[Gllug] OT japanese question

[Vincent AE Scott]

David Damerell(damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk)@Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 02:10:03PM +0000:
> On Friday, 2 Nov 2001, Vincent AE Scott wrote:
> >Has anyone here ever bought some stuff online from japan and had it
> >shipped over?  prices over there seem to be very competitive.  But all
> >the places i could find which sold what i was after didnt seem to ship
> >outside of the country.  Not that i was able to read everything on the
> >sites i looked at. 
> 
> [Reformatted; keep lines below 80 characters, please.]

oops, sorry, must use pico under mutt...


> IME, shipping charges from Japan are very large, such that it's not
> worth buying stuff costing less than 5,000 yen (c. $55) or thereabouts
> at all. It might still be worth it for electronics.
> 
> Bear in mind that HM C&E will try to bone you for about 20% of the
> purchase price given half a chance.

bar stewards!

hmm, as i recall when comming back from Canada one year, if you collected 
receipts for your purchases while there ( excluding food and stuff ), you
could claim back part of the sales tax upon return to blitey.  cant remember
which tax it was PST, or GST, but it was a 7-8% rebate.

still, i've seen some US companies who import Japanese products for sale in 
the US, but the prices are far more than tha native price.  hence wondering
if anyone had bothered to get things shipped from the far east.

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