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For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby tescoking » Fri Aug 01, 2014 6:17 pm

Hi guys, I have a good news for you all. My mate who helped me to retrim my interior told me that he has shipment from Japan very offen. So I asked him can I or others use his account for shipping. He said no problem at all, he can even ask his partner in Japan to purchase and ship to here.

I believe it is a very good way to buy things from Japan since we don't know Japanese and individual shipping is expensive.

If you guys have any question please let me know, I will ask my friend for more info.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby M1474 » Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:33 pm

Wow, very interest.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby Okibi » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:30 pm

Sounds good.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby Okibi » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:32 pm

We should both get a set of these ..

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For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby Swordfish » Fri Aug 01, 2014 11:50 pm

Why not just use import monster??
I've used them on more than one occasion. No issues.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby tescoking » Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:19 am

Okibi wrote:We should both get a set of these ..

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Both fender and side diffuser looks attractive. Should get both :D
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby tescoking » Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:37 am

Swordfish wrote:Why not just use import monster??
I've used them on more than one occasion. No issues.


My friend has business account so he is getting really low shipping price.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby dielle » Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:34 am

How does this compare with ordering parts say, directly from the manufacturer? (where it's possible, i.e.) Guess I'm looking at cost in totality, as opposed to just shipping. Btw, EMS Japan has an English website that one might like to refer to. If you know the weight of an item it's possible to more or less find out the shipping cost.



http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/charge ... ll_en.html

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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby tescoking » Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:07 pm

dielle wrote:How does this compare with ordering parts say, directly from the manufacturer? (where it's possible, i.e.) Guess I'm looking at cost in totality, as opposed to just shipping. Btw, EMS Japan has an English website that one might like to refer to. If you know the weight of an item it's possible to more or less find out the shipping cost.



http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/charge ... ll_en.html


My friend is getting much cheaper as his company is base in Japan. So a lot of customers will have their seat cover send to Japan for trimming or re-design. So in a week or month there could be more than 50s+ shipping for him.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby project.r.racing » Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:40 pm

dielle wrote:How does this compare with ordering parts say, directly from the manufacturer? (where it's possible, i.e.) Guess I'm looking at cost in totality, as opposed to just shipping. Btw, EMS Japan has an English website that one might like to refer to. If you know the weight of an item it's possible to more or less find out the shipping cost.

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/charge ... ll_en.html
if you are ordering straight from the manufacturer, then i wouldn't include a 3rd party wanting their slice of the pie at extra cost.

there are plenty of companies and individuals that have buying services available within japan. just find the one that is right for you.

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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby tescoking » Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:50 pm

My friend will get his partner over in Japan to order something that we don't normally find. Do you guys remember the 2nd hand parts shop in Japan from Mighty Car Mods? We could get something like that, but I need to ask my friend how much he can help first.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby bootz » Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:22 pm

Can you ship whole cars?
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby tescoking » Sun Aug 03, 2014 5:02 pm

bootz wrote:Can you ship whole cars?


I will ask but I think may be not.
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Re: For WA buyers who are interested purchase from Japan

Postby tescoking » Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:11 pm

I have asked my friend and he said he can ship a car, price from 700 - 1000 AUD but you will need to hire a broker in Japan for taking the car to the port, that cost 880 AUD
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