Mme. H
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Hunted in L.A. & S.F. 2010 ~ Ecstatic, stunned survivor of Seattle + Portland + L.A., 2009. ~ Ah, VAMPS...Now I need to hunt!
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RE: Calling all Power Shoppers!
Cath, thanks for that info. I'm glad to hear you haven't had additional fees with the mainstream online sources. I wonder if it has anything to do with shipping via EMS. Has anyone had their orders delivered to the U.S. via FedEx? If so, did you have customs or other extra fees?
That's a good tip to look out for the conversion fee. I would have thought that charging a higher conversion rate like that across the board would result in a fee that was too high a percentage to be legal for the bank to charge. So far, I've only been charged surprise conversion fees twice, and both times they were less than a couple of dollars, but I haven't used the bigger Japanese sellers such as cdjapan, yesasia, hmv, or shopping services and Japanese auctions, yet.
(05-10-2011, 06:44 AM)cathb Wrote: I've used cdjapan for years without any surprises and also have used yesasia and hmv in the past.
My only beef is what my credit card company charges for the conversion fee from yen to dollar. It does not matter what the actual value of the yen to the dollar is, that is not what they use. I have figured out that they must use a high fixed price no matter what. (My local Japanese store does the same.... 1 yen = $1.60.) So my purchases always end up more than what I am expecting.
As for shipping, my feeling is that you get what you pay for. I personally only use EMS even though it is expensive. I would have lost a sold-out expensive L'arc item in the past after the US Postal Postal Service tore off the shipping label in transit from San Francisco to San Diego. Since it had been sent EMS with full tracking information, they were more committed to finding it. Plus they had an unrelenting woman on the phone who was not going away........
I hear you, about using insured mail. Don't get me started about the problems of just getting something delivered into my hands, in the condition it was supposed to be. I just finished finally replacing yet another damaged collectible.
EMS is fab, but the cost is insane, as you know (often more than the cost of the items), and the shipment unfortunately still has to pass through the hostile manglings of our postal service.
When there is some coverage besides through shipping, like PayPal or ebay or the seller agreeing to cover things that arrive not as described, sometimes I've used less expensive Japanese shipping, and made it registered for just a few more dollars, so we've got tracking.
"Plus they had an unrelenting woman on the phone who was not going away........"
Right on, for an unrelenting woman who's on your side. 
I am the Desire...
The need for fresh .blOod VAMPS is strong in me.
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