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When sending electrical appliances from Japan

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#1
  • 歌子
  • mail
  • 2022/06/27 19:01

Hello, I have a friend who wants to send some electronics from Japan to Oto-Los Angeles. A friend of mine wants to send some electrical appliances from Japan to Oto-Los Angeles, but I was wondering which shipping company he should use to save money and get there earlier ？
I have several boxes, and I heard that with Kuroneko Yamato it costs about 25,000 yen per box. I was told that it would be quicker to buy similar ones in the U.S.
If we use sea mail, will it take about 2 months?
Also, if I send relatively new electrical appliances, will they get caught in customs? I have never sent a package from Japan, so I would appreciate it if someone who knows more about it could help me.

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#6
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2022/06/28 (Tue) 07:17
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Can't you find a substitute item in the U.S.?

Sometimes you can find Japanese products on Amazon by changing their names to English.

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#7
  • 倍金萬
  • 2022/06/28 (Tue) 09:47
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Small hair dryers, electric kettles, etc. may be worth sending, but refrigerators, washer/dryers, and other so-called "shiro mono" appliances are too large and heavy to be worth the trouble of sending from Japan.

＞ I heard that it costs about 25,000 yen per box from Kuroneko Yamato, so it is faster to buy something similar in the US

You are right. And since the power supply voltage here is 120V while in Japan it is 100V, it is very dangerous to use hair dryers and other products that convert electrical energy into heat. However, if you buy a transformer, it will be much more expensive, and the transformers available here do not meet the U.S. safety standards, so it is dangerous to use them.

We buy Zojirushi electric kettles and TOTO washlet adapted for the US market from US Amazon. But if Japanese parents or friends send appliances, we have to accept them. Either way, shipping fees across the ocean are probably quite expensive by any means nowadays. Sorry this is not the answer you want, but it is not the key.

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#8
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2022/06/28 (Tue) 10:43
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You don't have to buy the goods and send them to us
Please send us the amount of the goods you will buy and send to us.
I will buy goods sold in the U.S.A.

If the product breaks, the repair is rounded off with
because foreign products are not accepted by the same Japanese manufacturer.

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#9
  • 無知
  • 2022/06/28 (Tue) 12:58
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He's talking about voltage again
and he's talking about 30 year old common sense
He's always talking about electrical products, using his old knowledge
Why does the old man only think about household electrical products ？
He can think about recording studio equipment and all kinds of other things!

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#10
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2022/06/28 (Tue) 17:35
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Since Topy hasn't written what kind of product it is,

it's not too late to ask Topy what kind of appliance it is first and then write it down. From the flow of the writing, Topi may not write anymore.

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