Red-Flag Sellers: Where NOT to Buy OP Merch

Cyber-Robin

Kakalo seems to be very hit and miss with their stuff. I remember them taking ages with a styling set. Yet Monster Chopper arrived very quickly and before I even knew he was out lol. They don't even message you to let you know the package is out too -_-

Louis-1988

Anyone buy from Hachioji before? I know they have a good rep around here so I ordered a Strong Edition Luffy from them on the 10th.

My order was processing till around 12:00 PM today. From processing the status became "delivered". I do not have my package yet though. =( Anyone know if this is normal? I checked the tracking number and it says it left the Hong Kong airport not to long ago. Im just really paranoid about my order being lost now. >.<

Xajen

@Louis-1988:

Anyone buy from Hachioji before? I know they have a good rep around here so I ordered a Strong Edition Luffy from them on the 10th.

My order was processing till around 12:00 PM today. From processing the status became "delivered". I do not have my package yet though. =( Anyone know if this is normal? I checked the tracking number and it says it left the Hong Kong airport not to long ago. Im just really paranoid about my order being lost now. >.<

When a site marks status as "Delivered", it means shipped. You have nothing to worry about.

Louis-1988

http://search.toywiz.com/search.php Anyone have any positive/negative experience with Toywiz? Thanks in advance!!

snooky

Can anyone tell me about arcadiaworld.it?
Are they legit?Any expirience with them?

Thanks!

Dragonxpiece

hmm i doubt a company can ship the toei stickers… i dont think toei distributes the stickers individually for the simple fact that if that happens, they can be applied to bootlegs.

Cabanaman

@Louis-1988:

Anyone buy from Hachioji before? I know they have a good rep around here so I ordered a Strong Edition Luffy from them on the 10th.

My order was processing till around 12:00 PM today. From processing the status became "delivered". I do not have my package yet though. =( Anyone know if this is normal? I checked the tracking number and it says it left the Hong Kong airport not to long ago. Im just really paranoid about my order being lost now. >.<

I just got my Mihawk in from them. They're actually really good, I only have to wait about 12 days from my order being placed to get it. You can actually use the HK Post tracking number on the USPS website and they'll give you indepth tracking information and the location of your package.

Dragonxpiece

another bad experience with toyslogic ! their Strong World WCF set have no freaking toei sitcker, they keep saying oh we will get the freaking sticker from toei but no ETA, haha its because they WILL NOT get the freaking stickers.!!! TOEI does not distribute this stickers individually.
i got a feeling that toyslogic is trying to sell not fake but maybe not 100% original or pure quality goods…. there has been reports of originals WCF with no stickers that have come or been purchased straight from the factory.
in my opinion , WCF no sticker? no thanks

Louis-1988

I just got my Mihawk in from them. They're actually really good, I only have to wait about 12 days from my order being placed to get it. You can actually use the HK Post tracking number on the USPS website and they'll give you indepth tracking information and the location of your package.

Thanks dude. Just got my SW Luffy from them. Came in just fine.

another bad experience with toyslogic ! their Strong World WCF set have no freaking toei sitcker, they keep saying oh we will get the freaking sticker from toei but no ETA, haha its because they WILL NOT get the freaking stickers.!!! TOEI does not distribute this stickers individually.
i got a feeling that toyslogic is trying to sell not fake but maybe not 100% original or pure quality goods…. there has been reports of originals WCF with no stickers that have come or been purchased straight from the factory.
in my opinion , WCF no sticker? no thanks

What a bummer… That kind of makes it hard to re-sell at a later date, most people are hesitant to buy products without stickers.

Even if you don't plan to sell them it still makes your collectible feel "less authentic" or not complete. Even if it is legit... =/ sorry man.

Dragonxpiece

@Louis-1988:

Thanks dude. Just got my SW Luffy from them. Came in just fine.

What a bummer… That kind of makes it hard to re-sell at a later date, most people are hesitant to buy products without stickers.

