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ZelosZoidberg
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Dang it, I had that pre-order for the Earth Dancer Edition! I have a lot to say on this and other related stuff, but it goes against ANN rules. Stay safe everyone.
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Joe Mello
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:01 pm |
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GSC is not the only company in this space that has halted shipments, but is likely the most prominent.
It is one million percent a stupid idea to accept a shipment when you don't know how much it's going to cost. The knock-on effect to this lack of incoming product is that store shelves are going to be drying up soon again.
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Nionel
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 7:06 pm |
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Seeing Good Smile halt shipments and preorders along with several other Japanese companies has me feeling that nerds are being targeted right now.
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FishLion
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 7:38 pm |
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I'm so bummed about the Earth Dancer edition, I haven't got a special edition in so long and this one looked so cool ;___:
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Emerje
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:40 pm |
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I'm really hoping Good Smile Shop announces a delay in shipments to the US. Stopping pre-orders really makes no sense since they're a year out, current pre-orders are the real problem. I have a Pop Up Parade Falin Chimera figure pre-ordered for $206.99 that's due in May (probably the end of the month) that will end up costing me $500+ after shipping under the current tantrum rate. Hopefully there's either another delay, the $800 exception is reinstated or China becomes part of the 10% base rate.
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Andrew Wonderful
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 3:25 am |
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I'd recommend people use sites like Amiami as my shipments from them have remained uninterrupted. I just got a payment request yesterday for a few model kits I pre-ordered.
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R. Kasahara
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 5:07 am |
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| Andrew Wonderful wrote: | | I'd recommend people use sites like Amiami as my shipments from them have remained uninterrupted. I just got a payment request yesterday for a few model kits I pre-ordered. |
This won't necessarily help for orders that include items made in China. Even if AmiAmi marks the country of origin as Japan on the customs forms, there's always a risk that your package will be opened for inspection, and you'll be on the hook for tariffs (as stated above, de minimis has been suspended for Chinese items).
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Emerje
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 9:06 am |
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| R. Kasahara wrote: | | Andrew Wonderful wrote: | | I'd recommend people use sites like Amiami as my shipments from them have remained uninterrupted. I just got a payment request yesterday for a few model kits I pre-ordered. |
This won't necessarily help for orders that include items made in China. Even if AmiAmi marks the country of origin as Japan on the customs forms, there's always a risk that your package will be opened for inspection, and you'll be on the hook for tariffs (as stated above, de minimis has been suspended for Chinese items). |
It's a gamble for sure, but as long as the de minimis exemption stays in affect for Japan it seems unlikely they'd look if the value of the content is relatively low on the individual items. AmiAmi does indeed mark everything with a Japanese origin on the customs form so there's that, but two things we need to keep in mind is that the Japanese tariff rate was initially 24% before nearly everyone was reset to 10%, and de minimis is expected to be eliminated everywhere over time, they're just starting with China and Hong Kong.
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vorkedlarfleeze
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 1:13 pm |
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| R. Kasahara wrote: | | This won't necessarily help for orders that include items made in China. Even if AmiAmi marks the country of origin as Japan on the customs forms, there's always a risk that your package will be opened for inspection, and you'll be on the hook for tariffs (as stated above, de minimis has been suspended for Chinese items). |
At least you'll actually get your stuff. I'd rather pay a few bucks more if they do ding you for a tariff than not get something at all because a company decided to halt all shipping.
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I Am Audrey, how are you
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 7:31 pm |
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| Nionel wrote: | | Seeing Good Smile halt shipments and preorders along with several other Japanese companies has me feeling that nerds are being targeted right now. |
We know who to blame, it’s too bad a lot of Americans don’t understand what tariffs are
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coates32
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 8:50 pm |
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| I Am Audrey, how are you wrote: | | Nionel wrote: | | Seeing Good Smile halt shipments and preorders along with several other Japanese companies has me feeling that nerds are being targeted right now. |
We know who to blame, it’s too bad a lot of Americans don’t understand what tariffs are |
Well said. Sadly, this mess will only be the beginning for what's to come.
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Greed1914
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 10:13 am |
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| Joe Mello wrote: | | GSC is not the only company in this space that has halted shipments, but is likely the most prominent.
It is one million percent a stupid idea to accept a shipment when you don't know how much it's going to cost. The knock-on effect to this lack of incoming product is that store shelves are going to be drying up soon again. |
Agreed. I had one preorder from 2024 wind up being $20 more because it arrived just after the de minimus exemption was removed. A different one is stuck in a wait-and-see situation while the company tries to do something other than just pass the cost along.
Personally, it has affected my own shopping. I have ordered quite a bit of Hololive merch over the years, and now they have a specific disclaimer about sales to the US with the shipping costing a lot more. What makes me even more hesitant is that most of their sales are an on-demand system with a limited window followed by months before fulfillment. We've seen how much can change within days, let alone months. Necessities have gone from "stock up when there is a sale" to "stock up before it gets worse."
Retailers, in general, have been trying to get goods in while they can, but there is only so much that can be done there, and even if tariffs were lifted, it's not like supply would immediately restock.
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Andrew Wonderful
Joined: 09 Oct 2023
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:11 pm |
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| R. Kasahara wrote: | | This won't necessarily help for orders that include items made in China. Even if AmiAmi marks the country of origin as Japan on the customs forms, there's always a risk that your package will be opened for inspection, and you'll be on the hook for tariffs (as stated above, de minimis has been suspended for Chinese items). |
I've yet to experience this, thankfully. I'm aware sometimes people talk about customs charging them a tax in the past but I have also never had to pay those in my life so I'm unsure what those circumstances are. Personally I don't mind if I have to end up paying a $10 or $20 dollars fee to get my items.
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FishLion
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:31 pm |
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| ZelosZoidberg wrote: | | Dang it, I had that pre-order for the Earth Dancer Edition! I have a lot to say on this and other related stuff, but it goes against ANN rules. Stay safe everyone. |
It looks so cool, I hope they sell the materials like the art book separately if they can!
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ZelosZoidberg
Joined: 23 May 2018
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| Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:58 pm |
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| FishLion wrote: | | ZelosZoidberg wrote: | | Dang it, I had that pre-order for the Earth Dancer Edition! I have a lot to say on this and other related stuff, but it goes against ANN rules. Stay safe everyone. |
It looks so cool, I hope they sell the materials like the art book separately if they can! |
Same here!
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