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D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Z3ROhour wrote:IS IT OVER!?
I tried looking at the items
but everything was WAY MORE!

i missed it, huh?

Sometimes you just gotta be fast and lucky when the news hits

Hell I've found you gotta be faster than when the news hits to get them deals.

This is also true. Sometimes you just get lucky

C'est la vie.

Well, I just got Megatron for $229 shipped.

Ironhidensh wrote:Well, I just got Megatron for $229 shipped.

Hey welcome to the club! I have him on pre-order for around $221. Went to review my Amazon account there, and was stunned to see it has been more than 6 months since I placed his pre-order. That's nuts.

Hopefully he impresses you more than Dinobot did

Grumble, grumble. Didn't expect them to use DHL for shipping, they're the worst! I live on a private road and they hate delivering to my house in the winter because the road has a little snow on it. My Unicron wasn't due until Thursday, but apparently they tried dropping it off Tuesday, but couldn't be bothered to actually come to my house so they wrote that I wasn't home at 5pm (I was) and that they left a door tag (they didn't). Then it updated Wednesday saying it was out for deliver, but as of right now it still says it's on the truck, as well as my MPM-7 Bumblebee, they didn't even try to deliver them. And yet UPS dropped off a package today no problem. Worst part is DHL travels up to Maine out of Boston so it isn't like I can just go to a local center to pick it up like I can UPS or USPS. Going to be quite angry if they send them back to Japan just because they're too lazy to come to my door.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Grumble, grumble. Didn't expect them to use DHL for shipping, they're the worst! I live on a private road and they hate delivering to my house in the winter because the road has a little snow on it. My Unicron wasn't due until Thursday, but apparently they tried dropping it off Tuesday, but couldn't be bothered to actually come to my house so they wrote that I wasn't home at 5pm (I was) and that they left a door tag (they didn't). Then it updated Wednesday saying it was out for deliver, but as of right now it still says it's on the truck, as well as my MPM-7 Bumblebee, they didn't even try to deliver them. And yet UPS dropped off a package today no problem. Worst part is DHL travels up to Maine out of Boston so it isn't like I can just go to a local center to pick it up like I can UPS or USPS. Going to be quite angry if they send them back to Japan just because they're too lazy to come to my door.

Emerje

That really sucks since Amazon Japan doesn't give you a choice. For those of you who missed out, I highly recommend installing the Amazon app on your phones and becoming familiar with switching between Amazon US and Amazon Japan.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Grumble, grumble. Didn't expect them to use DHL for shipping, they're the worst! I live on a private road and they hate delivering to my house in the winter because the road has a little snow on it. My Unicron wasn't due until Thursday, but apparently they tried dropping it off Tuesday, but couldn't be bothered to actually come to my house so they wrote that I wasn't home at 5pm (I was) and that they left a door tag (they didn't). Then it updated Wednesday saying it was out for deliver, but as of right now it still says it's on the truck, as well as my MPM-7 Bumblebee, they didn't even try to deliver them. And yet UPS dropped off a package today no problem. Worst part is DHL travels up to Maine out of Boston so it isn't like I can just go to a local center to pick it up like I can UPS or USPS. Going to be quite angry if they send them back to Japan just because they're too lazy to come to my door.

Emerje

That really sucks since Amazon Japan doesn't give you a choice. For those of you who missed out, I highly recommend installing the Amazon app on your phones and becoming familiar with switching between Amazon US and Amazon Japan.

Man, the same thing happened to me right before Valentines Day when I bought MPM-3 for myself. It was due on a Friday, they said they attempted delivery but couldn’t (they didn’t say why they couldn’t) and the next delivery wouldn’t be until Tuesday because of the Monday holiday. At the time, I assumed my dog must’ve been outside, but I was home when they claimed delivery was attempted and I swear he wasn’t. I mean sure, he’s a German Shepherd/Rottweiler/Mutt and big, but he’s a rescue, super skinny, and is the sweetest, most polite dog in the entire damn world, and I promise you I’m not exaggerating. But that’s happened so many times with DHL, I’m tempted to write them a strongly worded review just to show them how frosted I am.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:Well, I just got Megatron for $229 shipped.

Hey welcome to the club! I have him on pre-order for around $221. Went to review my Amazon account there, and was stunned to see it has been more than 6 months since I placed his pre-order. That's nuts.

Hopefully he impresses you more than Dinobot did

I'll be honest, I just plan to await a month or two, then sell it on eBay for a tidy profit.

"Sometimes patients is rewarded."

I think you meant to write "Sometimes, PATIENCE is rewarded"?

Anyway, the fairly cheap Unicron is great (I noticed that the other day). By comparison, check out the disgusting prices the scalpers are selling Blue Big Convoy for at Amazon Japan...

Intergalactic planetary!

i've gotta say, I am super impressed and satisfied with amazon Japan!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:i've gotta say, I am super impressed and satisfied with amazon Japan!

Is this your first round? Can we call them Japamazon?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:i've gotta say, I am super impressed and satisfied with amazon Japan!

Me too. Shipped from Japan to the Chicago area in 2 days for less than $12?

carytheone wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:i've gotta say, I am super impressed and satisfied with amazon Japan!

Is this your first round? Can we call them Japamazon?

