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Koda
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If the item is above £15, then there are import charges. These aren't always shown on the website, so be careful for them.
I can give you a rough idea, if you let me know one of the items you are thinking of buying, the price of it and the price of the shipping.
I have been importing for years, sometimes it's really annoying.
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Post last edited by Koda on 07.19.2013, 06:03 PM.
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CD-Japan: Shipping price is around $5.00 us for cd, dvds and blu-rays, artbooks is around $17 us.
They are using really good packaging, but can get hit with import tax, if the total price is above £15, for me in Denmark, it's about 1 out of 5 of my orders where I have to pay tax.
Yesasia: Free shipping if the price is above $25 us, and they normally ship from inside the EU, so no import tax, but I have not used them for some time, so not 100% sure about the shipping origin.
Not sure about Amazon.co.jp, I always have to pay import tax if I use them, so I don't do that anymore. 
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~OneSummersDay~
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Thanks for the advice, that's really helpful!
Skovgaard, with Yesasia, do individual items have to be worth more than $25, or does it just have to be a total of above $25? So if I bought a load of CDs that came to $150, let's say, would free shipping apply to that? It sounds like a good place to shop if import tax doesn't apply!
With CD Japan, is that $5.00 shipping per CD? Because obviously that'd all add up.
I guess I'll avoid Amazon.jp then. I just want to get the most out of my money really
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Calforsale
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I'm quite sure its the total cost which needs to be above 25.
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Skovgaard
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As Calforsale said, It's the total amount that have to be over $25
CD-Japan shipping cost is based on weight, so one blu-ray is 500 yen, two is 700 yen and so on. (500 yen = $5) and that's why a artbook is 1700 yen, be course it's heavy.
But each time you buy something, you get Frequent Shopper Points, for the Porco Rosso blu-ray, I got 543 points, and 1 point = 1 yen, so basically free shipping on my next order.
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Koda
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Yeah, inside the EU is fine. There is a lot of stores than import from Japan, as a company so they don't pay VAT. Try order from them.
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Awesome, that's really helpful, thanks everyone!
The Wind Rises soundtrack is now available to purchase and I'm so tempted to buy it, even though it'll be a while until I can see the film itself. I'm always so desperate for more Joe Hisaishi goodness!
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