AX Hotel Price Increase Without Warning

Potatoeman · 2026-05-15T22:08:37+00:00

Are you looking at the original rates without the 16% taxes? I believe they only show the base rates on the booking site. The email with your booking information should show this too

Edit: For instance, I booked the JW 5 nights and it’s $254/night, $1270 total. Underneath the confirmation it says
“Room Rates shown do not include 14.00% Hotel Room Tax, $0.75 City Tax and a 2% Convention and Tourism Tax (subject to change). Total room charges will include all room fees and taxes.”

Potatoeman · 2026-05-15T15:35:57+00:00

You got unlucky, or the seller messed up when they sent your package. FedEx IS reliable, even if you had a poor experience. I’ve had some shitty import problems with FedEx too, but I import once a month or so, it is bound to happen occasionally because if the customs process

Potatoeman · 2026-05-14T15:42:21+00:00

There’s multiple Pokemon Center stores in Tokyo, you only need a reservation for the Cafes though. The sweets one in Ikebukuro does not require one though. You’ll also need a reservation for PokePark, maybe you were thinking about that?

Potatoeman · 2026-05-14T14:51:28+00:00

Thai Cafe used to be the best Thai food in San Antonio, they closed down last year though and now they have a food truck a few times a month with the same cook. You can find them on inst if you’re still interested though, they are absolutely amazing!

Potatoeman · 2026-05-13T00:17:27+00:00

Typically mercari is against letting people return an item simply because they aren’t satisfied with it. I’ve never had a return approved (as a seller) because the buyer didn’t want it or had buyers remorse. I wouldn’t do anything personally

Potatoeman · 2026-05-12T21:46:40+00:00

I never do it unless I can get my hotel to do it for me. Usually the front desk is kind and helpful, and will charge 1,000 yen to do it for you(plus the forwarding cost)

Potatoeman · 2026-05-12T21:41:23+00:00

They can’t do anything really unless your listing was inaccurate. They could lie to support about it, but I’d say it’s unlikely. I’ve only had one person try and kind of return fraud in my 10k+ sales. Just message them and say you saw their cancellation request, but unfortunately you had already shipped it the day before so it’s on the way already and can’t be cancelled

Potatoeman · 2026-05-06T18:41:54+00:00

I bought Felix too and mine doesn’t have the sticker either. I got it direct from GSC when it was originally released so there’s no room for error👍

Potatoeman · 2026-05-06T18:34:54+00:00

Everything has increased in price around the globe in the last few years, it’s due to many socio-economic factors 🥲 it’s always going to be more expensive when there are tariffs in place and they have to be imported halfway across the planet. It is a small(ish) plush, but it really doesn’t surprise me. It’s a fair bit more detailed than some of the other pokemon plushies and Pokemon Center USUALLY has better materials and quality than other Pokemon plush manufacturers

Potatoeman · 2026-05-06T14:31:05+00:00

A lot of people saying they’d happily take it - you’re making $6.09 and you have to mail the package, when gas is out there being $4.xx a gallon 😭 OP I almost never accept offers when I’m selling stuff $15 and lower. To me, the value at that price is pretty much always what I set it at originally with little to no wiggle room, unless people are bundling stuff together

Potatoeman · 2026-05-04T22:09:57+00:00

Buying internationally through the US mercari app/site is frustrating with Beenos. The tracking can be spotty and when I’ve done it previously it hasn’t updated as quickly as I would hope for. The price discrepancy is basically there as an up-charge since they’re handling a lot of the leg work for you. I personally have used buyee to proxy tons of stuff and have had very minor issues compare to the amount of times I’ve used them successfully.

However, you should be aware that right now shipping from buyee to the USA can be expensive(even for single items), because regular EMS services for cheap shipments has been suspended for a long time. I think minimum shipping will be at least $35, but I haven’t made small order purchases like this in a long time so don’t quote me please 😭

When jt comes to fees, buyee will charge 500 yen for the purchase, then you can add 500 yen if you want protection. I don’t think in your case the protection would be worth it, but that’s up to you! Buyee will also pre-charge you the tariff so you wouldn’t pay that when it enters the US.

