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Amazon.co.jp is now offering international shipping for games and consoles
- Thread starter Nibel
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Yea, you can just make a new one with the same credentials as your usual one.
Dawnbuster
Member
Finally pulled the trigger on PS4 and PSV copies of Puyo Puyo Tetris ($25.92 and $23.19 US respectively) and two Amiibos: Ganondorf for $7.52 and Bowser Jr for $8.21. Shipping was $12. Pretty good deal.
StoppedInTracks
Member
Guys, I own a PS2 and a PS3 and do not know any japanese.
What would I want to import from Japan? Any ideas?
What would I want to import from Japan? Any ideas?
Kaiser aus Ubermensch
Banned
YAAAAAA OH MY GOD
ShogunDarius
Member
are soundtracks available? is that latest fire emblem one if so?
Do you mind sharing what you got and are still looking out for?
I'm always interested in good DS imports.
Edit: caught your post in the DS collecting thread so I'm good.
bestpersonevar
Member
Does Star Ocean 5 have English subtitles?
BlueLiquid
Member
Yes and yes! It's out April 27th for 6800 yen (it's 8 discs) and they're still taking pre-orders:
Link
Shipping to the US was 1200 yen on my order.
mikespit1200
Member
Is this a viable outlet for a Framemeister? Any benefit using this over say ebay if you are in the US?
ShogunDarius
Member
thank you
Prophane33
Member
Not to my knowledge. Very few non-US developed games have English subtitles. Even less likely for RPGs.
Edit: I mean very few non-western developed games released in Japan have English subtitles.
Seeing as the only upscan converter able to be shipped globally is this. No.
There are some UK developed ones that has english language lol
Prophane33
Member
Ack! I meant more along the lines of games published in Japan originally developed in the west, and my Amerocentric-self decided games developed in English were the sole production of the US. Apologies to my UK and European brothers and sisters!
JPN 3ds or CFW.
So much shit I want that won't ship even stuff that says Shipped and Sold by Amazon.co.jp or it's sold out and not sold by Amazon
Looking at the two Idolmaster Taiko games grrr...
Did you take a look at more sellers? I'm pretty sure Amazon is selling the blue version at least.
ShogunDarius
Member
Does Civ Rev 2 Vita have Eng Subtitles?
Just a heads up - I noticed that sometimes when you put something in your basket and you estimate shipping costs from here, it'll say the item can't be shipped to your location. But if you proceed with the check out process, you'll see that the item can in fact be shipped worldwide. This happened with a few items so far so if you really want something that says global shipping is unavailable, give it a try.
(Disclaimer: I haven't actually ordered anything but I can get to the page where you finalize your order so don't know if it'll still give an error if you click the final submit button)
(Disclaimer: I haven't actually ordered anything but I can get to the page where you finalize your order so don't know if it'll still give an error if you click the final submit button)
Dragokiller
Member
Wow, 15 shipping & taxes for a 5 day delivery from Japan?
And the Zoll didn't touch the package? That's awesome!
YianGaruga
Banned
Amazon (or rather their logistics partner) takes care of all of that. It goes through customs, but you'll never notice. You pay an estimate upfront, and if the actual customs charges are lower they even refund you.
^this. everything is handled by amazon/dhl. I paid the import taxes for germany upfront, amazon removed japanese taxes (you could say you kind of get a ca. 8%discount) and that's it. no shit from the Zoll, no driving 1 hour with the bus to the Zoll...just order and no worries.
If we had delivery on sundays, I would have gotten my order yesterday ^^ it was chilling in Leipzig since friday.
I am so happy ;_;
Edit: for reference here is a link to my post including my bill
YianGaruga
Banned
lmao so true
Looking over your orders at the Zoll can be an interesting experience that I try to avoid as much as possible haha
Pretty amazing. I wonder if it's equally comfortable for more expensive orders, I've never had Zoll issues with small and cheap items (games, CDs, books) but consoles always caused trouble in one way or another.
Regardless, I'll give Amazon JP a shot for my next Japan import, sounds great overall.
Haha, indeed. No more snarky remarks from snail-paced middle-aged officials :^)
4 hours zoll is my usual experience. including "nice" zoll beamte who comment on everything you import. I'm with you.
UPS or FEDEX always want you to pay special fees for them handling the zoll..so this is really amazing.
the way amazon handles things, you should have no problems at all, because you paid the zoll while ordering and the zoll gets a "real" bill from amazon with all the informations. there is no other store that ships stuff from japan that I know of that collects the zoll before hand in such a way. they even consider the different zoll % for books.
hey if you wanna share psn nicks, send me a message you two
Novum_Veritas
Member
This is pretty great, I still remember the huge custom crap when I've ordered the MGS Collection for PS2 from Play-Asia, at least we have now a option to buy from Japan on a legit basis without the customs hassle.
You also can get the HORI RAP V for cheap there I've seen.
You also can get the HORI RAP V for cheap there I've seen.
is the game good? I know nothing about it.
Infernal Monkey
Member
My shiny new neon orange Vita 2000 arrived today.
It took just three days to arrive from Japan to Australia. $220 AUD in total.
Would have set me back $320 on Play-Asia.
Fucking insane.
YianGaruga
Banned
My shiny new neon orange Vita 2000 arrived today.
It took just three days to arrive from Japan to Australia. $220 AUD in total.
Would have set me back $320 on Play-Asia.
Fucking insane.
Just 220 AUD? That's 150
tempting
germany it's 190€ :/ 30€ taxes, just checked..I've been tempted by the orange vita too.
Yeah when I went to checkout said couldn't be shipped even though it says it's from Amazon JP and it's not a fulfilled order.
I tried, but it wont ship to US
weird, i clicked those and it did not work. I also tried the white vita
Hmm, I double checked to see if it goes through, usually I only check the product page to see if it's available for amazonglobal. It did go through, I can only go as far as the checkout page.
That one works, I but I cant get the white one to ship. Thanks for the link.
