dapro Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 The good thing with HLJ is that you don't have to pay up front and cancel later if needed. Quote
treatment Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Wow. Mr.K trolls us with the 27k-yen pricing that we thought will be the msrp, but Arcadia actually set it up so that it'll be at least 27k even after usual po-discounts. Geezus. Now I'm reassessing whether to even bother with it. Still too damn expensive. Edited October 26, 2015 by treatment Quote
mickyg Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 $307 AUD. Ouch. Still went for it though.I remember the days when the Aussie Dollar was on parity with the US Dollar. Seems like a very long time ago but I think it was only about a year. This exchange rate hurts. It helps to know that the Yen was much stronger then too, though. Our dollar seems to match the Yen pretty closely, actually. Quote
Faboy Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Does anyone know much HLJ charges for shipping to the U.S. ? They have ems , express and 2 other options but would like to be sure before hitting the order button for this Valk , since their page says no info for the moment on shipping till it's available. Any info appreciated, thanks! Quote
505thAirborne Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Does anyone know much HLJ charges for shipping to the U.S. ? They have ems , express and 2 other options but would like to be sure before hitting the order button for this Valk , since their page says no info for the moment on shipping till it's available. Any info appreciated, thanks! My last few Valks (0D, 0A, YF-29B) were roughly $25-30.00 for EMS Express, pretty good in my book. Quote
Lolicon Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Wow. Mr.K trolls us with the 27k-yen pricing that we thought will be the msrp, but Arcadia actually set it up so that it'll be at least 27k even after usual po-discounts. If you're referring to the price on Amiami, it's because they add in the 8% Japanese consumption tax before subtracting the PO discount, which they have at only 6%. So yeah it's over 27k on Amiami because of Amiami's shenanigans. Japanese consumption tax isn't supposed to apply to international purchases like this. Amiami is the only online retailer I know that adds it in their price. It's exactly 27k on HLJ with no PO discount. Quote
Gakken85 Posted October 26, 2015 Author Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) $220 ain't bad. $9 dollar price increase from 2012. So 3 bucks a year. Edited October 26, 2015 by Gakken85 Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 $220 ain't bad. $9 dollar price increase from 2012. So 3 bucks a year. Quote
wmkjr Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) It's still 27K, which was the tentative price from Arcadia. It's just a matter of which online retailers, if any, will give a discount. Going by HLJ and the preorder discount reduction from the 0-A to the 0-S I'm guessing maybe a 5% discount (not including tax added) might be the most we'll see from anyone, if that. Edit: Unless Big in Japan or Nippon Yasan pulls some kinda magic strings. Edited October 26, 2015 by wmkjr Quote
treatment Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Just like the 0S, no po-discounts on the 4G from HLJ. It'll be 27k-yen. Even if AE or NY offers any discount, they'll most likely make up the difference by jacking the shipping-fees. Unfortunate coz HLJ at 27k-yen will be the one who will offer the least-expensive shipping-fees among all japan-shops. The only way to save on this is to go pw or ship-later (N-Y ?) on the shipping-fees. Or the exchange-rate goes 40-1 against the yen in favor of the US-dollar by Feb. Oy vey... Quote
F360 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 There's still the biginjapan option too , they seem to have pretty good Arcadia pricing Quote
wmkjr Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Their shipping prices are pricey though. The 0S was 15% off I believe. But the shipping prices via EMS wasn't worth it for me. I think it was 6800yen for 2 via EMS. Quote
F360 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Their shipping prices are pricey though. The 0S was 15% off I believe. But the shipping prices via EMS wasn't worth it for me. I think it was 6800yen for 2 via EMS. They also have a fedex option which is cheaper than ems, the shipping for 2 VF-0a was 4700 yen. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 They also have a fedex option which is cheaper than ems, the shipping for 2 VF-0a was 4700 yen. i did fedex too for 2x 0A for 4700 but for the 0s they raised the shipping price so it was about 5700yen for 2x and 3000 yen for 1 0s Quote
