Tokyo Otaku Mode Omdömen 69

Mi sono iscritta su questo sito da circa un anno ormai ed ho effettuato svariati ordini per avviare la mia collezione di figures (molti dei quali erano preordini), arrivando a preferirlo ai rivenditori europei e complessivamente mi ritengo più che soddisfatta.

Il suo primo e principale vantaggio è il programma TOM Premium (gratuito per il primo mese e poi rinnovabile a cadenza mensile - 14,99$ - o annuale a 59,99$). Premetto che sconsiglio l'uso frequente senza abbonarsi perché in questo caso è oggettivamente più caro rispetto ad altri. Se invece siete intenzionati ad acquistare svariati articoli continuate a leggere.
L'abbonamento garantisce:
1) il rimborso delle suddette cifre sotto forma di TOM points, una vera e propria moneta da poter utilizzare per qualsiasi ordine all'interno del sito, con una possibilità di sconto che può arrivare fino al 50% del subtotale di ognuno di essi. Con l'opzione mensile si ottengono 16,50 punti ogni mese (corrispondenti a 16,5$), mentre con quello annuale 75 tutti insieme, che equivalgono a 75$. Sostanzialmente il sito regala circa 1,5$ mensili con il primo e 15$ con il secondo. Tutto ciò giusto per spiegare il meccanismo.

2) Con TOM premium si ha uno sconto del 24% rispetto al prezzo di partenza sulla prima figure acquistata e del 5-10% su tutte le altre. Inoltre, per gli abbonati è prevista una percentuale di rimborso in tom points di circa il 5% per ogni articolo.

3) Se si tratta di una nuova figure (e quindi di un pre-ordine) la percentuale di rimborso arriva fino a circa il 15%, in quanto è previsto il 10% di rimborso in più se la si acquista durante le prime due settimane dalla pubblicazione sul sito (che avviene SEMPRE in contemporanea con quella sui siti delle case produttrici e generalmente prevede il rilascio nello stesso mese). Questo è uno dei principali modi per risparmiare, perché per ogni ordine di nuove figure si ottengono sempre quegli 8/10$ di rimborso (che ovviamente aumentano all'aumentare del prezzo).

4) Con Tom premium i tom points non scadono mai, se invece acquistate senza abbonamento li perderete nel giro di poco, costringendovi a fare più ordini tutti insieme per poterli sfruttare.

5) Il miglior periodo per sfruttare i vantaggi di questo abbonamento è il black Friday di novembre, in cui il sito organizza ogni anno un evento chiamato TOM Super Sale: qui, oltre a scontare giornalmente i prodotti dal 50 fino al 90%, le percentuali di rimborso arrivano al 35% per le nuove figures e al 25% per tutte le altre, mentre i non abbonati pagano a prezzo normale ma con il 25% di rimborso. Inoltre, vengono rilasciati anche buoni sconto giornalieri che vanno dai 3 ai 100$ (i più frequenti sono da 3 e da 5$). Praticamente gli iscritti a tom premium fanno degli affaroni.

6) Ultimo grande vantaggio di questo abbonamento sono gli sconti sui costi di spedizione, fino al 20% in meno in base alla modalità scelta. Per ordini dai 150$ in su è gratuita, ma sconsiglio vivamente di acquistare tanti articoli per ordine perché verrebbe automaticamente selezionata la modalità di spedizione dai tempi più lunghi e paghereste somme allucinanti di dogana, ma su questo mi soffermerò poi.

Oltre ai TOM points esistono anche dei coupon a scadenza prestabilita con diverse percentuali di sconto (generalmente il 10%) che il sito rilascia frequentemente, soprattutto in occasione di ricorrenze, e utilizzabili senza minimi d'ordine. Questi si possono usare uno alla volta, anche assieme ai tom points. Infine, se si registra la propria data di nascita sul proprio profilo, il sito invierà per email un coupon del 10% valido per tutto il mese del proprio compleanno. Non male per farsi un autoregalo.

I pacchi sono sempre arrivati in condizioni perfette, imballati a dovere e le figure al loro interno originali e senza alcun difetto.

Concludo con i tasti dolenti:
1) I tempi di spedizione: il sito è generalmente molto puntuale con la spedizione degli ordini per quanto riguarda gli articoli già in stock e, se per un qualunque motivo non riescono ad evaderli entro i tempi prestabiliti, rimborsano anche il costo di spedizione sotto forma di tom points. Discorso diverso ovviamente va fatto per i pre-ordini - che non si possono annullare e sono soggetti spesso a ritardi a causa delle stesse case produttrici - e per i periodi di festa, in cui l'accumulo di ordini genera ritardi anche di 2 mesi.
2) Dogana: varia in base al peso del pacco e alla fluttuazione della valuta. Consiglio la modalità di spedizione air small packet che impiega una ventina di giorni. Oltre ad essere la più economica tra quelle proposte, è anche la meno invalidante per i costi di dogana. A me sono partiti dai 5 ai 25€, ma sempre meno di quanto spendo per esempio con goodsmile, che avendo come unica opzione la spedizione prioritaria spella.

