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Location: Castle Hill
Registered: August 2003
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Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Thu, 23 June 2005 12:25
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I have been searching for a set of Advan A3A rims for a dam long time, and I never tried Yahoo Auctions Japan untill the other day and there are quite a few sets for about 3000 up to 6000 yen for a set of 2.
I would like to get a complete set, but all the ads say they wont ship outside of Japan, so I was just wondering if there is a good company or person anyone recommends dealing with that can purchase 2 sets of the rims from Yahoo Auctions Japan and then ship them over to me?
Thanks heaps for any help.
Cheers!
-Whitchy-
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Location: Sydney
Registered: January 2003
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Thu, 23 June 2005 13:09
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Toymods sponsors Importbitz seem to have a pretty good rep there.
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Registered: October 2004
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Thu, 23 June 2005 13:21
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allow for about $600 average ontop of auction price for rims (for a set of 4)
if it gets hit by customs, then import duties, it gets very expensive
also an average commision is about 10,000
slidewayz imports is the cheapest u'll find for rims, but they are based out of melbourne, not sure about sydney guys
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Fri, 24 June 2005 00:20
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Slidewize can get stuff delivered to your door, business or whatever. I got my rims though them (well, ordered & paid - they're waiting for a ship) and I thought it was fairly reasonable, price-wise. Zac's really good to deal with too, He'll be able to tell you how much it'll cost (total, inc. tax etc.) to land them on your doorstep.
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Location: Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered: January 2003
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Fri, 24 June 2005 00:32
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for airmail from Aus to japan, 20kg is around $150.
i'm not sure about going the other way tho....
on top of that, postage within japan, 10% (is it now?) duty, 10% GST on the wheels cost+freight+duty.....
so based on this (tho post is prolly more exxy..)
say
$80 rims
$50 post in japan
$150 post
=$280
=$308 with duty
$340 with GST....
so $330 is sounding pretty bloody good really....
farrrrrk.
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I supported Toymods
Location: Perth
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Fri, 24 June 2005 01:04
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I found some rims I wanted and contacted Importbitz, and he said he only has an account to buy cars, so unless he's changed since then.
I ordered my wheels through Zac from Sildewize and he's been really helpful so far.
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Fri, 24 June 2005 03:18
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Quote: | for airmail from Aus to japan, 20kg is around $150.
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lol, try doubling that... if your only paying 150 on a 20kg item sent by air, tell me which company...
it's more like 25000y for 20kg by air and 10250y for 20kg by sea
here is a cost break down of what it costs me to import something as simple as tailights for an 86
Tail lights - 9,360 (final auction price)
bank fee - 500 (flat rate, never changes)
shipping to guy in japan - 1,480 (depends on where it comes from, how heavy it is)
commission - 6,000 (half for me, half for my friend)
shipping to aus - 8,200 (this was sent by air... it weighed 5kg, by sea it cost 4,000)
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Location: Hobart, Tas
Registered: May 2002
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Fri, 24 June 2005 06:29
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justcallmefrank wrote on Fri, 24 June 2005 11:04 | I found some rims I wanted and contacted Importbitz, and he said he only has an account to buy cars, so unless he's changed since then.
I ordered my wheels through Zac from Sildewize and he's been really helpful so far.
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Me too. Same rims, in fact
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Location: Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered: January 2003
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Fri, 24 June 2005 06:32
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ShiRi wrote on Fri, 24 June 2005 13:18 |
Quote: | for airmail from Aus to japan, 20kg is around $150.
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lol, try doubling that... if your only paying 150 on a 20kg item sent by air, tell me which company...
it's more like 25000y for 20kg by air and 10250y for 20kg by sea
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Australia post .. TO japan, not from yet to find a cheap method of posting from here
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Location: Melbourne
Registered: June 2004
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Fri, 24 June 2005 09:47
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oops miss read
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Location: Brisbane
Registered: July 2004
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Sat, 25 June 2005 12:27
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Do slidewize have a website? How do you get in contact with them?
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Location: Castle Hill
Registered: August 2003
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Re: Best company/person to deal with brining in things from Yahoo Auctions Japan?
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Sat, 25 June 2005 13:01
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Thanks for all the info guys!
Yeah I think I am going to deal with SlideWize, I have been speaking to Zac over e-mail hes been heaps helpfull!
If my head gasket didnt just die I would be getting the rims in a few weeks, but now I have to wait!
Heres the website...
http://www.slidewizeimports.com/index.html
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