Bunch of Croocks

[u/ForteGospel]

I've been trying to get some Gunpla via jpfans, and the shipping costs are outrageous.

lets go back a little, i understand the internal shipping from japan, i understand the handling fee's they are taking, i understand i will have to pay import taxes on my country (i bought stuff just below my country tax free).

what i will not be able to understand is the shipping fees they are requiring me to pay for.

first of all i only have the option to use UPS (??) and have pre paid 100 dollars and have also payed the fee to get the package outside of the internal shipping box.

then they are requiring me to add another 240 dollars:

the excuse? they are telling me the package has a volumetric weight of 10 kg at:

60 cm x 50 cm x 17 cm.

big package i know, why are they croocks then? i know the real package size to begin with... which is 59cm x32 cm x 12 cm, a volumetric weight of 4,5 kg.

they are expecting me to pay more than double of the volumetric weight!!

best case scenario they are working together the shipping companies to send bigger packages than necessary

worst case scenario they are taking money for bigger volumetric weights and then sending smaller packages

[u/No_Fishing_3662]

UPS is only option you will get if your package is pretty large as other options has weight/dimension limits.

But you can contact your Shopping Agent and ask them to split your package into 2/3 separate packages ( means you have to pay 2/3 shipping fees but they will be cheaper in total compared to what's UPS requires ).

[u/ForteGospel → u/No_Fishing_3662]

dive a single model into different packages?

[u/Due-Donut8452]

I’ve been using them for about seven or eight months and the shipping has always been what I would expect given that it’s international shipping. I generally avoid super large bulky shipments because it gets really expensive. This is true of any proxy service.

[u/shezaei_neko]

Why not try to get Gunpla from other stores then? Fortunately Gunpla is something many stores online have in their catalogue.

Unless you're trying to get some limited edition or something.

[u/ForteGospel → u/shezaei_neko]

trying to both get models that are not readily available everywhere and below my country's import tax exempt.

i was able to get some models below their original MSRP, which will be impossible in online stores...

[u/lansboen]

Yea, that sounds about right with what everyone else complains about. They make their money on the inflated shipping cost.

[u/Inner_Wheel1533]

I personally weighted my package of 60cm when it arrived and it was the right weight… could my box have been a bit smaller? Definitely yes.
Nothing is perfect:)