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Amazon.co.jp is now offering international shipping for games and consoles
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djplaeskool
Member
Tested out with Chaos Field New Order for PS2
Oh hell yeah
Oh hell yeah
Sakura
Member
I don't think Prime would apply for shipping over seas anyway though.
ATXAlchemy
Member
You don't want digital PSN Cards either way. Their price is abyssmal on Amazon. You are better off buying from Solaris Japan/Nippon-Yassan, etc, which is only about 10% markup.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Welp it's a wrap for import sites.
JumpCancel
Banned
If it was made applicable you could feasibly get prime discount, early access to sales etc. They can't make it too good after all.
Well not really (for now anyway) since it's only available on select stuff.
I'm having trouble finding good deals. Amazon Prime US already ships pretty Japanese games at a decent price.
Now there is Older games but Amazon Japan doesn't fulfill those
This is fantastic though for day to day releases though. Also there is some deals I probably missed.
Now there is Older games but Amazon Japan doesn't fulfill those
This is fantastic though for day to day releases though. Also there is some deals I probably missed.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Y'all do realize this isn't every game and that import sites don't exclusively deal in video games, right?
chrominance
Member
Random question: what makes Amazon.co.jp better than other import sites? er, besides used items, which actually might be big but I'm guessing all the Japanese used item sellers are already on the other Amazons.
RecRoulette
Member
I buy books and CDs from Amazon JP and it's always super fast, awesome that they're finally doing games now.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
For me would probably be the speed. I'm more used to 3-4 weeks of shipping. Seems Amazon is quite a bit faster.
For me, it's cheaper shipping, sometimes cheaper prices on games, and they charge import fees so no unexpected duty and taxes.
There's a budget release coming up in a few weeks anyways that amazon will stock themselves
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01BKC9NUO/
Athreous
Member
Getting this error while trying to ship Dead or Alive xtreme 3
ご指定の住所、店舗にお届けできない商品、またはご指定の配送方法でお届けできない商品が含まれています。配送制限について、詳細はこちらからご確認いただき、お届け先、配送方法を変更してください。
it says that can't ship to my adress, am I doing something wrong? .-.
here's how my adress look like:
[don't post your address]
ご指定の住所、店舗にお届けできない商品、またはご指定の配送方法でお届けできない商品が含まれています。配送制限について、詳細はこちらからご確認いただき、お届け先、配送方法を変更してください。
it says that can't ship to my adress, am I doing something wrong? .-.
here's how my adress look like:
[don't post your address]
JumpCancel
Banned
Finally I found a site that sell PS Vita 2000 analog sticks! My blue Vita 2000's right stick broke so I bought a supposed stick, learned how to take it apart for repair only to find the stick was for an Vita 1000.
Balance is restored. Now what game to break it in with?
Balance is restored. Now what game to break it in with?
Set to English first. Also it tells you right on the page whether international purchases are accepted.
Sakura
Member
Prices mainly (edit: for me at least). Amazon will often have some games discounted pretty cheap compared to other import sites. For example the game I wanted was about 2000 yen on Amazon while it is 5,998 yen on a good site like hmv.co.jp and 64.99 US on a bad site like play-asia.
For full price games though, the prices often won't be much different than ami-ami or hmv etc.
You should probably remove your address there lol.
Mine works for most doax3, not sure why yours aren't working, which one are you buying anyway?
Don't quote his address
Which is sad because if they did, I would have already bought Yakuza Kiwami
Thanks for reminding me of Tokyo Xanadu, though here shows as ￥ 3,980
It's only 3980 sold by a third-party seller, which is not eligible for international shipping.
Sorry, this item can't be shipped to your selected address. Learn more. You may either change the shipping address or delete the item from your order.
Amazon.com Int'l Sales, Inc.
Now you've gone and done it
i don't think hardware works.
Battlechili
Banned
You couldn't before? I mean I know Amazon Japan let people import music and artbooks before. It didn't allow it for games?
Nah, the categories were limited. It was just books, CDs, DVDs/Blu-rays, and something weird like VHS tapes.
Just ordered a bunch of stuff through them. Fuck me.
Impotaku
Member
Nice to see people been given the freedom to now go raid Amazon J of that gaming goodness. Once you start paying regular retail & not import shop prices it's hard to go back.
I'll still be sticking with tenso though as a lot of DS games are only sold by marketplace sellers nowdays plus when Amazon ship direct they always send everything out by courier which is stupidly expensive and you always get busted for import duty if it's over the limit.
If i do it via tenso i can choose the cheaper shipping options & i never pay import tax, that's the reason that my arcade taiko controller got here with zero import duty to pay as i could edit the customs value myself to make it nice & low.
I'll still be sticking with tenso though as a lot of DS games are only sold by marketplace sellers nowdays plus when Amazon ship direct they always send everything out by courier which is stupidly expensive and you always get busted for import duty if it's over the limit.
If i do it via tenso i can choose the cheaper shipping options & i never pay import tax, that's the reason that my arcade taiko controller got here with zero import duty to pay as i could edit the customs value myself to make it nice & low.
JumpCancel
Banned
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Battlechili
Banned
Oh. Well its pretty awesome that this is possible now! More accessibility for Japanese games! Although I wonder if this extends to anything else. A while back I tried to import some video game oriented wall scrolls and it wouldn't let me. Wonder if it will now.
Don't they charge you duties when you purchase it from amazon jp? That's how mine usually works.
BlueLiquid
Member
This is great news. Like most others I had to make a new account (did that earlier to get the Fire Emblem Fates OST) but it's good to know they're opening up new options. They have some amiibo really cheap. Little Mac is less than $14 shipped by himself. Most of their amiibo listings are through third-parties that won't ship to the US, but they still have a few others (Palutena, Pit, Bowser Jr.) sold directly from Amazon.co.jp all for less than $9 USD.
It's hit or miss atm. Trying to load up on some systems and controllers and only the 3DS works. Not sure why DS4's aren't working though, I need a couple of these crystals.
Impotaku
Member
If i ordered direct from Amazon Japan and shipped direct to the uk then yeah i'd get charged import tax by DHL when it gets here.anything over £14 value would get hit with import tax here in the UK. But Amazon don't charge me any import duty up front it's all paid to the courier.
So instead i use tenso & I just change the customs value of my items to keep it below that threshold so they don't get taxed. Never been stopped at customs when i do it via tenso.