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zander7990 · Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 65

im going to be leaving japan in the end of january and was wondering what everyone else has done when it came to selling their AC? i have mine mounted but i think it might be alittle difficult to remove it myself, being on the 12th floor and all. is there any companies i can call and how much would it cost me??

thanx

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

Have a friend help you to take it down, then have a sayonara sale so someone else will take it away.

scorchio · Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 36 Location: Sydney

I had the same situation recently. I had 2 aircons that I wanted to sell, but the cost of removal/transport/reinstallation was 55,000yen, so I ended up giving them away with the 'buyer' just paying the cost of removal etc. I think I was lucky to find someone willing to do that.

That was done by an electrician who was a friend of a friend of a friend (no kidding). If you can speak Japanese or have a friend who can, then you can call any electrician, I believe, to get a quote. But each quote will depend on where the buyer lives, what floor, what their favourite colour is etc. So it's a bit time consuming.

The other option is to call a recycle shop. If the aircons are only a few years old they might pay you something for them. In my case it was going to cost me 7000yen per unit just to take them away.