Dakar
New Member
Hi all, for anyone out there thinking of importing from Japan here is my first experience.
First of all is it necessary? Be sure to get an estimate of tax payable to Customs and your parcel carrier in your country this can be done online just Google 'customs charge' for more info.
I had been considering a g9300nv to add to my meagre collection and after trawling through Amazon UK etc I was tempted by a few at the £190+postage mark. Be warned, descriptions and photos can have a strange way of lying! Of the two suppliers showing gw9300 atomic mudman watches in the picture and the description not mentioning 'atomic' further investigation showed both to be 'g' not 'gw' models and indeed not in the UK but Spain and Italy. So time to look at the Japanese market!
I guess there are several options here so I looked for sellers using payment methods I could trust ie paypal. Be sure to work out the payment method exchange rate, I chose a gw9300nv advertised in US dollars which worked out as £204 plus paypals expenses around £214.
Ordering was simple in fact almost too simple (could make this a habit!).
The Japanese post track and trace has proved very accurate and once Google translate had helped very informative.
Two days after ordering the track and trace showed the watch to have arrived on the UK and in the hands of Customs UK. This seems to be the painful part. Watching the track and trace the package has spent best part of a week being processed and in 'storage'
Today I received this document
so £214+56 that's a grand total of £270.
I think if you look at some Japanese sites you will find some hard to find (in the UK at least) models brand new for less than what you see them second hand on the bay.
I have paid my Customs charge and parcelforce's (my countries parcel carrier) £56 on line and now await my Japanese domestic market watch, which should be in Tuesdays post.
So to sum up not a painful experience if you are prepared to wait that little longer for what you really want. Go try it, it's quite nice interesting way to buy
HAPPY SHOPPING (JAPANESE STYLE) B-)
All the way from the sunny UK
First of all is it necessary? Be sure to get an estimate of tax payable to Customs and your parcel carrier in your country this can be done online just Google 'customs charge' for more info.
I had been considering a g9300nv to add to my meagre collection and after trawling through Amazon UK etc I was tempted by a few at the £190+postage mark. Be warned, descriptions and photos can have a strange way of lying! Of the two suppliers showing gw9300 atomic mudman watches in the picture and the description not mentioning 'atomic' further investigation showed both to be 'g' not 'gw' models and indeed not in the UK but Spain and Italy. So time to look at the Japanese market!
I guess there are several options here so I looked for sellers using payment methods I could trust ie paypal. Be sure to work out the payment method exchange rate, I chose a gw9300nv advertised in US dollars which worked out as £204 plus paypals expenses around £214.
Ordering was simple in fact almost too simple (could make this a habit!).
The Japanese post track and trace has proved very accurate and once Google translate had helped very informative.
Two days after ordering the track and trace showed the watch to have arrived on the UK and in the hands of Customs UK. This seems to be the painful part. Watching the track and trace the package has spent best part of a week being processed and in 'storage'
Today I received this document
I think if you look at some Japanese sites you will find some hard to find (in the UK at least) models brand new for less than what you see them second hand on the bay.
I have paid my Customs charge and parcelforce's (my countries parcel carrier) £56 on line and now await my Japanese domestic market watch, which should be in Tuesdays post.
So to sum up not a painful experience if you are prepared to wait that little longer for what you really want. Go try it, it's quite nice interesting way to buy
HAPPY SHOPPING (JAPANESE STYLE) B-)
All the way from the sunny UK