Even if you don't plan to sell them it still makes your collectible feel "less authentic" or not complete. Even if it is legit... =/ sorry man.

no worries, i never bought it , i was talking to some dude by email who works there and he was telling me the stuff about the stickers and i was like bla bla bla..fake..

icel

Got my account statement today and it turns out paypal did refund the $6.50, just that they never told me. Weird. But I got my money back from Gunbunny, so yay!

enel16

is http://www.toys-games-store.com a legit store?

cm_shin

Has anyone got anything from AE(anime export) or Toys logic?
let me know how they are if you have dealt with them before.

Thank you!!

Xajen

@cm_shin:

Has anyone got anything from AE(anime export) or Toys logic?
let me know how they are if you have dealt with them before.

Thank you!!

Anime-Export is legit and nothing wrong with them. The only problem I've had with them is their website's odd pricing inconsistencies. I buy from their eBay store often enough and I've nothing but good things to say about that.

ToysLogic… You probably saw some rare items that are oddly lowly priced. The thing is with them, their customer service is terrible and the items don't have a sticker to assure their authenticity.

So there's no TOEI sticker of any kind, no FUNimation sticker, no Abyss Corp sticker, nothing. There's nothing to prove it's authentic other than having a good enough eye to see that it's well made.

Unless you're taking the item out of the box and have no plans to sell it, I wouldn't buy from them.

Nia

@Xajen:

So there's no TOEI sticker of any kind, no FUNimation sticker, no Abyss Corp sticker, nothing. There's nothing to prove it's authentic other than having a good enough eye to see that it's well made.

Unless you're taking the item out of the box and have no plans to sell it, I wouldn't buy from them.

The keychain I bought was legit and had a golden Toei sticker on it.
I do trust them that they sell legit products (I've seen a lot of pictures from people who bought POPs and such), but as you said, selling might be very problematic in case the sticker is missing.

Xajen

@Nia:

The keychain I bought was legit and had a golden Toei sticker on it.
I do trust them that they sell legit products (I've seen a lot of pictures from people who bought POPs and such), but as you said, selling might be very problematic in case the sticker is missing.

For small stuff like that, they probably got it straight from Japan after being checked since shipping is probably low. But I keep hearing about P.O.P. and larger figures not having any stickers.

dragonfruit

@Xajen:

For small stuff like that, they probably got it straight from Japan after being checked since shipping is probably low. But I keep hearing about P.O.P. and larger figures not having any stickers.

I can verify that their POPs do not have the toei stickers on them. When i called them out on that after buying 4t POPs from them, they said that their POPs have no toei on them because they are supposed to put the funimation stickers on them; but never bother to put them on… after that.. i got the impression that they are just plain lazy with putting even the funimation stickers on their POPs. That was enough for me to stop buying the POPs from them. They did promise to send me some gold toei stickers. There is no question their POPs are authentic, but I like my POPs with the toei stickers. I did purchase WCF 1 3 and 4 set from them, which all had the gold toei stickers on them. I only purchase Banpresto line from them which all have had the stickers. I hope this helps others to determine what to buy from toyslogic. By the way, they did mail me a sheet of five gold toei stickers to put on the POPs i purchased from them after a week.

Louis-1988

Anyone know if Power Animes P.O.P figures come with Toei stickers? Thanks!

Xajen

@Louis-1988:

Anyone know if Power Animes P.O.P figures come with Toei stickers? Thanks!

They don't. FUNimation or AAA I believe.

Dragonxpiece

does toylogic sell bootlegs or only originals??

Louis-1988

does toylogic sell bootlegs or only originals??

They sell legit figures but they don't have Toei, Abyss Corp, or Funimation stickers on them from what I hear… =/

Nia

@Nia:

Just a little heads-up for people intending to preorder something from kakalolo12/toy_cardseller/dragonball_seller2008 (same shop) on eBay.

