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My willingness to get some new kit is too strong, but I have ten unbuilt aircrafts in the stash, so it's time to give it a go. I bought Revell's 1/72 Super Hornet a kit when it was issued a couple of years ago. When I saw the postman coming with that big box from Hong Kong's Lucky Model containing this very model and Revell's F-22 I was soooooooooooooo excited, but my expression suddenly changed when he told me I had to pay a €10 custom tax in order to get the package. Lesson learned: NEVER get big things from extra-EU countries if you live in Italy as the risk of being taxed is very high

Italeri's 1/72 Tornado Marine, bought at the Italian AF Museum way back in the early nineties http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10061406

The italianized version is "Gheddafi"...

You're welcome! Another thing that might be encouraging: just keep in mind that Serbia is not directly connected to Hong Kong, so your package will definitely stop in some big European cargo hub (Frankfurt or Vienna) before being finally shipped to you! It would be nice to see which flights transport our packages, isnt' it? Good luck!

Well, I can understand, also when I started buying online I was hesitating, but in the end I got used to it! Believe me, I prefer being a little more patient and wait some time for the items to arrive instead of getting them at the shop, where they are sold at a higher price: for example a cople of years ago I could choose between buying Tamiya's F-16C Block 25/32 at €55 at my favourite shop and have it in my hands at once, or getting it online at €35 postage included... what would you do? I preferred waiting for a month for the package to arrive (Christmas period) and saved almost half t

Guys, I don't think the problem is related to LM, but on Hong Kong Post. I don't want to defend anybody, but check the link some posts above. I think is all depends on the fact that prices are lower in HK, so people orders from the webstores and HK Post has more packages stocked and waiting to be shipped. After all, we all payed for our orders and the packages are also registered, so they MUST arrive! AFAIK, the Italian Post are COMPELLED to deliver registered mail so also HK has to!

I just ran a search and it seems we are not alone http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.d...threadid.821881

I just hope I won't have to pay some bloody custom tax when the package arrives!

I hope so!

Well, I don't think they are useless: all the purchases I made i the past could be tracked within a couple of days from the shipment using the code provided until departure from HK, and above all I could track the orders with the Italian Post website, which followed any passage of the shipment in my country. It took a bit more days to track only with a purchase I made in November, but it eventually left HK in one week.

Mine is a Tamiya 1/72 Razorback plus a metal Pitot tube for the F-16... fingers crossed! :)

Any news? I retried to enter my tracking code but the item status is not yet available...

Thanks for answering Raymond! You don't need to apologize, it's not your fault, nobody can control the weather! B)

Thanks for the answers! Yes, I do have a tracking code, but the item has not been coded yet. I'll try tomorrow and let you know!

Excellent! Any chance to include some Italian AF decals too?