Saburo Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 i did fedex too for 2x 0A for 4700 but for the 0s they raised the shipping price so it was about 5700yen for 2x and 3000 yen for 1 0s Was this Fedex shipping rate with HLJ? Quote
F360 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 i did fedex too for 2x 0A for 4700 but for the 0s they raised the shipping price so it was about 5700yen for 2x and 3000 yen for 1 0s .......argh Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Was this Fedex shipping rate with HLJ? no i'm just responding to F360 about biginjapan raising their fedex rate which was insanely low for the 0A Quote
wmkjr Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) They also have a fedex option which is cheaper than ems, the shipping for 2 VF-0a was 4700 yen. Hmm, I forgot about that. I ordered one 0A and it was 2800yen via Fedex. So NY and BIJ is almost comparable pricing wise. Edited October 26, 2015 by wmkjr Quote
Saburo Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 no i'm just responding to F360 about biginjapan raising their fedex rate which was insanely low for the 0A Ah ok, sorry I am dealing with a headache and I am out of sorts at the moment. Did you PO 3x? Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Ah ok, sorry I am dealing with a headache and I am out of sorts at the moment. Did you PO 3x? yea! how bout you? if you order 3x, it'll make your headache go away Quote
wmkjr Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Was this Fedex shipping rate with HLJ? If it helps I ordered 2 0A's , a Vilikiss, 5 different modeling tweezers and tools, and the VF-22 Master files book and the shipping via fedex was 5370yen. Quote
Saburo Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 yea! how bout you? if you order 3x, it'll make your headache go away Haha.. if that is the case I went with the standard doctor's prescription, PO 2x and call him in the morning. Sold off a bunch of my extra Valks raise money to buy a new lens. Quote
Saburo Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 If it helps I ordered 2 0A's , a Vilikiss, 5 different modeling tweezers and tools, and the VF-22 Master files book and the shipping via fedex was 5370yen. Mahalo wmkjr! That gives me a rough estimate. You'd think I have been at this Valk ordering for a while I would have everything figured out. Quote
wmkjr Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) You know what they say " A PO a day keeps your $$$ away ". 2 valks via Fedex would probably be the same 4700yen. One thing I find interesting about Fedex shipping is the shipping routes. I had to wait an extra 2 days because the package went to the hub here, then the mainland, then back here to the warehouse then out for delivery. I guess they do that for efficiency? Edited October 26, 2015 by wmkjr Quote
Saburo Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 You know what they say " A PO a day keeps your $$$ away ". 2 valks via Fedex would probably be the same 4700yen. One thing I find interesting about Fedex shipping is the shipping routes. I had to wait an extra 2 days because the package went to the hub here, then the mainland, then back here to the warehouse then out for delivery. I guess they do that for efficiency? That is really strange, there then off to the mainland, only return to the island a few days later. My experience with Fedex is; if I goes through Alaska, it heading to Memphis and it will arrive a couple days later. Quote
F360 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 You know what they say " A PO a day keeps your $$$ away ". 2 valks via Fedex would probably be the same 4700yen. One thing I find interesting about Fedex shipping is the shipping routes. I had to wait an extra 2 days because the package went to the hub here, then the mainland, then back here to the warehouse then out for delivery. I guess they do that for efficiency? It's most likely custom clearance requirement that rerouted your packages. It can get sent to your regular station before getting cleared, and the station will sent it back because they can't delivery any packages with out clearance. Quote
505thAirborne Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 Was just looking at HLJ website (was temped to get a 2nd) and the VF-4G is nolonger there, did it sell out already?? Quote
treatment Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 David's prolly DOS'ing hlj's vf4g-page with his 20+ orders... Quote
505thAirborne Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 David's prolly DOS'ing hlj's vf4g-page with his 20+ orders... !!! Quote
Universe1010 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 pre ordered . Strange HLJ not showing the page anymore Quote
calubin_175 Posted October 26, 2015 Posted October 26, 2015 They may think everyone is going to cancel the order later. Quote
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