[…]

My sister still wants to wait for her MBH Zoro, so that one is still an open preorder I have with them. We'll see …

It arrived yesterday. Everything's alright with it, no damage whatsoever. Also, it's legit (has a Toei sticker).
Although it took awfully long. Ah, I'm just glad that that's over with now.

paulowafu

please add this scumbag in the red listed people in ebay
aorestes

bought a nami v2 POP 2 months ago and it never arrived. now i cant get paypal or ebay to help me. i feel so bad

Xajen

@paulowafu:

please add this scumbag in the red listed people in ebay
aorestes

bought a nami v2 POP 2 months ago and it never arrived. now i cant get paypal or ebay to help me. i feel so bad

Was this on eBay and can you link the profile?

Nia

Well, there is a person by that name on eBay that sells figures.
http://myworld.ebay.de/aorestes
I think that would be the one paulowafu meant, though I - of course - can't be sure.

As for the deadline problem you encountered, paulowafu: Whenever something I ordered on eBay doesn't show up after about 35 days, I contact eBay, telling them that I am willing to wait a bit longer BUT that I don't want to lose my buyer's protection. That always works out fine.
One seller tried screwing me over once way after the deadline, but because I had told eBay about the case and my doubts before, they returned all the money I had payed. No problems at all.

dragonfruit

Yup. That looks like the seller alright.
@Nia:

Well, there is a person by that name on eBay that sells figures.
http://myworld.ebay.de/aorestes
I think that would be the one paulowafu meant, though I - of course - can't be sure.

As for the deadline problem you encountered, paulowafu: Whenever something I ordered on eBay doesn't show up after about 35 days, I contact eBay, telling them that I am willing to wait a bit longer BUT that I don't want to lose my buyer's protection. That always works out fine.
One seller tried screwing me over once way after the deadline, but because I had told eBay about the case and my doubts before, they returned all the money I had payed. No problems at all.

iomi

is Greattoysonline on ebay trust worthy and are his figures legit or bootlegs? please let me know ! :)

shinji101

They sell legit figures but they don't have Toei, Abyss Corp, or Funimation stickers on them from what I hear… =/

I inquired about this. In the US, AAA Anime is the official distributor of One Piece Megahouse figures and so the proper stickers should be AAA Anime and or Funimation.

In Japan, it is under Toei so if buying in Japan or if product is legitimately imported from Japan, it should have Toei stickers.

Official stickers are somehow tied up with customs, maybe they check it or something. The fact that the stickers are not stuck on the product itself, and sends it separately means somebody is trying to pull a fast one with customs inspection on licenses.

MonKey-D-DroOpY

@Louis-1988:

http://search.toywiz.com/search.php Anyone have any positive/negative experience with Toywiz? Thanks in advance!!

TOYWIZ is legit I got my POP NEO ACE from them 2 weeks ago with gold TOEI sticker.
@iomi:

there is another site i found http://www.etoys-shop.com/ that also got its own ebay store and it's pretty popular ( it resides in hong kong as well) their prices are reasonable but how can i know they'd be selling authentic figures?
i know i'm a noob ;_;'' , my strong edition collection is almost completed ><" ( i got most of them from HLJ)

these guys are cool 2..got my NEO DX AOKIJI from them in the mail yesterday.

It was the HK version though.

@Arei:

Ah another one for the good site list:

Hachioji: http://www.hachioji.com.hk/toy/index.php

Great customer service, and products are legit. (though if you are very particular about stickers, I've only gotten silver sticker products from them (since it is HK, it's not surprising), they're all legit and good quality, just not gold sticker'ed). They've also at times gotten a hold of older merchandise and sold it for good prices.

Got BROOK and LUCCI from them in the mail yesterday for $133.00 shipping included.

And both with gold TOEI stickers

go_jx

Bought something on ebay and realised they sent fake product.. and this is what i got from paypal:

Our investigation into the following transaction is complete. As stated in our User Agreement, the claims process only applies to the delivery of goods. It does not apply to complaints about the attributes or quality of goods received. Therefore, we are unable to reverse this transaction or issue a refund.