TOM is nice depending on if it is in stock in the US where I'm buying from or not. They are cheaper on shipping which is worth it even though you have to wait a little longer than getting it from a different place that's located in Japan and paying 3x more and getting it quicker. Great prices and gets here fast after purchase. They package great as well. If you can be patient, they are worth it.

It will take weeks if not months just for Tokyo Otaku Mode to post your order, that is if they didn't come up with another excuse to delay it further. This Japanese company have no honor, if it is actually run by real Japanese people, probably not.

I pre-ordered a Hatsune Miku figure from them at the END of 2020. if was supposed to come out in late 2021, and they emailed me every month after saying it got delayed. A year went by. I was fed up and asked for a refund, they would only offer me “TOM points” so I took the points thinking I could just use the money to buy another figure. Turns out, even with the points I didn’t want, I could only use 15% of the points PER order.. So in order to actually use my $240 I would need to place tons of orders... I’ve been ordering from them for years so this really was shocking. they are INSANE. oh and the points have an expiration date. COULD IT GET WORSE

waited for months for package to be delivered and it never got here. there are plenty of better figure websites to purchase from and I highly would reccomend staying away from this one.

My experience has been that my regular orders have done mostly okay. 3 out of my 4 regular orders came in time, one never shipped but I was able to get a refund with PayPal. The customer service did not let me get a refund, however. I contacted them and they did not respond for a while and when they finally did respond they said that it was too late. I ordered a preorder over a year ago and the date was pushed back again and again. Still have not received the item.

scam never got my item and i cant get my cash back. gg go next

First off: I've bought many times from Otaku Mode. Everything from their prices to their packaging get a solid 5/5! Every box has arrived in mint condition, and they even include collectible postcards with chibi ninja artwork. Zero complaints on that front.

However, after my last purchase - with 3 delays totaling 9 months after the original arrival date - I'm starting to question their honesty. It started with a 2 month delay: January to March. No problem, COVID caused problems for everyone. Then 3 more months: March to June. It's normal to overestimate things. All of June goes by with no word until the 28th. 4 more months: June to October.

In this time, the aftermarket price on this figure has risen to the point where it's too expensive to back out. This is a common occurrence with figures, and I can’t help but feel like they knew this could happen. Did they really not know there’d be 7 more month of delays? Maybe. At the very least, this company needs to fix their communication with their suppliers. Until then, I won’t be buying from them.

I pre-ordered a figure that wasn't out yet, the price was reasonable enough (with premium). It isn't always the cheapest place to buy from though. But, in some cases it is the cheapest place to buy stuff from, you just have to check other sites and compare prices to make sure they are offering the best prices.

I was a little worried about buying from the site because, I saw a lot of bad reviews and I had already pre-ordered six other figures on top of the one that I bought prior.
I sighed a huge sigh of relief when my figure arrived and was overjoyed when I saw that the figure's box was in near mint condition.

The only major downside is that the figure ended up going down in price even more, well before my figure got to me.
And I did have to wait several months for it. I placed my order in June and got it today (date of this review). It could have been due to manufacturing delays or shipping delays. Waiting doesn't bother me so much as long as I get my stuff in mint condition.

I do wish they offered free shipping for paying subscribers though. As I know a few figure sites that don't ask for shipping or it's included in the price you see while browsing.

All in all I'll keep this site on my list of figure buying sites, for now. And have subscribed to premium services.

I have been waiting for more than fifteen days for some kind of information or assistance, don't buy here, I don't think I will receive my comics and I have lost a lot of money.

Ho acquistato l'anno scorso una figure in preordine che sarebbe uscita quello stesso anno verso autunno. Purtroppo ho dovuto aspettare l'uscita fino a febbraio di quest'anno (non è colpa del negozio quindi non tenete in considerazione).
A febbraio ho scopro, dopo due settimane dall'uscita, che non era possibile spedire il mio pacco, dato che EMS ha avuto dei problemi e al momento non è operante. C'è voluto un mese perché mi cambiassero la spedizione da EMS a FedEx. (Si erano dimenticati di dirmi che dovevo aggiungere una carta di credito nuova per il pagamento)...
Finalmente pagato, me l'hanno spedita (60€ di spedizione) con "teoricamente" 3/5 giorni lavorativi, ma...
Credo che FedEx sia una delle peggiori compagnie, oltre a farmi pagare più di 60€ di dogana, il pacco mi è arrivato solo dopo 10 giorni... (Alla faccia dei 3/5 giorni)
Pacco ricevuto al secondo tentativo, dopo aver chiamato il servizio (A PAGAMENTO) perché devi concordare con FedEx la consegna...
Ora la mia figure finalmente è a casa! Ben impachettata, la confezione è arrivata perfetta senza neanche un graffio! Hanno aggiunto come regalo un clear file di miku hatsune (un po' tirchietti dato i 190€ di figure, potevano aggiungere qualcosa di più carino, ma ho apprezzato comunque).
Ora arriviamo ai problemi principali:
1 gli acquistati in preordine non possono essere annullati;
2 ma più importante è "il premium'... Inizialmente te lo fanno provare gratuitamente, facendoti risparmiare abbastanza sul tuo primo acquisto, non ti dicono direttamente che devi disdire subito questo abbonamento, non ti arrivano mail, se non sai niente rischi di scoprirlo solo quando ti hanno già preso i soldi! (14$ mensili) manco l'abbonamento a Netflix...
Io personalmente non acquisterò più da questo sito, per i problemi che ho avuto, ma in fatto di figure e gadget sono ottimi! Anche nell'imballaggio!

