Shipping From Japan Back To Aus

[michaelz]

I got a set of wheels I want to send back to Aus. How do people usually send big items back?

I could send it via EMS. There's a limit of 30 KG and if I take the tyres off them they're easily under that. Then there's the issue of maximum volume allowed for the box which is also a pain.

Is there a easier method to send them home? If anyone knows please help me out.

Cheers,

Mike

[Luke_ENR34]

U can sea post wheels. I sent a set of TE37 18x10.5 back but had to take them out of original boxes and make the packing round to fit under the posting guidelines.

Btw tyres will need to either be sent seperate or taken off before shipping as they are to big.

[elrodeo666]

Depending on their size send them Sea Post but you will be limited to size as all cubic dimensions must be no more than 200cm's max thus you will have to do what Luke said and repack around so they can go.

Dont worry if you get knocked back just try another post office. Just make sure they go as 4 separate parcel and make sure you packed em properly..a square rim box will not go.

Also dont send them the same day if they are going to be worth over $1,000 as you may get stung import duties. Customs are not dumb, so sending 4 brand spankers and under quoting them could see you forking out some duties.They are still blitzing on this at the moment. Just send 2 one day and another 2 the next.

Also its worth throwing on insurance..its about 6-800yen extra to insure for 80,000yen.

If you have any questions flick me a pm or if you can wait 2 weeks you can call my ketai. I'm out of Jappa for 2 weeks sorting some stuff out in Korea just pm me for number.

Heres some info from Japan Post site

http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/use/parcel_en.html

[michaelz]

Cheers. Just the kind of info I was after.

How do you say "Sea Post" in Japanese?

[elrodeo666]

船便　＝　Funabin　：which means Surface mail (Sea Post)

[adam87]

i havent been able to send anything bigger than about a 17x9.5 through sea or SAL recently. theyve been going nuts!

another option is to send it with kuroneko yamato. pack two wheels together and it fits in the biggest size. will set you back about 53000yen i think from memory.

[Luke_ENR34]

What Mark said about sending 2 one day and 2 another. You may want to send to seperate address as the ship ships every 3weeks I'm sure so sending 2 one day and 2another you will still be stung for tax, EMS is ok for doing that tho.

[elrodeo666]

What Mark said about sending 2 one day and 2 another. You may want to send to seperate address as the ship ships every 3weeks I'm sure so sending 2 one day and 2another you will still be stung for tax, EMS is ok for doing that tho.

Not always as Sea Post gets sent to Kawasaki depot and will depend on when it gets sorted which ship it leaves on.

But yeah way better for different addresses or send a few weeks apart.

The other thing to look at when devaluing is parts to avoid customs duties is you will only be ably to insure to the devalued amount and if it goes missing in transit then the insured devalued amount is all you will recoup.

Saying that Japan post is extremely reliable and efficient it seems when it gets to Aussie Post that the wheels seem to fall off the cart.

End of the day if your buying through the right people in Japan you should be getting your parts at a cheap price including import tax & gst.

[Nissan power]

Dose anyone know cheap places for Parts

[Luke_ENR34]

as in places in japan or someone who can ship from Japan to you?

[Nissan power]

Which ever is cheaper

[vetter2769]

船便　＝　Funabin　：which means Surface mail (Sea Post)

"fun-in-a-bin" I think he's having you on mate lol

[elrodeo666]

"fun-in-a-bin" I think he's having you on mate lol

No not having him on..

Chuck the kanji 船便 into a translator and you'll see the meaning for funabin means shipping service.

[OMG513]

hey guys i'll be in japa on march 14th and was planning to buy alot of parts, especially wheels. Would it make more sense in this case to post it via container (shared)? or else what would be the most economical way? Thanks

Cheers,

Kev

[carlightsup]

Hi everyone,

Is anyone shipping a container from Japan to Aus any time soon? Im trying to get a set of coil overs imported.

[Luke_ENR34]

Get them sent via sea mate. In a container the importer will usually charge some tax on the item as he needs to declare them.