Hobby Link Japan (HLJ) feedback

[drifand]

I would say is quite reliable but if you urgently need it don't rely on it.

One bad point about hlj is no option to pay your preorder when our rates are good.

There is also no "email me when stock is in" which I believed they used to.

[Zippo]

Most of their Tomica Die Cast are 4-6 weeks and all except one has been filled. However no recent experience with other items

[Megatran]

HLJ is having Black Friday four day sale. Runs until 6pm Tuesday Japan time. Make sure you read the sale conditions.

[drifand]

Not fantastic, needs to be in stock and half of the good items are on back order. Go figure?

Also no sale for pre orders. I however manage to get two kits.
Very disappointed compared to previous sale. This is a sad Friday sale.

[laproblematique]

Can somebody give me rough figures for shipping for the Star Saber, Magnus (I'm guessing similar to MP-04, MP-09 etc.) and Exhaust to Melbourne/Australia.

Not sure if I dun goofed passing up on all 3 when the preorders came up late last night. If only private warehouse lasted another month I could have nabbed all three together - can anybody comment on roughly how much they've saved using this feature? Cheers.

[drifand]

I would think

1 exhaust 900 yen
Starsaber 3,300 yen ems gusss only
Magnus same.

Is all guesstimate as product is not available

[laproblematique]

I would think

1 exhaust 900 yen
Starsaber 3,300 yen ems gusss only
Magnus same.

Is all guesstimate as product is not available

Thanks for the estimates!

[nalops]

I wanted to get some Zoids kits from HLJ and ordered 2 that said were on backorder. 1 arrived and was placed in my private warehouse 2 days later.

The shipping cost with the first wasn't too bad but didn't know how much both shipped would cost so decided to compare the shipping cost with an in-stock that was roughly the same weight as both orders combined. Sadly, the cheapest option was 162 with DHL and I don't think I'm prepared to pay that.

I cancelled the backordered item and have asked to cancel/return the private warehouse one.

Has anyone been able to successfully cancel an item in their private warehouse before?

I noticed the site says something about 10 days since payment request, you'll get 100% back and it's now day 4 since I was charged.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Krayt]

It could have been an error, or just the size of the 2 together being to much. I sometimes have 10 different things in my warehouse, and chop and change working out the best shipping combination. Sometimes seperate is cheaper

But with Covid still affecting flights, the limit in PW is gone and you could have just held them till the cost comes down

[Tober]

I haven't had problems cancelling with hlj. But it's NOT something you want to make a habit of.