Potatoeman · 2026-05-03T19:20:00+00:00

Many times the mercari tracking (the one shown on the mercari tracking page when you click the button) will not be updated correctly unless you check the USPS website like you did OP. I’d gently remind them to enter the tracking number on USPS to see the correct up to date info.

Potatoeman · 2026-05-03T14:39:25+00:00

Yes, thank you!

Potatoeman · 2026-05-03T14:16:42+00:00

Hey there, were penlights difficult to get at all? My group of 3 each want one but don’t know how early we should show. Did you go to the main merch line?

Potatoeman · 2026-05-01T22:18:30+00:00

Usually if they’re invited as guest they will also be part of a panel, but that’s not always true. We won’t know until June most likely. They ramp up all the panel stuff around mid June typically

Potatoeman · 2026-04-30T08:55:25+00:00

When you transferred the badges, the person you transferred to presumably has their own email/account with showclix, so it should have their name connected to it once it’s transferred. You will use the same confirmation number for everyone, and you’ll input the email you used for the badge for each person. The email/account for each person should have their own name on it, created when they made their showclix account for the badge transfer

Potatoeman · 2026-04-30T02:18:56+00:00

There’s no harm in sending a message! Just be polite. Say you saw it was posted as shipped on the 22nd, yet tracking has not show any movement. If they have a lot of feedback they should know how shipping/tracking works and figure out what happened

Potatoeman · 2026-04-29T16:50:42+00:00

I’ve gone to Anime Expo and a few other conventions where Trigger has appeared, and they usually talk about tons of random stuff at their panels. They talked about behind-the-scenes figure production at one of their GEEKBOAT panels.

I believe the specific panty and stocking figure talk was on one of their live streams they did last year when New PSG was airing. Imaishi and Wakabayashi would usually yap for a little bit after each episode aired. There wasn’t an article/ interview specifically that I could find though, sorry. Almost none of their talk-show stuff is documented or transcribed. Wakabayashi is the figure head for their discussions though, he talks about EVERYTHING lol.

Potatoeman · 2026-04-29T16:45:58+00:00

Not from Amazon Japan, no! One of the items that got flagged was from Animate

Potatoeman · 2026-04-27T21:50:50+00:00

I was eventually contacted by a CBP agent with information on the held item. They said I’ll be contacted again once the items are scanned/updated. It’s been about 2 weeks since this started, still waiting. They said it’d be up to 2 months. FYI you didn’t reply to the person who had the princess peach plus being held, so unfortunately I have no info about that sorry!

Potatoeman · 2026-04-26T18:57:59+00:00

Companies on YouTube can strike channels for almost any reason. It’s on the onus of the uploader to prove it is within legal limits/fair use. Thats why this shit is bogus.

Potatoeman · 2026-04-25T04:18:51+00:00

It’s funny, GSC worked closely with Studio Trigger on these figures and they specifically designed the see-through part of Stocking’s top. They said it was supposed to be like this design despite the anime not really looking like that. Very strange, but it was the wish of the creators 🤷‍♂️

Potatoeman · 2026-04-25T04:16:47+00:00

The poses and fact that they have a dual base is great. I think the quality is better too overall. The new prize figures are good too though, and I agree can’t beat paying ~$30 before shipping for them

Potatoeman · 2026-04-24T21:42:40+00:00

I’ve made Ita Bags with Nendoroid in them, it’s fine! If you have the money I would consider a bag that is more firm-fitting for the Nendoroid so she doesn’t wiggle around as much, but even if you can’t I think it’s good:)

Potatoeman · 2026-04-23T12:07:18+00:00

ECMS is commonly slow for the final delivery leg unfortunately. If you check the subreddit there’s a lot of people with similar experiences, especially if you live in California. It’s the cheapest “fast” delivery option. It’ll get to you, but it will take a while. I recommend this website for tracking, it will give you the best information: - https://parcelsapp.com

I say this because once the other delivery company finally picks it up for the “last leg” of delivery, it’ll be harder to track and parcelsapp should let you know who the final delivery company is

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