Shipping is a joke at the moment.
For us that live in New Zealand we got hit the first time last year, which we have discussed on a different thread, when New Zealand decided to collect GST from all overseas sellers. Amazon decided rather than roll out the GST to all there sites, they would only do it to the US version. This meant we could no longer purchase from Amazon Japan or Amazon UK. I do know I can use Buyee to still purchase from Amazon Japan, but since the change, the Amazon Japan website is horrible to use and they always seem to have no stock of anything.
Then Covid hits and all shipping to New Zealand stopped.
It has slowly restarted, but slowly being the word.
Now when I order my shipment from Jauce it takes a week to get organised and packaged up. Japan opened EMS to New Zealand, but instead of it being delivered within a week like it used to be, it actually takes 4-5 weeks. My guess is it doesn't go by plane, goes by slow ship now, yet they still charge the same price. They say they offer DHL, but only if EMS isn't working to your country.
Edit: I have a parcel I organised with Buyee that has now been sitting in Tokyo for 8 days. Hasn't even departed yet.
For us that live in New Zealand we got hit the first time last year, which we have discussed on a different thread, when New Zealand decided to collect GST from all overseas sellers. Amazon decided rather than roll out the GST to all there sites, they would only do it to the US version. This meant we could no longer purchase from Amazon Japan or Amazon UK. I do know I can use Buyee to still purchase from Amazon Japan, but since the change, the Amazon Japan website is horrible to use and they always seem to have no stock of anything.
Then Covid hits and all shipping to New Zealand stopped.
It has slowly restarted, but slowly being the word.
Now when I order my shipment from Jauce it takes a week to get organised and packaged up. Japan opened EMS to New Zealand, but instead of it being delivered within a week like it used to be, it actually takes 4-5 weeks. My guess is it doesn't go by plane, goes by slow ship now, yet they still charge the same price. They say they offer DHL, but only if EMS isn't working to your country.
Edit: I have a parcel I organised with Buyee that has now been sitting in Tokyo for 8 days. Hasn't even departed yet.
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