Amazon.ca Transformers Sightings and discussion

[alphatrion5]

I just did EMS with HLJ and had a $30 duty on top of tax and $10 handling. As far as I know there is no duty on toys made in China. They were clearly marked toys by HLJ but the idiots at CBS marked it as machinery. I bought a Transformers Masterpiece and two Diaclone.

My AMJ missing link came in as well. I bought two of each type and didn’t get one perfect box. One with trailer has damage on three corners.

Last week I received a Masterpiece train bot and part of the picture on the box had been torn off.

[Skorpulator]

Originally Posted by delrue

Good to know. I avoid DHL like the plague because I have had bad experiences with them.

UPS and Fedex are far, far worse. And slower.

[evenstaves]

Originally Posted by delrue

Good to know. I avoid DHL like the plague because I have had bad experiences with them

ditto bruv

[CyberDragon10K]

Fedex is is on my shit list for their sloppy weasel behavior. The only time I've had stuff arrive drama free from HLJ is with Registered Mail. None of this run-to-the-Canada-Post nonsense with EMS/DHL.

Sadly I'm not seeing a Registered Mail option for my latest Private Warehouse batch...

TNT Shipping is another one you should all avoid if you can. Crap service and they charge you for their failings and incompetence.

[NightshadeX]

Originally Posted by alphatrion5

I just did EMS with HLJ and had a $30 duty on top of tax and $10 handling. As far as I know there is no duty on toys made in China. They were clearly marked toys by HLJ but the idiots at CBS marked it as machinery. I bought a Transformers Masterpiece and two Diaclone.

My AMJ missing link came in as well. I bought two of each type and didn?t get one perfect box. One with trailer has damage on three corners.

Last week I received a Masterpiece train bot and part of the picture on the box had been torn off.

The customs form has a simplified appeal form on the reverse side. It's easy enough to file an appeal for something like that and you will get the $30 duty back (you won't get the $10 handling and tax though). I've done it before.

As for the AMJ experience, I definitely get that all the time. Being in NB, DHL packages seems to get beat up to heck by DHL and their subcontractors in Canada. I've had stuff repackaged at times because the shipping box was destroyed. Most times, the toy inside is fine, but the toy's box is dinged. I don't keep stuff MISB or MIB so it doesn't bother me too much, but it's aggravating. One time it was repackaged after clearly getting wet and things were missing because the boxes had been opened - I had to return those to Japan and get new ones. Very annoying.

But overall price/ease/speed, AMJ and DHL are better than most alternatives if you can pre-order enough at once to split the shipping cost across the items... Better than paying Canada Post's $10 processing fee if you're hit with taxes...

[delrue]

Card was finally charged for Crimson Flame, looks like more should be getting shipped out soon.

[ssjgoku22]

I randomly recieved my Crimson Flame yesterday.

[alphatrion5]

Originally Posted by NightshadeX

The customs form has a simplified appeal form on the reverse side. It's easy enough to file an appeal for something like that and you will get the $30 duty back (you won't get the $10 handling and tax though). I've done it before.

As for the AMJ experience, I definitely get that all the time. Being in NB, DHL packages seems to get beat up to heck by DHL and their subcontractors in Canada. I've had stuff repackaged at times because the shipping box was destroyed. Most times, the toy inside is fine, but the toy's box is dinged. I don't keep stuff MISB or MIB so it doesn't bother me too much, but it's aggravating. One time it was repackaged after clearly getting wet and things were missing because the boxes had been opened - I had to return those to Japan and get new ones. Very annoying.

But overall price/ease/speed, AMJ and DHL are better than most alternatives if you can pre-order enough at once to split the shipping cost across the items... Better than paying Canada Post's $10 processing fee if you're hit with taxes...

Yeah I have the form ready to mail in. It was actually $38.

I have purchased tons AMJ and usually the items inside are good but like you said the box is often beat up. Just got more orders today thankfully the other box took the damage on my DA-100 but the other shipping box which was in good shape had my masterpiece 44s Optimus torn right across the center back of his box. Like the MP train bot this damage was there before they shipped it.

I just tried to set up a return/exchange and there app doesn?t allow it. Guess I?ll have to wait until they open.

Did you end up loosing money doing a return? Exchange and other charges

[Skorpulator]

Originally Posted by alphatrion5

I just did EMS with HLJ and had a $30 duty on top of tax and $10 handling. As far as I know there is no duty on toys made in China.

Aren't Transformers made in other countries like Vietnam now?

[alphatrion5]

Originally Posted by Skorpulator

Aren't Transformers made in other countries like Vietnam now?

Shows made in China on the box. But the $38 duty charge said Machinery. So maybe they thought it was a different kind of transformer in spite of the fact that HLJ declared them as models/toys.