importing questions?

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:17 pm

anyone here ever bought stuff from Japan.,., would be interested in stories about duty and giesha hotties accidently shipped with the gear

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:28 pm

If that was the case I would be on there now with my CC.

Post by Bg » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:43 pm

is it the same in Hong Kong?

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:05 pm

Ive never done it (imported that is) Im after a couple of fender japan items,.,. any advice

philipnz · Post by **philipnz** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:50 pm

I've bought 2 guitars from japan. Both were straight forward. Communicate by email and it all goes smooth. Ringing is a waste of time (unless you speak japanese)

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:52 pm

cheers, would you recomend any dealers?

jimi · Post by **jimi** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:56 pm

I've read good things about Ishibashi on the Fender Discussion Page.

http://www.ishibashi-music.com/fenderjp/

philipnz · Post by **philipnz** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:57 pm

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:58 pm

youre a good lot, thanks guys -

opsguy · Post by **opsguy** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:03 pm

Hi Kev, I have brought in 2 guitars from Japan in the last 2 years. One I bought on ebay (Fender Japan strat 57RI - pic is in my profile) from a company called apollon-saty2004 (used paypal). Landed it for about NZ$1100 incl shipping and GST. Took about a week to arrive. Brand new, well packaged, the pics on ebay didn't do it justice - great guitar. No problems with customs - just got a letter in the post from them saying it had arrived and was being held pending payment of gst, rang them, paid by credit card over the phone, they released it and the courier dropped it off. Easy.

Bought the other from Ishibashi (just an epi les paul - but I wanted a new one and couldn't face dealing with the rock shop), traded a few e-mails with them, agreed the price and shipping and got it delivered. Same as before with customs, just got a letter and sorted it from there. I found the service from Ishibashi excellent and would happily deal with them again. With what I saved on the gat I upgraded the pickups with Seymour Duncans and still had change for a coffee compared with paying Rock Shop prices
Hope this helps, Cheers

Kev77 · Post by **Kev77** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:08 pm

I think Ill go with those ishbinotpsokumoto guys, cheers

TMG 03 · Post by **TMG 03** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:10 pm

I think Norinko is the girl that deals with us big nose western types

vacant · Post by **vacant** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:30 pm

Theres a guy on ebay who sells some cheap fender stuff and shipping is free to australia, not sure bout NZ though

Sicklehut · Post by **Sicklehut** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:08 pm

bluesgeek wrote:is it the same in Hong Kong?

Sorry to disappoint you BG

ash · Post by **ash** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:17 pm

What exactly are you after, Kev? I've seen a pallet of Fender Japan product priced to compete with private imports somewhere recently.