipping method such as FedEx, HLJ are so slow at order processing and actually getting stuff out of the door. I often use the terms "snail's pace" or "glacial progress" when describing HLJ. Graham Quote
locidm Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 I'm patient but still no shipping notification from HLJ after nine days is pushing it.... Granted I had almost 40 items in my PW (mostly just Macross chronicles), but I thought a week would have been plenty. Quote
OzmaLee74 Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 I hope this isn't some sort of screw up wherein HLJ sends us an email saying " Sorry but we mistakenly requested payment too soon for your August orders. It got mixed up with the July ones. Our bad." Quote
Murphy Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Mine should be in the PW, along with my other stuff. I hope they don't sell it by accident. Does HLJ separate your merchandise from the stock when in the PW? Quote
grymg Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Mine just changed to This order is currently being packed. Not in the clear yet, but big a *whew* that they didn't lose my order. Quote
IXTL Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Mine should be in the PW, along with my other stuff. I hope they don't sell it by accident. Does HLJ separate your merchandise from the stock when in the PW? They don't physically separate the stock but it's blocked off in their inventory. Quote
SaitouSad Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 Well.. it's not like they can't accidentally sell your pw stock. it has happened to me before. and by the time they realized it, it was only after I paid for shipping. That said, it's probably a rare case and they did say they were working to improve their inventory management Quote
BuGS21 Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 ^^ Wow. You'd think they'd be big enough not to commit these kinds of mistakes ... Quote
skullmilitia Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Well.. it's not like they can't accidentally sell your pw stock. it has happened to me before. and by the time they realized it, it was only after I paid for shipping. That said, it's probably a rare case and they did say they were working to improve their inventory management Yeah it has happened a few times, I've seen at least two other people that had their stock sold while in their PW. I asked them to cancel the shipping and put my order back to my PW, I Wanted it by tomorrow, and If it's not going to be a timely shipping, then I don't want to pay for fast shipping, only to have it sit for a week. Quote
Gakken85 Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Everybody was telling me HLJ > AmiAmi. what's up fellas? Quote
IXTL Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Everybody was telling me HLJ > AmiAmi. what's up fellas? HLJ has better customer service and they allow cancellations and returns/refunds but they are terribly slow at getting shipments out the door. Amiami has what is perceived as poor customer service (terse sounding responses, no cancellation policy, no international customer support) but they have very competitive prices and ship items quickly (from my experience). Quote
SaitouSad Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Everybody was telling me HLJ > AmiAmi. what's up fellas? to be fair, not everyone was saying HLJ>Amiami. A few stood up and said they had no problems with Amiami. Personally, they both have their pros and cons. Quote
Guyffon Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 So far my experience the few webshops i bought stuff from, nin-nin is the fastest to ship my stuff, as i placed an order in the morning and was shipped out by the afternoon, provided they have the stock,not sur about theircustomer service though Quote
skullmilitia Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 This is only the second time in 3 years they haven't shipping in 24hrs. So I can't say that this is normal for me. AmiAmi can go suck a fat one with their policies. also, NY just canceled my VF-25F order, but I still have my other pre-orders, including sending me an email right after to confirm the VF-27 in 15 days. interesting.. Quote
Loop Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 I already have an Armored one on display, so the 2 I got can wait. I sent it to the private warehouse until at least the VF-27 release. I hope they push that release forward, which they seem to be doing lately, unless the quoted release dates are always wrong. This is only the second time in 3 years they haven't shipping in 24hrs. So I can't say that this is normal for me. AmiAmi can go suck a fat one with their policies. also, NY just canceled my VF-25F order, but I still have my other pre-orders, including sending me an email right after to confirm the VF-27 in 15 days. interesting.. Did you ask to cancel the NY order? or did they do it on their own due to stock? Quote
skullmilitia Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 They did it on their own, I was expecting my account to be closed, which would Have been fine. Looks like the VF-27 has a 8/10 release now. Quote
Hikuro Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Mine is sitting in the Inward office of LA. i don't think it'll be moving until Monday which case I'll see it right on my birthday next Friday. Boy oh boy wouldn't that be awesome? VF-25 and Metroplex. That'll be a good day! Quote
skullmilitia Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 I'll anxiously awaiting and stalking the HLJ page for the VF-27. It's the last thing I need, until they announce either a VF-25S Reissue, or finally the YF-30. Quote
wm cheng Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Please let me know if the VF-27 becomes available anywhere for a decent price... still looking for that one. Then the VF-25S and I'm done. So do we think they will offer up the Tornado parts as a separate purchase for those of us with the VF-25F or will they bundle it with the Valk again? I can't remember what they did previously with the v1. Did they ever offer Tornado parts or Powered Armor set for the Renewals? Quote
anime52k8 Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 I hope they do a stand alone. after all the work it took to get a naked VF-25F that would suck to have to go through all of that again just for armor parts. Quote
skullmilitia Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) Please let me know if the VF-27 becomes available anywhere for a decent price... still looking for that one. Then the VF-25S and I'm done. So do we think they will offer up the Tornado parts as a separate purchase for those of us with the VF-25F or will they bundle it with the Valk again? I can't remember what they did previously with the v1. Did they ever offer Tornado parts or Powered Armor set for the Renewals? they offered both for certain sets, and singles for other. I'm sure the renewal versions are next on the Bandai's short list releases. Also, I checked out the V1 Tornado parts, What the hell are the wierd missiles on the end of the wings. In the show they were Reaction bombs, so I hope they fix that for accuracy. And if those other missiles were somewhere in the show, the Reaction one's look better anyway. Edited July 26, 2013 by skullmilitia Quote
Loop Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 That's the reason I own a 3rd 25-F renewal. I figure there may be a chance for the Tornado setup. I did not like it at first when I saw it on the version 1's and in the movie, but it shows the logical progression to the YF-29. Quote
Duymon Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 (edited) Finally got my 25F from NY Had super parts waiting for it Now if only HLJ would get off their asses and ship my other two 25Fs >_< also no word from Otacute yet Edited July 26, 2013 by Duymon Quote
Scyla Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Does the reissue have hard plastic head lasers in addition to the PVC ones like the 25S and 25G had? Quote
IXTL Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Does the reissue have hard plastic head lasers in addition to the PVC ones like the 25S and 25G had? Just the bendy ones. Quote
Duymon Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 Just bendy ones ALso, did anyone notice their reissue had a really oily gun? I had to wipe if off with some rubbing alcohol. Quote
alchemo Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 I am not sure but I suspected that alcohol was one of the reason that My red Metal Composite Z-Plus yellowing earlier then the blue one. Quote
Loop Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 I am not sure but I suspected that alcohol was one of the reason that My red Metal Composite Z-Plus yellowing earlier then the blue one. Honestly, those just yellow afaik. Bandai used a poor plastic for that release. I have the blue one and mine yellowed without any sunlight ever hitting it. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted July 26, 2013 Posted July 26, 2013 hopefully otacute will get them soon... i passed on so many restocks @ hlj bc i didn't want to cancel on otacute. They provide such a good price. i see so many pop up in Japan for about 13000-16000en but i'm biting my tongue before going to my proxy guy. Quote
Valkyrie Magnus Posted July 27, 2013 Posted July 27, 2013 I just got my VF-25f and MP Acid Storm today! Great day! Quote
erikos0311 Posted July 27, 2013 Posted July 27, 2013 This order is currently being double-checked before final packing........ Quote
neoexcaliber Posted July 27, 2013 Posted July 27, 2013 Maybe someone should drop them a suggestion to prioritize non-sale items for shipping. After all, we are paying almost full price for the item. Quote
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