Any help?

Louis-1988

Planning to buy some WCF's from Toyslogic when I get paid Monday. Their Vol.7 preorders end on Nov.30. Does this mean they receive them on that day and would ship them out not to long after? Im a bit hesitant to buy from them due to some horror stories ive heard on here. Thanks!

dragonfruit

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Louis-1988

Then dont. If u go into a transaction you are not comfortable to begin with, why put yourself through the trouble. Just follow what your instinct tells you.

It was a simple enough question lol. I was asking opinions of those who have purchased/pre-ordered WCF from themon how it works. Thats all.

dragonfruit

@Louis-1988:

It was a simple enough question lol. I was asking opinions of those who have purchased/pre-ordered WCF from themon how it works. Thats all.

Hehe. Sorry. Didnt mean to sound like a DOUCHE. I have preordered from them, got my items. Figures are legit. HOwever, they are a month or two behind in release, so use a credit card for your preorders.

Dragonxpiece

@Louis-1988:

It was a simple enough question lol. I was asking opinions of those who have purchased/pre-ordered WCF from themon how it works. Thats all.

did you got your WCF from there???
i wrote them about some wcf strong world sets they had, and it seems they told me that the stickers should arrive in another shipment,, i was like hmm weird,.. that means no matter how you put them.. BOOTLEGS for those SW.
for some reason is extremely hard to find SW WCF originals :wassat:
have u got any from there anyone?

Louis-1988

did you got your WCF from there???
i wrote them about some wcf strong world sets they had, and it seems they told me that the stickers should arrive in another shipment,, i was like hmm weird,.. that means no matter how you put them.. BOOTLEGS for those SW.
for some reason is extremely hard to find SW WCF originals :wassat:
have u got any from there anyone?

I actually didn't, decided not to because while I feel they are probably legit, I wanted to purchase Creases Ichiban Kuji WCF since I know for a fact they are legit. As for those SW WCF they are probably real but like their P.O.P's are stickerless for w/e reason. I wouldn't chance it.

Fuwa Kitty

Not sure about this seller on Ebay, anybody know if they are legit or not?

http://myworld.ebay.com/toysonline2002/

Also, I was wondering about Toyslogic, I've been hearing good and bad about it and I'm not 100% sure.

I bought my Luffy/ Nami SW figures there a while back and got the Zoro instead of Luffy after waiting a few months (I didn't mind-I'm patient), but they replaced it no problem with no extra cost.

But now I want to pre-order the re-release of the Boa Hancock PVC, and I'm unsure. I had the help of someone who bought stuff online before, but I don't see them anymore, so I'm kind of lost. I'm having trouble understanding their shipping costs too. I'm from Canada, I don't know what to select to be the best shipping without burning a hole in my wallet.

Can someone please help?

No Maam

I have bought books internationaly before , so I know sellers like to rip off foreigners sometimes (if you want me to tell you guys , again , about my brush with a german salesthief , just ask , but I don't want to spam it too much) . It depends . Some sellers offer "free shipping" on items but then will add a 100 dollars to your order when you change the destination . I take it this may not happen , because you're in Canada (lucky as hell you are lemme tell you :getlost:) . They should have some sort of calculator or at least some sort of reference table on their site to make it possible to calculate the shipping cost . And I think it should be on ebay anyway .

So , give's a shot of what options you have .

Aohige_AP

The merch I'm debating on ordering isn't OP related, but has anyone ever used these guys at www.hobbycollection.net?

The website looks pretty obscure, I can't find any info on them with google search, but they are the only store that has what I'm looking for actually in stock.
Mostly I need to know if the stuff they carry are genuine or bootleg.

Payment really isn't much of an issue since they use Paypal, and I can dispute if it comes down to it.

bran-chan

Make sure you fund with a credit card though. Even if you win a paypal dispute, if they have no money in their paypal account you get nothing.

go_jx

any good paypal alternatives?
I seriously do not like paypal.

shinji101

Google checkout?

