I got a notice yesterday for a package which failed to deliver since no one was at home, and today I went to the nearest *local* (I actually live closer to a post office in the boardering city) post office to pick it up.
The first thing I noticed is that this package is not from Amazon, therefore it’s not my air brush. It’s a package shipped from Hong Kong, and that could only mean one thing.
Having torn through layers of bubble wrap revealed that my Saber Lily resin kit which I’ve purchased from e2046 has arrived.
I’ve opened the bag and looked at the parts. The parts look clean enough, doesn’t need a whole lot of sanding before it could be painted. Which is great becasue sanding isn’t what I enjoy the most when it comes to building plastic kits. Hopefully, I could get her to look something like this:
My airbrush actually did arrive today, but it arrived when I was out picking up the package above. It would have been all well and stuff, if it wasn’t for what was written on the notice slip.
WTF
Why do I have to pay half of what I paid for my item? This makes absolutely no sense. Apparently I’m not the only one, lesson learned: never use UPS (rant post coming up in a few days, don’t have time today).
Ahhh that sucks ass…. I hate customs…. Happens in the UK too only with Parcel Force… bastards…. Charging so much when its not like they even open and repackage it!!!! Its LAME!
Oh, to clarify, I didn’t pay any customs for this one. It’s my airbrush which got milked.
:nods: Mmm, read the rant lol.
Is that Saber Lily by T’s System or Clayz? The eyes look familiar…
no sanding required? NAIVE!!!!! It’s ALWAYS required and it’s harder work than with gundam kits!
Also, the parts look decidedly yellow. I’d be careful as it may have been made with low quality resin. E2046 kits are rather pot luck with that kind of stuff. Sometimes they are great, awful at others.
And your rant couldn’t possibly beat my complaint with customs where I was charged MORE than what the item was worth!! Some stupid fool decided to use the exchange rate for HKD instead of JPY so I ended up paying 3 times what the item was worth to get it released! but at least I got a rebate.
@meimi: I believe that’s the T Systems saber lily. Clayz only release PVC figures and I’m sure that’s resin only!
Sweet! Have fun with your new kit! I used UPS once, and I try to stay away from them. Their fee + customs is like half the value of the item, which is completely BS! I was so pissed when my item came. The driver told me to stay away from UPS..LOL
Ahh that familiar green box!
Have fun with her! ^^
@meimi: Yeah…it does >.>
@GundamJehutyKai: I only did a quick check, chill >.> And man…what happened to you really sucks, good to hear you resolved it.
@Trixoptics: Yeah…at least he’s honest. I pretty much paid double for my airbrush kit (shipping + customs)
@Blowfish: Will do!
You mean that it wasn’t OTT enough? damn internets…
but the yellow resin remarks are truth. Best be careful when you need to sand and remove flash. You don’t want to take off too much.
@GundamJehutyKai: What’s not OTT enough?
Well, in my first comment, I was trying for one of those gags in anime where a lead character will complain about how he doesn’t understand the importance of some mundane task he has been given and then a senior will stand up, shout “NAIVE” and then go on a massive rant about how important the task is (and often exaggerates). Guess it didn’t come out as clearly as I thought.