This is a summary of the current situation for available and suspended shipping methods to various countries and regions.
When selecting shipping methods for your orders, please make sure to select a shipping method that is available for your country/region. Note that you are no longer be able to select shipping methods that are unavailable for the destination country/region, but if you selected the shipping method before a suspension, then we will try to update your order to an available option, when invoicing your order.
If you have any questions, then please contact our support.
Available shipping methods
Regarding DHL shipping
DHL has announced a few localized stoppages, but for most part is processed as normal with some delays depending on your region.
*NOTE: There may be some countries to which we cannot ship via DHL. Please contact us via chat or by submitting a request by clicking "Submit a Request" above if you are unsure.
Regarding Japan Post shipping (EMS/Air/SAL)
The available shipping methods vary by country, please check your country in our full country list to see what shipping methods that are currently available for your country.
*All SAL shipments have been temporarily suspended.
Other shipping methods
Comments
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It's been 9 months since my order was to be shipped. Goodsmile was able to get me my order quickly and even met me half way on a quicker shipping option in SUMMER 2020, mandarake also shipped to me quickly after order confirmation and received within a month of ordering in FALL 2020. Still waiting for a $1000+ order I paid for in full back in April 2020. Absolutely a freaking joke that we are all waiting this long.
@Konstancja any news? Did you get your orders? Because i decided to ship 4 orders via surface mail too and now i am afraid :)
@Zhuravkov Danila
judging by tracking, one of my packages appeared today (February 25, 2021) in Artyom city, Russia
AmiAmi shipped that package on December 15, 2020
2.5 months just to appear in Vladivostok. Well, at least they were not lost. Today my order from SolarisJapan was shipped - let's see how long will it take and will it be faster than AmiAmi. My AmiAmi orders were shipped JAN 18
How could this happen to me?( Now more than 8 shipped packages that swim towards me for more than 3 months already. And plus I lost a lot of money (the equivalent of 1 average scale figure actually) on stupid back and forth transactions. Because AmiAmi couldn't just return me the difference between EMS and surface they had to refund my 8 orders in full and then send a new invoice resulting in me losing money with every currency exchange with every transaction.
This has been a difficult year for all of us, but AmiAmi decided to smooth things over at the expense of their loyal customers. Such a sad and disappointing turn of events.
I agree, same with me, I lost some money too.
AmiAmi should've upgraded all existing orders to DHL at their expense, or contract a mail forwarder.
Now the packages are moving, yes, but there is still a question - in what condition they will arrive, after months sitting in docks and sailing on ships, surrounded by moisture and salt.
If your order was upgraded to Surface Mail (Premium) you should've received an email with the damaged good policy attached.
I will ask my mail carrier to inspect the package with me and If there is any issues with my order being damaged I will ask them to mark my parcel as damaged, then I will ask for full compensation from amiami.
Mine 2 orders were shipped Dec 19 and Dec 20 and got Dispatch from outward office of exchange status on Dec 19 and Dec 22. And no movement since then. More than 2.5 months to get from Japan to Russia? Did they gave them to courier to swim by themself?
Pepperwinter
About 2-3 weeks ago, there were talks that ships couldn't make port for a while due to bad weather, there's a long line of ships now, loading and unloading cargo as fast as they can, and the ships don't really stop coming. Usually, the time between "Dispatched from Japan" and "Arrived at Russia" for Surface is 1-3 months, and it's not AmiAmi's fault; if there is anyone to blame (weather, sea, and safety measures aside), it would be Japan Post, because their system is organised in such a way that ships to Russia sail from Tokyo Bay, thus they have to sail all the way around Japan ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(Also, after the arrival, it's 1-5 days for customs, 5-12 days to get from customs to in-country delivery, and then however long it takes for a train from Vladivostok to get to your home.)
Update for folks following this thread - I picked up one of my orders today (March 9, 2021). It arrived safe and undamaged.
It was shipped from Japan on December 15, 2020 to Russia using "Surface Parcel" method.
Reading comment above - it's weird that stuff shipped on December 19 and 20 (only 4-5 days after my package) didn't come yet. I would have assumed it should be in one batch. Strange logistics.
Now I'm waiting for stuff shipped in January..
edit: another package showed up in Russia, it was sent on Jan 18
A little update: the parcel that left Japan on December 22nd got to Russia on March 15 and is already in my city. Still nothing about the one that left Japan on December 19th
ROUND EXPRESS COURIER IS THE BEST TO SHIP ANYTHING TO ANYWHERE IN THIS WORLD
I'll be honest here, anyone ordering from AmiAmi should just bite the bullet and get the more expensive shipping, Standard Premium's wait times are NOT worth the cheaper price.
I am STILL waiting on my order of Nendoroid Echidna and Nendoroid Katarina to be shipped, it's been "Processing Shipping" for over a month now, this is ridiculous....
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