Buy tea from Rakuten ?

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Dec 23rd, '10, 14:15

Buy tea from Rakuten ?

by Uji » Dec 23rd, '10, 14:15

Do many people on the Tea Chat buy tea from Rakuten ?
I know some people from Japan who buy many things on Rakuten.

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Dec 25th, '10, 19:01
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Re: Buy tea from Rakuten ?

by togei » Dec 25th, '10, 19:01

Hello Uji,
I would think the Japanese language interface would be a problem. That and finding vendors that are willing to send to other countries. I know there is a company that will take care of those things for non-Japanese but I don't remember the name.
Dave

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Dec 25th, '10, 20:24
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Re: Buy tea from Rakuten ?

by iannon » Dec 25th, '10, 20:24

theres quite a few that will act as a proxy..same for yahoo japan auctions..ive never used any but i did look recently and fees vary wildly, u have to pay local shipping to the proxy then to the usa..plus any fees they have tacked on.. it can make the price high for single items

Dec 25th, '10, 20:59

Re: Buy tea from Rakuten ?

by Uji » Dec 25th, '10, 20:59

Japanese is not the problem ;-)
Only curious if any quality tea sellers are present or hiding somewhere in Rakuten to sell good Sencha

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Re: Buy tea from Rakuten ?

by iannon » Dec 25th, '10, 22:50

Uji wrote:Japanese is not the problem ;-)
Only curious if any quality tea sellers are present or hiding somewhere in Rakuten to sell good Sencha
its not so much the japanese being the the problem..i can go thru translations..for me its the extra fees and "double" shipping to the usa that gets me

Dec 26th, '10, 10:00

Re: Buy tea from Rakuten ?

by Uji » Dec 26th, '10, 10:00

Some seller have 5 $ shipping but that is not very much. What is double shipping?

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