Plaza Japan - what it's really all about

[alvinlwh 6866]

3 hours ago, Jason1145 said:

I even got 10% tax relief as a tourist so bought a Kyosho Turbo Scorpion for about £150 ( UK this costs £280) plus a few hop ups.

My point exactly, buy enough and the difference will cover the price of the flight.

[Sogogi 3333]

On 7/19/2024 at 1:07 PM, Bwaaatch said:

I ordered a bunch of Mini 4ed cars and parts to the UK last week.

Thought I would report back on my experience:

Overall, super impressed. Although it took them a week to pack my order, once shipped it arrived from Japan to my door in 48hrs. Amazing!

I got a creepy baby doll eraser as a gift.

Prices were cheap, and shipping via FedEx was also very reasonable indeed. My shipping box was 12x12x14 inches and the shipping cost £40. For contrast, today I also paid £20 to ship one tiny envelope from the US to the UK.

i was delighted that the site remembered my address in between cart updates, and calculated shipping costs in the fly. Sinai could add things and see how it affected shipping, which was super cool.

Final note for mini 4wd fans. Most cars are £6-8. I found that if I loaded up my basket with 40 cars I would pay only about £80 shipping on top. So just £2 per car. So total cost including tax and shipping was only about £8 or 8.50 per car! I think this economy was similar even with only 15 or 20 cars ordered. These things cost at least £15 in the UK!

Haha wow i was waiting for some mini4wd parts back in stock… things sold out pretty quick on Pj. Even with higher pricing on their side, it is still much cheaper on mini4wd parts due to weak yen and cheap shipping. 

also, i think you got this one? Lol

 

[Ghostpig 468]

This was nice!

[svenb 3877]

1 hour ago, Ghostpig said:

This was nice!

I obviously don't spend enough as I've had the same yellow parcel rubber 5 times!

[Sogogi 3333]

Whoa. Some of their pricing is out of control.

I bought this spring set for 198jpy a month ago. Now look at the price…

I also noticed significant increase in prices for some items…

[alvinlwh 6866]

On 7/25/2024 at 2:52 AM, Sogogi said:

Whoa. Some of their pricing is out of control.

I bought this spring set for 198jpy a month ago. Now look at the price…

I also noticed significant increase in prices for some items…

Will those work?

https://www.rcmart.com/tamiya-1-32-mini-4wd-jr-sliding-damper-2-spring-set-10321-00131183

USD3.