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Originally Posted by zorahk  Well, I personally have no experience dealing with them. My Japanese distributor has V2 for 3,000 and V4 for 4,000, and even a V5 at 5,000. HE's price is much better, but I wonder what the condition is like. Then again, my distro is weird, some prices are crazy good (ala KBM 2 for 800 or BM the final for 500, or Supernova for 2,500) and some are kinda meh.
Also you are not factoring in customs, which can be a nightmare. I am dealing with that right now. There is a bunch of paperwork to file, which is what I have been doing the past 10 hours or so. You are going to need a passport, SS card, driver's license, and sign a Power of Attorney form, not to mention pay the duties once it arrives. |
Oh crap! Good call on that, I would have never thought about customs until it was too late probably. Well since you have experience with this sort of thing, could you guide me in the right direction? I see now it can be a bit more than dealing with the shipping companies and the vendor. But my god is there a bunch of stuff on dealing with importing. I mean, I've shipped stuff to Canada, and that was as simple as filling out a couple pieces of paper at the post office.
I'm looking at the government page about this, and there's just so much stuff. Should I try contacting a customs broker? Like what could I be facing? It seems paying the duties will be the largest hurdle, and from what I see, if it's under $2000 of a declared value, and is for a personal use, it can usually be passed through easily. But then, several years ago I sent a couple DDR bundles up to Ontario, as a gift, and they had to pay some $40 in duties. And then when I sent my old mixer with the max declared value of $1000, the guy didn't pay anything. So confusing...
Damn, this just got way more confusing than I ever thought it would be. So it looks like I have a bit of planning for the next couple months or so. It's going to be at least 3 months until I can have all the funds to pay for the machine and shipping, and now I have no clue as to what I may face now. I see here that with freight shipping, the customs duties are covered by the distributor or the hired customs broker of the receiving courier here in the states. Where the heck would I begin?
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Originally Posted by zorahk EDIT: Have you noticed HE's pricing scheme makes no sense? Why is Drummania 2 more expensive than 10th? Something is fucked up here.
Also, why do the v3's pricing vary from 2500.00 - 5715.00 USD
The one in Japan is used and listed at 5715. The one in Hong Kong is reconditioned at 2500.00
Shouldn't reconditioned cost more than used?
Again, something is really weird about their site.
If you want, I can give you the contact info / website for my distributor in Japan, but if you don't speak Japanese it may be hard to reach a deal with them. |
Well that is something I am trying to work out directly with this supplier. They are asking for a 30% deposit to have it held, and to have pictures taken for me. And if I am dissatisfied with what I see, the money will be refunded to me.
I have no clue as to speaking Japanese, and wouldn't be able to do much unless there was somebody who speaks English. And from what you're saying, it seems it could be difficult working with your people. I really don't want to break $3500, because I think after that, it will be too much for me to handle cost wise.
Maybe I'm trying to jump into a pool I can't swim in? I'm getting that impression from what you're telling me. I don't want to think that, but it looks like having the money might not be all I would need. I mean I'm making sacrifices which I'm comfortable doing, but I don't want to be left hanging dry is something goes wrong.