Ok soooo I'm on AP's website right now with 4 items in the cart... I click on the shipping cost calculator and fill in the details.
To send a 1500g package worth 39900 yen to Great Britain by EMS:
43,950yen
LOL WAT!? That's more than what the goods are worth! In fact that's higher than the cost to send a 30kg package to Europe. I don't geddit.
EMS website says it's 3,700yen to send a 1500g package to Europe so wtf is this nutty estimate about? I've had a previous order from AP cost 3900yen to send 3 items which I was expecting for this...
If I go back to filling in the details and put that the package is worth 1 yen then the estimate is 4001JPY and from the table on the JP stores' customer information page here the total comes to 4350yen which sounds a bit more sane taking into consideration packaging costs, service and insurance.
Should I just ignore this bizarre calculator and hope that if I send the order then I will be charged 4350yen normally according to the JP stores' information page??
Gah confused and scared... If anyone else is seeing this sort of weird quote too I hope someone can answer and put our minds at ease..
PS I have tried the search function and not found an answer...
Answer: It looks like the goods plus shipping totaled! That makes so much more sense and I guess I was just being a bit slow!! But hey, I'll keep this post up incase anyone else gets the same confusion!
Update! If you're getting an unusual figure quoted like this it is the total of shipping and the goods.. Carry on through the cart as usual and the quote will change to tell you the charges seperately :)
To send a 1500g package worth 39900 yen to Great Britain by EMS:
43,950yen
LOL WAT!? That's more than what the goods are worth! In fact that's higher than the cost to send a 30kg package to Europe. I don't geddit.
EMS website says it's 3,700yen to send a 1500g package to Europe so wtf is this nutty estimate about? I've had a previous order from AP cost 3900yen to send 3 items which I was expecting for this...
If I go back to filling in the details and put that the package is worth 1 yen then the estimate is 4001JPY and from the table on the JP stores' customer information page here the total comes to 4350yen which sounds a bit more sane taking into consideration packaging costs, service and insurance.
Should I just ignore this bizarre calculator and hope that if I send the order then I will be charged 4350yen normally according to the JP stores' information page??
Gah confused and scared... If anyone else is seeing this sort of weird quote too I hope someone can answer and put our minds at ease..
PS I have tried the search function and not found an answer...
Answer: It looks like the goods plus shipping totaled! That makes so much more sense and I guess I was just being a bit slow!! But hey, I'll keep this post up incase anyone else gets the same confusion!
Update! If you're getting an unusual figure quoted like this it is the total of shipping and the goods.. Carry on through the cart as usual and the quote will change to tell you the charges seperately :)