@MrNo, On Plaza Japan, don't you get an option to choose between DHL and Japan Post EMS Express? That's what I see when I enter a UK shipping address. The second option is considerably cheaper, but still an awful lot for a single item.
If you order a bunch of stuff at the same time the shipping price stays the same until the package gets quite large, and thus looks a lot more reasonable.
In November last year I ordered 12 items whose base price was 28072 Yen, and shipping (it came by Fedex) was charged at 6128 Yen, ie about 22% of the order value. It might have changed by now of course, it would be interesting to repeat the exercise and see.
OK, 10 items in my cart, 28653 yen, EMS shipping 11250 yen, i.e about 40%. Sheesh!!!
If you order a bunch of stuff at the same time the shipping price stays the same until the package gets quite large, and thus looks a lot more reasonable.
In November last year I ordered 12 items whose base price was 28072 Yen, and shipping (it came by Fedex) was charged at 6128 Yen, ie about 22% of the order value. It might have changed by now of course, it would be interesting to repeat the exercise and see.
OK, 10 items in my cart, 28653 yen, EMS shipping 11250 yen, i.e about 40%. Sheesh!!!
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