Ningyoushi:

Fast shipping, just like freebento! Good communication and great packing. Not bad prices either.

HLJ:

shipped the pinky in a huge box which actually made me happy - I chose SAL  and was a bit afraid she'd get lost in the mail being so small. I'd heard it can take up to 2 months for SAL and it only took about 3 weeks or so after I paid.

Animeten:

Got my pinkies today, so it took a total of 12 days from payment, but that was because I requested first class shipping instead of priority and also paypal hadn't sent them an email when I paid.

Animeten had excellent service/response to emails.

I'm one happy pinky camper.

I found this site reacently. Great prices for us who live in the UK.

Who: theintoy.co.uk

Where: http://www.theintoy.co.uk/

They are based in the Uk so for us who live here it is great. I ordered mine on a Saturday and they arrived on the Tuesday. The prices are pretty good too, £6.95, and that includes postage in the UK. They only stock 007 through to 012 but they only stocked 3 when I found them. So keep an eye out.

All in all I had a very good experience with them

I can confirm what others have said of Free Bento.  I ordered 12 and In Town from them.

Site : freebento.com

Pros :
Fast shipping
affordable prices
affordable shipping prices
excellent packaging

Cons :
None other than the fact that they didn't come the instant I ordered them...

How long does it take them to ship your Pinkys :
I ordered them on January 20th, and they came on the 26th.  I expected them on February 2nd.

Ebay's mini-paradise2004

They actually acknowledge in their auctions that it's an "unofficial" pinky

pretty good quality, for a bootleg, from what I've heard (for details on quality look at my post in general talk about my bootleg rei).

quick shipping and good communication.

looking at my posts on this thread... I think I've bought too many pinkies recently....  

I had to buy some Pinkys to round out our collection and I thought that the prices from Collectors Net USA were really reasonable compared to some of the other sites. It was nice that their shipping rate is a flat $6.95. I purchased 16 pieces and had them delivered to an address in the states. (Currently, I'm living in Japan and couldn't get these specific Pinkys at the time. Now, Vance is re-releasing a few of these particular ones again.)

I have not even seen the actual Pinkys and won't until I get back to America next year, but as far as ordering and delivery are concerned, I had no problems at all.

I did have some questions, called and got prompt responses. Anything they have in stock is on the website. Their website is tied to their inventory database, so if it's on the website, they have some in stock. They usually deal with wholesalers, but anyone can purchase in quantities as low as single units. The only exception might be if they haven't yet processed an existing order (that's ahead of yours) and that existing order taps out the inventory on listed on their website.

Website: www.netmerchants.co.uk

What for: This website sells plastic models but it also sells paints, putty, glues, brushes and other tools that are very useful for customising Pinkys.

On thursday evening I purchased 3 boxes of putty from them. Friday I got an email message telling me that they have sucsessfully received my payment and that it had been shipped out that day. Now today (monday) my brother contacted me to let me know it had arrived.

Plus points: Netmerchants have a wide range of payment methods including paypal. They also have a free shiping survice within the UK which is what I used and they came very fast. Their website is easy to understand and they have good comunication.

Down points: They have a minimum order restriction of £5 which could be annoying if you only wanted somthing under that.

Overall: 9/10

Annie

Hmm, are we supposed to post good eBay sellers here as well...?  
'Cause I just got 09a and 10 (originals, both) from a seller in Taiwan...

I'm sure  it'd be useful to know. Now the bad ones... in the secret forum please  

Our very own Robot!

I picked up Space Invader pk005 (not sure what she's officially called)

quick shipping! great packing!

yay!

Thanks Robot!

I'll definitely vouch for Freebento.com. They're great. I ordered about a week ago PK012, and I just received her on Monday. They had a good sized box, bubble wrap, and included two white bunny pencil toppers as a little bonus Easter gift for ordering o^-^o. Plus she was only $8.00 there.

3/7/05 edit: Extra praise for freebento: I ordered PK010 there last Thurs, she was in my mailbox today!

I didn't see one for Akadot here soo...

Site: www.akadotretail.com

Pro's:
+ Fairly nice selection with comparable prices and the site tells on the item page how many are in stock
+ Email you telling when your order has been received and processed, and then they email you when your item is shipped and provide the tracking #
+ You can track the status of the order on their site
+ Kind and attentive staff (I emailed asking when they expect the Tenjo Maya doll in around noon Wednesday and how much they would ask for it, I received a response that night kindly answering all my questions.)
+ They have a cute Pinky comic they created on their Pinky:St page! (A Pinky Street Christmas.)

Con's:
+ (quote from their info page) No cancellation will be accepted unless for back-ordered and/or pre-ordered products.
+ Somewhat limited shipping range, they specify that they definitely handle USA, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia and the UK. They do say that they will make arrangements try to make it work and to ship anywhere if needed, just email them about it

Payment Method: Paypal (they prefer other methods, but accept it), Major Credit Cards, Money Orders, Cashier Checks
How Long Does it Take to Ship?: They received my order 2/20 and shipped it 2/21, so I'm guessing they usually do it within 24-48 hours of receiving an order.

Site : J-stuff.de

Pro's :
- They're located in Europe. So I don't waste a bomb on shippingcosts.
- They accept payment in Euros (So I don't have to pay 30 Euros conversionfees anymore)
- Emails to warn you of any change to your order e.g payment received, shipped, etc.
- They  ship as soon as they receive payment. In my case, they got the money on Friday and I had my Pinkys on Monday.
- They have most of the latest Pinkys.

Cons :
- Their entire site is German. (Luckily, I had Anriyasha to help me out but otherwise, I would've been hopeless lost, trying to get their IBAN and SWIFT/BIC numbers. )

Payment methods they accept : Visa, Paypal, banktranssfers,  etc.
How long does it take them to ship your Pinkys : 2 days from Germany to Belgium

Site : http://www.collectorsnetusa.com BUT try buying from their eBay store http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/collectorsnetusa*com , because their prices are cheaper and so is shipping !

Pros:
They have a lot of the earlier Pinkys.  They also provide fast communication (I talked to them through e-mail, phone, and INSTANT chat) and updates.  They ship within the US for a flat rate if all your merchandise is in stock.  They ship internationally as well.  Their customer service is very helpful and friendly.

Cons:
They had trouble with their e-mail system for awhile, but on the other hand, they did set up an INSTANT chat.  Also, they ship and leave feedback all at once.  So, you may have to wait a little while longer since they do this in cycles.

Payment methods they accept :
Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, money orders, personal checks, and cash
 
How long does it take them to ship your Pinkys:
If you live in the U.S. they'll get your order to you within 2 weeks.  I live in California, and mine came in 9 days after payment.

Eiko already left a feedback for them, so I won't be getting into details but I have to say, that my purchase I made at J-Stuff had the fastest delivery EVER O_o
I ordered SI Yoshiko there at Wednesday evening (around 6PM) and I held her in my hands on Friday morning
Think that's amazing.
Alright, that's Germany to Germany shipping but anyway - the handling itself must've been extremely fast

It's just really sad that they are so expensive... Although they are the cheapest compared to the other German webshops T-T

WOW, that is fast  :pwow: