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Tip on saving shpping costs when buying from Japan

Tip on saving shpping costs when buying from Japan

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:33:07 PM Asia/Tokyo

Today, I'm going to take the opportunity to show you how to save on shipping costs when buying from our shop.

Keep in mind, due to a high lost/damage rate of over 30%, we don't use surface maritime shipping or no tracking shipping.

Though there are differences depending on its destination, there always will be a tracking service and insurance fee charged per parcel.

Also, there are fundamentally 3 types of air shipping with tracking. EMS, e-packet airmail and SAL airmail.

Within these shipping types, e-packet air and SAL air has a 2 step pricing solution. And out of the above, if the packet's height, length and width adds up to under 90cm and is under 2kg, Japan Post International shipping offers a cost-conscious service called "Small Packet BONUS". For details, please refer to the link below.

>Base Shipping Cost Table

As many of you know, aside from oversized items such as a few large sized PVC figures and air compressors, many hobby items are much smaller than the dimmension limit set for the "Small Packet BONUS" service.

Thus, it is alot wiser to combine your purchases, choosing multiple items to fit the above mentioned dimensions, and have it sent in one shipping.

We have a few variations of boxes under the limited dimensions for customers buying multiple items in one purchase.

But, you might wonder how many items can we fit in the box. Let us show you an example.

Bandai HG series, MG-small box type, Kotobukiya small box type 3-5qties

Hasegawa,Fujimi,Aoshima small box type 1/24 car model, 1/72 air modeletc 3-4qties

We can only fit 1 of a Bandai MG flat box type or a Kotobukiya flat type box in the parcel. But there are spaces where we can fit small items like S.H. Figuarts and airbrush hand pieces.