First time yet, I may reconsider some import options after the satisfaction this experience gave me. Maybe future MPs will see some pre-orders through them instead

Hey guys - not sure if anybody is still looking at this thread. They just did another sale and I just picked up Masterpiece + Wheeljack for $57. Hopefully this helps somebody out!

This isnt really anything new, but wanted to share on this forum. I posted this under the State Sightings for Virginaia, got lucky and found the Bumblebee Evolution 3 pack in a TJ Maxx for $19.99. Unfortunately it was the only one there.

Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Emotim, we have word that there are some pretty good deals going on right now over at Entertainment Earth! While there aren't many deals, there are a few that you might take interest in.

The first potential deal would be Cyberverse wave 2 Warriors. Entertainment Earth currently has the whole case for Wave 2 available at $87.99, 20% off their retail price. The case includes 3 Optimus Primes, 2 Megatrons, 2 Windblades, and 1 Acid Storm. This figures would normally retail around $15 a piece, or $120 for the whole case.

Up next, we have the Power of the Primes Rodimus Unicronus, which has been dropped from $44.99 to $26.99, a 40% savings on the figure. This guy was the black and purple repaint of the Power of the Primes Rodimus Prime figure from 2018.

And lastly, we have the Studio Series Retro Pop Volume 2, which is the 2nd golden repaint of a Studio Series Bumblebee figure, in this case the VW Bug one, that comes with some Dinocassettes. The figure is marked at $42.99, a 28% savings from its $59.99 price point.

Check out the deals below, and let us know if you pick one of these up over in our Toy Haul Thread!

Bee is already back to full price.

I'm never gonna be able stupid f***ing repaint.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian Emotim, we have word that there are some pretty good deals going on right now over at Entertainment Earth! While there aren't many deals, there are a few that you might take interest in.

The first potential deal would be Cyberverse wave 2 Warriors. Entertainment Earth currently has the whole case for Wave 2 available at $87.99, 20% off their retail price. The case includes 3 Optimus Primes, 2 Megatrons, 2 Windblades, and 1 Acid Storm. This figures would normally retail around $15 a piece, or $120 for the whole case.

Up next, we have the Power of the Primes Rodimus Unicronus, which has been dropped from $44.99 to $26.99, a 40% savings on the figure. This guy was the black and purple repaint of the Power of the Primes Rodimus Prime figure from 2018.

And lastly, we have the Studio Series Retro Pop Volume 2, which is the 2nd golden repaint of a Studio Series Bumblebee figure, in this case the VW Bug one, that comes with some Dinocassettes. The figure is marked at $42.99, a 28% savings from its $59.99 price point.

Check out the deals below, and let us know if you pick one of these up over in our Toy Haul Thread!

was it a 24 hour thing?

Z3ROhour wrote:was it a 24 hour thing?

Yep, looks like it was a flash one day sale

Target has these marked down under 30 bucks

I recently spotted Titans Return Titan Class Trypticon at my local Ross Dress for Less for just $49.99!

Quick PSA for those affected (including me). I received this from BBTS:

BBTS wrote:Last June the Supreme Court ruled that states can charge sales tax on internet purchases. Many states already have laws in effect or laws that will be going into effect soon. We anticipate most states will have sales tax laws in place by the end of the year. States write their own tax laws so each state can be different, but we expect the majority of internet retailers will have to collect sales tax in most states. We are required to abide by these laws.

On April 1st, we will begin charging sales tax in the following states:

California
Colorado
Minnesota

All shipments going to these states will be subject to sales tax. You are receiving this notice because you currently have open pre-orders and/or items in your Pile of Loot that will be affected based on the Preferred Address in your account. You will be charged tax on: pre-orders that arrive and are processed, any items in your Pile of Loot that are released for shipment, and all new orders.

Thank you for your continued support and business.

Agamemnon wrote:Quick PSA for those affected (including me). I received this from BBTS:

BBTS wrote:Last June the Supreme Court ruled that states can charge sales tax on internet purchases. Many states already have laws in effect or laws that will be going into effect soon. We anticipate most states will have sales tax laws in place by the end of the year. States write their own tax laws so each state can be different, but we expect the majority of internet retailers will have to collect sales tax in most states. We are required to abide by these laws.

On April 1st, we will begin charging sales tax in the following states:

California
Colorado
Minnesota

All shipments going to these states will be subject to sales tax. You are receiving this notice because you currently have open pre-orders and/or items in your Pile of Loot that will be affected based on the Preferred Address in your account. You will be charged tax on: pre-orders that arrive and are processed, any items in your Pile of Loot that are released for shipment, and all new orders.

Thank you for your continued support and business.

I got this from them back in January, as Nebraska was one of the first 3 states to jump on writing their law.

Just FYI, on P.o.L. orders they don't charge you tax until you/they ship, so anticipate two charges. One at time of purchase for item/items without tax, and another at shipment with tax on the order plus the shipping cost.

The funny thing is, I've ordered several things from Amazon, TFs and not. Some have charged tax and some haven't. Hope that doesn't bite me in the butt somehow down the road.

How dos the US tax law work on books? In Canada, they are a major exception to everything. Only federal tax can be charged for books, not provincial/state.