Iwata Company

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[Tinyboy344]

Hello there,
Does anyone know how to order stuff from Iwata company? They do not have the regular check out section to pay with a credit card like other companies do. How did you, the people that don't live in Japan, do it?
Thanks

[ninjaqutie]

I think you have to pay via paypal..... but I am not sure. Do they have a number? I haven't been on that site in quite some time.

[ninjaqutie]

Just went to their page.... here is what it says on the payment/order page. Paypal looks to be the easiest method, but to each their own I suppose.

Order informaiton
we need your information about

Your order details

If you do not know your size, please teach us your height, weight and your waist size by cm.

Your address, phone number and e-mail address in block letter.

Payment (please see Payment)

*For small quantity if we sent for gift to your private address, you may not pay import tax, but sometime your custom ask you to get certificate of country origin \7,400 and certificate visa \5,500 etc. please check yourself

Payment

PAYPAL

If you have paypal account and choice payment by PAYPAL,
Please see this page

VISA or Master card

If you order by internet, sending your place and choice payment VISA or MASTER�@CARD, Please teach us your card number and date details by mail or fax.

Visa catalog shopping price list,
Please see this page

Bank transfer
International postal money order

If you order by internet, sending your place and choice bank transfer or international postal money order.

Bank transfer
Add 6,000jpy transfer charge
*If you order 12,000jpy goods, total price is 18,000jpy.(12,000+bank transfer charge 6,000jpy).
Our bank details

Bank Name: BANK OF TOKYO MITSUBISHI UFJ.
Branch: OKUBO BRANCH
Address: 2-27-9, HYAKUNINCHO, SHINJUKUKU, TOKYO, JAPAN.
Tel: +3-3371-7146
Account Name: IWATA SHOKAI CO. LTD.
Account Number: SAVINGS ACCOUNT 49000
Swift code: BOTKJPJTSAD

International postal money order
transfer total price by Japanese yen.
International postal money order, only Europe people can use.

Our postal account is
00120-1-139556
ACCOUNT NAME: IWATA SHOKAI CO.,LTD
Our address:2-2-36 HYAKUNINCHO SHINJUKUKU TOKYO 169-0073 JAPAN
Our telephone number: +3-3209-6888

[Tinyboy344]

Yeah I checked their website and got the same information. It's so inconvenient. What if people don't want to make a paypal account And their paypal price is more expensive than credit card price too I think

[rulemaker]

We emailed our orders and our credit card information and in two weeks we received our orders.

[Tinyboy344]

So I placed an order with the company and their shipping charge is really expensive, 8000 JPY for a gi top and a belt. Plus they asked if they should send the order as "merchandize" or "gift" and if it's sent as "merchandize", I'd have to pay another 5000 JPY for a "certificate of origin"... WTF?!?:mad: That's like $152 just for shipping and handling. That's outragous!!!

[Peter Goldsbury]

It makes perfect sense for me to buy my keikogi etc from Iwata. When I go to Tokyo, I can visit the store, have some tea and a chat, and order exactly what I want. If my orders have to be sent to Hiroshima, the takuhaybin service is quick, efficient and cheap.

Compared with such personal service, it would make no sense for me at all to buy my supplies from the US, even from someone I know, like Hiroshi Ikeda. So I am wondering why you went to the expense of ordering from Iwata, when there are suppliers in the US that are as good and also cheaper.

Best wishes,

PAG

So I placed an order with the company and their shipping charge is really expensive, 8000 JPY for a gi top and a belt. Plus they asked if they should send the order as "merchandize" or "gift" and if it's sent as "merchandize", I'd have to pay another 5000 JPY for a "certificate of origin"... WTF?!?:mad: That's like $152 just for shipping and handling. That's outragous!!!

[Tinyboy344]

It makes perfect sense for me to buy my keikogi etc from Iwata. When I go to Tokyo, I can visit the store, have some tea and a chat, and order exactly what I want. If my orders have to be sent to Hiroshima, the takuhaybin service is quick, efficient and cheap.

Compared with such personal service, it would make no sense for me at all to buy my supplies from the US, even from someone I know, like Hiroshi Ikeda. So I am wondering why you went to the expense of ordering from Iwata, when there are suppliers in the US that are as good and also cheaper.

Best wishes,

PAG

Thank you professor. That's the question I asked myself after I confirmed the purchase. Too late :o