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Happens to me too..Ordered a Heiji before just before corona made it to the US. It’s been ready but with EMS not shipping to the US, they’ve given me the option of shipping by sea (3 months per Heiji) or DHL that has been quoted in the 18,000 JYP range. Neither of those options sound good. Anyone have any ideas or insight as to when EMS will start shipping to the US?
Going to try the sea route.Happens to me too..
Knife was ready to be ship from august, still waiting for the news from japanpost.
Ah great, if that's possible it means I can use my Revolut to make a payment in yen! And what is the best way in paypal to transfer money to japan? Which service should I select?Not around the CC company itself, but around PP, yes. Select that you want to pay in the receivers currency and have your CC issuer do the conversion.
PP conversion rate is thievery.
Great thanks! I can recommend the Revolut card. It's free of charge. Note that the transaction cost at cc companies isn't the issue (though even that is ridiculous), but rather the currency conversion rate cc companies use. We don't see that - but it's there.I don't know how that works with Revolut (never used it), but when using a CC it's simply just selecting the 'foreign' currency when paying.
Then you'll get rid of the 3.5/4% PP markup on top of the real conversion rate.
I think the fees Mastercard or Visa charge are OK, usually around 1%, so that means +-8 euro for your 800 euro payment.
Don't forget most CC charge a foreign transaction fee on top of their currency exchange rate and that can range from 0-3%. Check with your card. I use Chase Sapphire and its fee is zero, but the annual fee is quite high at $99, so swings and roundabouts.I don't know how that works with Revolut (never used it), but when using a CC it's simply just selecting the 'foreign' currency when paying.
Then you'll get rid of the 3.5/4% PP markup on top of the real conversion rate.
I think the fees Mastercard or Visa charge are OK, usually around 1%, so that means +-8 euro for your 800 euro payment.
Don't forget most CC charge a foreign transaction fee on top of their currency exchange rate and that can range from 0-3%. Check with your card. I use Chase Sapphire and its fee is zero, but the annual fee is quite high at $99, so swings and roundabouts.
No, it's really a big problem and it's better to not use Paypal at all and simply make a transfer into a store's Japanese domestic bank account in Japanese yen.I know that as well, and have looked into that before, but I don't think it's that big of a problem. It's usually < 1% as well, but also depends on the time of day and market changes etc. These rates are (as far as I know) also available through your bank or the CC issuer's website (depending on who issued the card)
No, it's really a big problem and it's better to not use Paypal at all and simply make a transfer into a store's Japanese domestic bank account in Japanese yen.
If a knife maker in Japan insists on using paypal, e.g. Watanabe, you can still use the Revolut market exchange rate as the source of that paypal transfer. See my earlier post from today.No, it's really a big problem and it's better to not use Paypal at all and simply make a transfer into a store's Japanese domestic bank account in Japanese yen.
No one uses a bank instead of Revolut and Transferwise to make cross-border bank transfers these days. The USA is actually way behind even Africa in this department.
You are not looking at just the bank or credit card foreign transaction fee, you need to look at the bad exchange rate given.
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