Good site, lost a star as shipping can take a long time. Overall very good

I have ordered and received 49 figures from them without issue since 2016, and have several more on order.

Packaging is top tier, although they use a lot of bubble wrap so maybe not as environmentally friendly if that's a concern to you.

For new customers, the main prices advertised are the prices for TOM Premium members (generally 5% off). You have the choice of joining the 30 day free trial of the Premium membership, but If you don't read I can see how you could mistakenly join the Premium programme. Auto-renewal is on by default, but from a product page it is only a 3 mouse click process to cancel the next renewal, and you have 30 days to read the order confirmation emails.

If you're a regular collector of figures I highly recommend joining the Premium membership. There are many cases where the TOM shop ends up cheaper in the long run compared to other online retailers, despite their slightly inflated prices. They also run promotions sometimes where they will pay half the shipping cost AND give you store credit, but even without those promotions the shipping prices are in-line with other Japanese retailers.

Sometimes they take longer to ship the item than other stores, but in my experience that's only been the case since COVID restrictions were implemented. It can be especially noticeable during holiday periods though.

Bunch of cry babies in the reviews. I have been using this site for more than 3 years.
Tom system is great if you took your time to understand it. Shipping during corona years got too expensive for me though, used to be cheaper and faster before.
Some figures gets postponed from their manufacturers, so it is not Otakumode faults all the time.

I’ve seen a lot of negative reviews for preorder figures but so far for me, there wasn’t any problems with in stock items. I ordered 2 art books which arrived a little over 2 weeks in perfect condition. Didn’t really mind too much about the TOM membership as I only wanted to get a few items and the books I wanted are quite difficult to find these days. They were still quite affordable even without the Membership. Probably useful if you’re planning to order a lot from them.

My preorder date is getting pushed forward infinitely for 7 months already and they do not allow refunds for it??? A definite scam, I have to contact my bank for my money back now.

I saw everyone's reviews about this site and thought that I actually can't judge this website, because I didn't have any experiences with returning items or having additional shipping charges. But anyways I need to say that the website responded to all my emails and helped me to understand where my package was. The shipping of my order was extremely long, I even thought that my item was lost, so when I finally received it I wanted to cry from happiness. Shipping problems aren't a fun thing, but the main concept of this site is figures. The figures here are packaged very nice and aren't overpriced. There was only one thing I was kinda angry about. When I was buying a figure I had a choice to pay 37$ or 22$. Of course I chose 22$. Then after a week or more I saw that the website took 15$ from my credit card. This money was taken for TOM special membership. I understand that it was completely my fault, but still I need to warn you from this stupid mistake. Overwall I am satisfied with my experience.

It's been almost a year now since I put in my order & it still hasn't shipped. They keep pushing the date back & theres no reason for it. My friends who have ordered the same figure from other sites all recieved theirs awhile back.
I do not want to cancel because now the price is up on the figure, but honestly if they dont ship soon i may be forced to do that.
Definitely going to cancel my membership here too.

Extremely annoyed. They automatically charged me for a membership I wasn’t even aware of, and it costs quite a bit as well. What a horrible and unreliable site, never using it ever again.

So i have ordered from multiple different online places and TOM has been the most reliable one so far, the second being plaza Japan.

Toms prices are lower or comparable to most online stores I’ve seen. Only a few are cheaper, but the outrageous shipping cost of other sites aren’t worth it. Why would I spend $20 to ship to save $5 on the base price, when I can ship for $8 for a few $$ more.
People aren’t looking at the overall cost.

I do have premium and take advantage of their spend $150 get free shipping. And usually I save up enough to at least cover shipping an a figure in between big orders. I also take advantage of their large point bonuses (x15) and stuff and receive even more to use.

If you order a lot of preordered, this is the place to go. Sometimes they re-run older figures but you have to be fast to get them. They are usually gone by the time you get the email.

Also I don’t understand why everybody is mad at them not shipping during covid. They couldn’t ship and they gave out plenty of announcements. And it wasn’t just TOM it was everywhere. Just a bunch of spoiled teens and neck beards with daddy’s money and too much free time so they complain on the internet.

TLDR: TOM is awesome. The world isn’t perfect. Stuff happens. Go with the flow.