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worlddiva
Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
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 Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject: about shipping... |
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I want to send a box of clothes back to Canada.
How do I ask for 'sea mail' in Japanese?
I think it will be too expensive by plane so I figured by boat is the cheapest.
ps: I don't take care if it takes 2 months to get there. Whatever if cheapest. |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: about shipping... |
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| worlddiva wrote: |
I want to send a box of clothes back to Canada.
How do I ask for 'sea mail' in Japanese?
I think it will be too expensive by plane so I figured by boat is the cheapest.
ps: I don't take care if it takes 2 months to get there. Whatever if cheapest. |
Seamail is "funabin"
Airmail is ""kokubin". |
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worlddiva
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks Paul. |
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Mike L.
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Be sure that each package is under 2 KG's as you wont need to fill out a shipping inovice (only green tag needed) and can send them for 1080 yen a pop!!! |
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Mike L.
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| 2-3 week SAL is another option that is 2 X as expensive as Sea Mail but muhc less than Air or thre prohibitive EMS shipping!! |
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worlddiva
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| what's SAL? |
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JimDunlop2
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| Should be find if shipping to Canada from Japan.... As far as I know, Canada Post don't do SAL -- it's either air or land. So it leaves Japan by plane but when it hits Canada it gets treated as surface mail... But then, I suppose that's the whole point. Don't quote me on that though.... I just know OUTGOING mail in Canada doesn't have SAL. |
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Mike L.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:20 am Post subject: |
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SAL is a kind of budget Airmail where stuff takes longer, 2-3weeks, but treated eseentially like Airmail.
It costs roughly double what SEA Mail does..
Canada Post does have it but I think they charge more than Japan Post for internaitonal shipping.. They call it "Small Packets."
If your sending a lot of stuff home buy a baking scale (they go up to 2KG) and measure out your packages this way.
You'll save a lot.
If it's more thna 2 KG you have to fill out a special invoice and pay way more..
Just sent a bike yesterday by SAL for 18,000 yen... |
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worlddiva
Joined: 03 Mar 2004
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Location: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
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| Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info.
I already packed a box which is about 10kg, not sure as I don't have a scale. How much do you think that will cost to send by SAL? |
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Celeste
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
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Location: Fukuoka City, Japan
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