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February 2003
- From: Tochigi, Japan
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Posted by J-Hulk
on Monday, April 13, 2009 5:40 AM
 tankerbuilder wrote: | | Hello: Yes ,that is the minesweeper I am looking for . I have seen this company,s ads , but ,know absolutely nothing about them . Are they good to do business with? I have always been leery of doing business with other than american or german companies. I have been burned more than once in deals with japanese or phillipino businesses . One thing is shipping. The other is , when I paid for a product it either never arrived ,or , it was so damaged as to not be useful . I think I might try a snail mail to MODEL EXPO .Thank you for your help . I may have to try them if all else fails . Thanks again j-hulk tankerbuilder |
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Hiya Tankerbuilder, Weeeellll, my opinion about HLJ might be a wee bit biased, since I work there! Said that, however, I honestly believe we are one of the best and most reliable Internet hobby shops in the world. Ask around here or at other modeling sites, and I'll think you'll hear plenty of good things about HLJ. But! I'll be the first to say you could probably find some non-Japanese items for better prices elsewhere...We sell most non-Japanese stuff (such as Lindberg, Revell, and Airfix) at the standard domestic Japanese retail price as set by the domestic Japanese distributors (not HLJ), which can be pretty high. Products we import directly (such as Midship Models and Yankee Modelworks) we can sell at much more competitive prices, since we're not tied to any domestic retail pricing on those manufacturers. Anyway, good luck finding your minesweeper, and if you do decide to go with HLJ, thank you very much!
~Brian
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