Dragonxpiece

So im waiting on an order from Toyslogic. a WCF order.
paid last tuesday, however i cant Freaking believe it has not shipped out yet ….. if they dont ship it monday i might have to call them.
once i get the order, will post pics /vid so you guys know how it went.
according to them, one of the wcf sets had the toei stickers but not on the top of the boxes instead on the side?? wtf lol i guess if they got the stickers and they got also the only liscensed people well i guess they legit??? or maybe.....they asked for the lsicense to be able to get the stickers but they sell bootlegs sometimes and put the stickers?

Jejune

What do people here think of YesAsia? I've only seen one person comment on them. :)

Xajen

@Jejune:

What do people here think of YesAsia? I've only seen one person comment on them. :)

They're fine, I've ordered some stuff from them before. For the most part, they're overpriced but their free shipping on over $39.99 can be pretty amazing if you're buying manga.

They also stand behind things more like a department store than a normal shopping site. If something gets lost in the mail or damaged, they replace it no questions asked.

Jejune

Sounds pretty sweet indeed. Thanks <3

Dragonxpiece

So, I just had a horrible experience with Toyslogic…...

I mean seriously... I heard bad reviews about them on here and other forums but I wanted to give their black Friday special a try.

So, I purchased the two Strong World WCF Sets and Paid past Tuesday the 23rd.. well guess what.. they have not shipped it yet!!!!!! they could have shipped it on Wednesday, Friday and even Saturday.. ( I can see their awesome customer service here right), so when I spoke with them over the phone , Edrick told me that Flat rate was USPS Priority FLAT RATE. and last time I bought from them I choosed same option (Flat rate) and well indeed was shipped USPS Flat priority 2-3 days.

so now I see an E-mail letting me know that UPS (wtf?) have been notified but not yet received the merchandise about shipment...... so guess what.. they shipped it ground, I mean seriously guys? not only I have to wait 6 days after I paid but now 6 more days to receive the item,and coming from inside the US I think this is unnaceptable... seriously....

the worst part is.. I paid $18 freaking dollars to ship two WCF sets. UPS say the package weighs 3 LBS.!!
and I went to USPS site.... and look at the picture

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EXACTLY!! they could have fit the sets on a Medium Flat rate and ship it to me for only $10!! and I would have had my item here in 2 -3 days max… to make things worst.. lets say dont fit right? guess what $14 is Large Flat Rate!!!!!!! omg seriously that is still cheaper than what I paid and takes same 2-3 days...

and now.. the big bummer...

if the package was their own..guess what...

$5.75 - $9.95 to ship it to me!! and would be here as well 2-3 days....

not only that but also when I called today the guy on the phone was a little bit rude, he hang up before I could say "thanks" .

I have not received my merchandise yet but when I do , I will post here the follow up and pictures, now lets hope everything turns ok with the shipment and the merchandise.

sad but true.

Arei

They are so disorganized with online sales =_= They just need to give it up and focus on conventions…

Dragonxpiece

I would like to add to the trustworthy sellers my friend Bobloblaw . got his packge today,, hahaha very cool. thanks man, perfect condition.

NGEunit01

Hey guys, im new here but I've been buying figurines since 07 and a really big fan of One Piece, Boa FTW! Keep in mind, Im also a customer and a fellow figure collector just like everyone here. I can vouch for Toyslogic's legitness in their One Piece mercs since all of my POPs are from them and they are legit. I asked the owner before about the sticker deal and she said that they have the stickers on hand for those who want it that ordered from them, just contact them about it. Of course, i asked them why the stickers are not on the boxes, She said that they have to put the stickers on themselves and that the stickers just recently came because they are in the process of becoming an official Megahouse Distributor. So rest assured that all the POPs from Toyslogic is legit.

@dragonxpiece: Check the invoice that came in the package when you get it. $18 is too high for flatrate and flatrate shipping can be anything, it can USPS Priority, UPS Ground, etc.