Comments on: The End of Figure Imports? http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports Your one-stop center for anime, figure & otaku-ism Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:59:00 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 Otaku's Hideout http://otaku.prim3.org/wp-content/themes/silicon-10/favicon.ico http://otaku.prim3.org By: BEN http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-17850 BEN Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:04:35 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-17850 http://xct.blog50.fc2.com/ http://xct.blog50.fc2.com/

]]> By: Kaorishan http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-16869 Kaorishan Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:11:17 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-16869 Nice to meet you. I am a Japanese woman. I love animated cartoon. I am otaku. Please make friends with me. The tax is terrible and high. When going to the foreign country, I buy the friend the figure etc. as a souvenir. Good-bye. Nice to meet you.
I am a Japanese woman.
I love animated cartoon.
I am otaku.
Please make friends with me.

The tax is terrible and high.
When going to the foreign country, I buy the friend the figure etc. as a souvenir.

Good-bye.

]]> By: Soulhead7 http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-13778 Soulhead7 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:58:03 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-13778 Man...terrible...how can the custom guy remarked it as a display item? didn't he saw the notes on the parcel consignment? and furthermore the highest probable taxable imported item should be around 5% to 15% most. Shipping duty by air is fixed at 5% and an additional pos Malaysia service release at RM1. So, the worst case scenario would be 20% in total. For 30%?? i think he's bluffing. Recently i bought 2 Gundams at HLJ and the price exceeded 13,000 yen. So, it's taxable and moreover the Gundam 1/100 scale packaging were pretty huge. (so it made them to inspect and unwrap all the boxes inside, including the gundams.... man...i was hoping that I'm the one going to open it). They charged me 5% for shipping duty and 10% for sales tax. At first I didn't know that they'll tax the items since the quantity were small. But, I'm wrong. They did mentioned about not to exceed for more than RM500. So, for my future buy, I might just split the delivery package accordingly. With all due respect, Mr. Jason has a good point there....if you guys happen to live in peninsular or have relatives/friends in Singapore...then it might be a solution to decrease the taxes. But for people who happen to live in eastern Malaysia...then the probable bet is to try negotiate with the online store if they can decrease the actual purchased value printed on the consignment notes. It's similar like importing Japanese Recon automobile. if you know what i mean ^^. But again, it's good plan to make purchases under RM500 and if you're going to purchase like RM1k then, we can use different recipient names within your household or trusted friends/relatives and split the order to make it below RM500 for each parcel. Sorry if I shared too much "texts" in this comment...but i'm very delighted that i've found a blog that expresses the same situation that many of us gotten into with just to get satisfaction with our Hobby :) . Thanks again... Regards, Soulhead7 Man…terrible…how can the custom guy remarked it as a display item? didn’t he saw the notes on the parcel consignment? and furthermore the highest probable taxable imported item should be around 5% to 15% most. Shipping duty by air is fixed at 5% and an additional pos Malaysia service release at RM1. So, the worst case scenario would be 20% in total. For 30%?? i think he’s bluffing.

Recently i bought 2 Gundams at HLJ and the price exceeded 13,000 yen. So, it’s taxable and moreover the Gundam 1/100 scale packaging were pretty huge. (so it made them to inspect and unwrap all the boxes inside, including the gundams…. man…i was hoping that I’m the one going to open it).

They charged me 5% for shipping duty and 10% for sales tax. At first I didn’t know that they’ll tax the items since the quantity were small. But, I’m wrong. They did mentioned about not to exceed for more than RM500.

So, for my future buy, I might just split the delivery package accordingly. With all due respect, Mr. Jason has a good point there….if you guys happen to live in peninsular or have relatives/friends in Singapore…then it might be a solution to decrease the taxes. But for people who happen to live in eastern Malaysia…then the probable bet is to try negotiate with the online store if they can decrease the actual purchased value printed on the consignment notes. It’s similar like importing Japanese Recon automobile. if you know what i mean ^^. But again, it’s good plan to make purchases under RM500 and if you’re going to purchase like RM1k then, we can use different recipient names within your household or trusted friends/relatives and split the order to make it below RM500 for each parcel.

Sorry if I shared too much “texts” in this comment…but i’m very delighted that i’ve found a blog that expresses the same situation that many of us gotten into with just to get satisfaction with our Hobby :) .

