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  1. Just realized I did not provide an update. Amazon got the busted one back, and did refund the item, initial shipping, and 12k of return shipping. The remainder of the return shipping was applied to my account as a gift card, which I promptly spent on the HMR VF-4. I have another YF-19 coming that I got for ever so slightly more than the first one. After all of the stress of having so much money in limbo went away I realized that some of the sour feelings I experienced was related to knowing how good what I no longer had was.
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    Hi-Metal R

    Mine shipped! Ordered on Saturday and it will be here tomorrow according to DHL. Which is weird since looking at email traffic over the weekend, Amazon couldnt authorize my card for payment at first but then could and i didnt call anybody. Trying to decide if i need to 'work' from home tomorrow...
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    Hi-Metal R

    As of this post, Amazon.co.jp still has some, up to 12,800 +1200 shipping to USA for those still looking.
  4. Northern Virginia. It was the UPS store. I agree it is crazy BS. There were/are several factors. First, I just walked in to a UPS store, who of course hikes up the price. Second, Amazon required DHL Worldwide Express for the return, no other method was acceptable to them. Third, they required it be insured for 25,000 jpy. Fourth, the package is ever so slightly big enough to be classified for a larger size, and the default weight went up to 44lbs. The UPS store's price was only slightly higher than DHL's website, which initially quoted me $279. I had the UPS store give me the weight and dimensions so I knew what to put in. In the end, I used DHL's website to pre-pay for the shipment, along with a coupon for 25% off. It still wasn't cheap and ran me just under $200, not including an automatic 20% upcharge in case I was lying to them on weight/size. This was the cheapest way I could find to send the package and still meet amazon's requirements, including asking a friend who works in logistics if he knew a different way, and calling DHL direct for some schmoozing. I got an email from amazon saying they understood the shipping charge and would be refunding me the purchase price (including shipping it to me) along with a large portion of the return shipping. The rest of the return shipping would be on a amazon gift card, which will likely go to HMRs or Arcadia flight stands.
  5. I may be keeping this thing even though its broken. I was quoted $299 (more than I paid) to ship this thing back to japan! Anybody have experience with returning things to amazon jp from the USA? I mean they say they will refund the shipping costs but I doubt they will when it's more than the refund value!
  6. For giggles I checked onnasake's post on pg 88, and the break line is different, but the breakpoints are the same.
  7. Do you have any photos of when you opened the box initially? Where did you purchase yours from? I'm in the process of returning one of these to Amazon.jp as it had the same type of damage on it, along with the opposite leg that had been snapped off at the top of the intake. It was sold to me as new, but the box had been opened and the trays were in the wrong order. All the evidence points to someone returning it as new after screwing up while trying to swing the legs into position. I thought it was manufacturing defect as well until I started transformation on mine and the leg fell off.
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