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Old 02-18-02, 06:16 PM
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Question Anybody ordered from Takakaira in Japan?

Hey everyone, I was thinking of ordering from them, anybody have any experiences, should I or not?

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I would like to know also.
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I've ordered a couple of things from them for delivery to the UK with no problems whatsoever....However I had to pay a certain amount of import duty on the items. Check out what the situation is in the US before ordering
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I was curious on how much import duty there really is? I've ordered things from Hong Kong, and have never had to pay any sort of import tax. My only thing was the package(s) was kept at Customs for a week for clearance.

Just because the package comes from Japan, does it mean that it has to be taxed (as opposed to Hong Kong and no tax)? Im sorta lost on this. Can someone please post a link to a site with all of the postal regulations?
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It really depends on the cost of the item. I cannot remember what the cutoff point was, but when I ordered a Panspeed wing from them, I did not have to pay duty on it (service was great btw...). I believe they claimed the value at $12,500Yen and sent the actual bill seperately. They cannot always do that as it depends on what you order.
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Originally posted by RedR1
I was curious on how much import duty there really is? I've ordered things from Hong Kong, and have never had to pay any sort of import tax. My only thing was the package(s) was kept at Customs for a week for clearance.

Just because the package comes from Japan, does it mean that it has to be taxed (as opposed to Hong Kong and no tax)? Im sorta lost on this. Can someone please post a link to a site with all of the postal regulations?
For what it's worth here in the UK sometimes you get lucky and it sometimes just passes through the system without any taxes being added. I honestly think it's down to the luck of the draw and maybe how big the box is
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My friends have ordered little things from them like high flow cats, etc and had great service with them, also they didn't pay any import taxes. But most of the stuff was under $200.00 u.s.
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What kind of products do you want to get?
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just incase neone didnt know and wanted to, companies that are worth mention that are similar to takakaira are:
www.optauto.com
and what used to be www.shinkairacing.com
my boy got a set of S21 supersport springs for his SW20 from shinkai before they broke up into SKR or whatever and he had the springs in less then 2 days while its been more then a month and he still hasnt got his AGX's from nopi....
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