Thanks again…

Regards, Soulhead7

]]> By: anime downloads http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-10895 anime downloads Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:29:03 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-10895 sittuation is pretty bad in US. there are lot of Americans home less (1 out of 10 is homeless) <abbr><em>anime downloadss last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmaianimeUpdates/~3/lURgQGzO5g4/update.php" rel="nofollow">176 New Anime Series Added</a></abbr></em> sittuation is pretty bad in US. there are lot of Americans home less (1 out of 10 is homeless)

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]]> By: radiant http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-10295 radiant Fri, 29 May 2009 17:42:17 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-10295 It's pretty evident that the economic downturns will affect almost every aspect of consumer spending. It doesn't help that currency fluctuations make it more difficult for people to import their favorite things. Though it seems that a lot of people, if motivated enough, are still willing to spend the money to get what they want. It's terrible that you were treated so badly at customs. I hate having to pay extra for something for no reason at all, really. But as I had said earlier, if motivated enough, people will spend the money. I see that you've already come up with a better way to deal with the situation. :) <abbr><em>radiants last blog post..<a href="http://radiantdreamer.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/my-wife-watches-anime-based-on-eroge-yuri-and-otaku-ism/" rel="nofollow">My Wife Watches Anime Based on Eroge, Yuri, and Otaku-ism.</a></abbr></em> It’s pretty evident that the economic downturns will affect almost every aspect of consumer spending. It doesn’t help that currency fluctuations make it more difficult for people to import their favorite things.

Though it seems that a lot of people, if motivated enough, are still willing to spend the money to get what they want.

It’s terrible that you were treated so badly at customs. I hate having to pay extra for something for no reason at all, really. But as I had said earlier, if motivated enough, people will spend the money. I see that you’ve already come up with a better way to deal with the situation. :)

radiants last blog post..My Wife Watches Anime Based on Eroge, Yuri, and Otaku-ism.

]]> By: Zbo http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-10142 Zbo Mon, 25 May 2009 14:29:12 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-10142 Dude, that's horrible. And to think I just made a pre-order from HLJ that's above 500.. I better cancel 'em. <abbr><em>Zbos last blog post..<a href="http://lulzmonkeylulz.blogspot.com/2009/05/k-on-moe-moe-kyun.html" rel="nofollow">K-ON! Moe moe kyun ♥</a></abbr></em> Dude, that’s horrible. And to think I just made a pre-order from HLJ that’s above 500.. I better cancel ‘em.

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]]> By: Jason http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-7102 Jason Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:38:46 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-7102 Dude, i just wanna share this with all of you, there is a way to escape the expensive 15% charges from Custom (10% sales tax + 5% import duty), you can use land transport method, here is how: I import the figures from Japan into Singapore (or Thailand), then hire a local transportation agency to have land courier into Malaysia via a lorry track, usually land custom has less check on goods due to heavy traffic and the lorry usually takes a huge number of other courier boxes as well. But again, I cannot 100% guarantee this method is always work, this is just a suggestion. So far I always use this method to import figure items from Japan without tax, it seen working well and only takes one working day for the land courier to reach my place. Just let me know if you need my help for this. ^_^ <abbr><em>Jasons last blog post..<a href="http://animetsu.com/blog/3/" rel="nofollow">Buyers & Bootleg Paranoia</a></abbr></em> Dude, i just wanna share this with all of you, there is a way to escape the expensive 15% charges from Custom (10% sales tax + 5% import duty), you can use land transport method, here is how:
I import the figures from Japan into Singapore (or Thailand), then hire a local transportation agency to have land courier into Malaysia via a lorry track, usually land custom has less check on goods due to heavy traffic and the lorry usually takes a huge number of other courier boxes as well. But again, I cannot 100% guarantee this method is always work, this is just a suggestion.
So far I always use this method to import figure items from Japan without tax, it seen working well and only takes one working day for the land courier to reach my place. Just let me know if you need my help for this. ^_^

Jasons last blog post..Buyers & Bootleg Paranoia

]]> By: Serene http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-6848 Serene Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:26:56 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-6848 I haven been taxed for a long long time adi.. :P but yea, adi buying very few figures, now reduce again.. o.O <abbr><em>Serenes last blog post..<a href="http://blog.applejunk.net/?p=568" rel="nofollow">Tinkle Illustrations 2 : Byakuya no Chakai (SUPER RARE)</a></abbr></em> I haven been taxed for a long long time adi.. :P but yea, adi buying very few figures, now reduce again.. o.O

Serenes last blog post..Tinkle Illustrations 2 : Byakuya no Chakai (SUPER RARE)

]]> By: coeli http://otaku.prim3.org/posts/figure-imports/comment-page-1/#comment-5049 coeli Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:43:21 +0000 http://otaku.prim3.org/?p=214#comment-5049 I thought that we were the only ones who had problems with customs ^^; Our customs are terrible here, sometimes they even open up the figures themselves >0< Oh yeah, I already changed my blog's URL ^^; <abbr><em>coelis last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/poopsies/~3/519734462/back-with-new-line.html" rel="nofollow">Back with a new line</a></abbr></em> I thought that we were the only ones who had problems with customs ^^; Our customs are terrible here, sometimes they even open up the figures themselves >0<

Oh yeah, I already changed my blog’s URL ^^;

coelis last blog post..Back with a new line

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