TheMadModellerI ordered this one through a supplier on Amazon located in Ukraine back in the first half of April. The seller claimed 12~14 days shipping time while Amazon felt it would be closer to 18~39 days. On day 40 I contacted the seller. Three days later they got back to me. Lo and behold but what did they find? The parcel had either been sitting at their postal office all of this time or it just so happened to return to them miraculously on that very day. If I go by the record of the past 30 days worth of feedback for that seller one in twenty of their orders will go missing. Is that normal for the post in Ukraine? I'm not sure what to make of it to be honest. Either way I see a lot of positive feedback, apart from those I mentioned in addition to one person incensed about the risky packaging for whatever they bought, so I don't think it's a scam. Furthermore it was painless to get a full refund despite the fact that they had to eat the shipping expense.
I think I'll pick it up off of Mega-Hobby as soon as they restock their paint supplies...
1 June 2021, 01:50
William JoelEd - had the same problem on eBay; received a refund. I don't order from the Ukraine if at all possible.
23 July 2021, 19:37
TheMadModellerI happened to be looking at this page & found your response here William. (Somehow it escaped notice for over a year??) Finally I did obtain it from Megahobby. Incidentally I did make a purchase from a fellow in Ukraine on eBay recently for an ACE 1:72 Armored Cabrio for Reichskanzler (770K) w/ Reichskanzler figure. (I'd actually forgotten to mark it when it arrived until I went to respond to this.) It took a good while to get here but I'd say that the fact it made it through a war zone to my doorstep is impressive enough. I checked the map to see where abouts this seller was & he's only something like 20 miles out from the Southern front. I'd like to pick up the Yugoslav AF Hawker Fury from Amodel off of him but I don't think I'll be able to afford it this month. 🙁
4 August 2022, 18:44