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Offline 6pack

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How to buy from Amazon.co.jp?
« on: October 24, 2010, 03:34:21 PM »
Currently amazon.co.jp has a 70%-99% sale going on of pvc figures. Seen some interesting figures there. Want to buy too. So any way to get a figure from there. I want to know cheapest way since figures are around the 1200 yen mark and i will be getting 3-4 of those. Don't want to spend on EMS since it will cost more than figures.

Which is the cheapest deputy service around?
I was thinking of getting through these guys - Treasure-Japan.com

Are their rates good or is there another company with better rates?

Edit: Just checked with Japan Post for the shipping rates. For upto 6000 gms (6Kg) i think EMS is better, Just around 500-1000 yen extra than SAL and the parcel reaches faster too. (Taken with Tokyo as place of shipping and India as destination). More than 6000 gms I didn't see, but the EMS rates jump up on per 500gm basis by around 800-1000 yen.
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Re: How to buy from Amazon.co.jp?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2010, 11:21:05 PM »
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You'll have to use a deputy service, unless you have a friend in Japan  ;)

There are many sites which offer deputy service:

http://goody-japan.com/
http://shoppingmalljapan.com/
http://treasure-japan.com/ (you mentioned this)
http://celga.com/
http://japonicamarket.com/
http://japanauctioncenter.com/
http://japantodoor.com/
http://okshon.com/

Go though their fee structure and select the one which suits you the most.

I would also recommend using EMS for figures, as the longer the period of delivery the more are the chances that the figure might get damaged.

SAL is particularly convenient in case of books (manga, magazine, artbook and stuff).

Happy hunting!!

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Re: How to buy from Amazon.co.jp?
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2010, 09:24:51 PM »
thanks Ai-chan. looking at the sites now....

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Re: How to buy from Amazon.co.jp?
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2010, 12:56:01 AM »
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Were you able to order the figures?

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Re: How to buy from Amazon.co.jp?
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2010, 02:43:07 PM »
 :blush:  no, the final cost became too much in quote so i didn't buy anything.  -_-;

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Re: How to buy from Amazon.co.jp?
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2011, 11:53:36 PM »
http://benippon.com/en/

Is another site I use to buy things from japan. Its much cheaper to me.

 

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