Options for Buying Japanese Denim

[minya]

Yeah, I'm gonna try and order the new Eternal/Bears 'Tiger' denim from Bears later today.

I hope I'm successful

[horriblyjollyjinx]

2nd ships internationally. I think you should email them before ordering though, and they do not speak English.

I am waiting for responses from other stores too.

våran panel tycker att man ska koka pastan i två år

Edited by horriblyjollyjinx on Jun 3, 2006 at 06:13 AM

[minya]

okay, I just followed Super-Rag's Rakuten account instructions and managed to order a pair of Bears x Eternal denim.

I have no idea if this is going to work.

I sent Bears a feebly-translated email attempting to explain my situation and asking them to hem my jeans to 82.5 cm and telling them I hoped they shipped internationally, haha.

I guess I'll find out soon if this works or not

[Geowu]

good luck minya! those eternals seem nice.

[digital_denim]

Well, we can cross Bears off the list. I too tried to order from them.

Here was the Response:

SORRY.

Ican't Speak ENGLISH.

and BEARS' is JAPAN only SHOP.

SORRY.

This ODER is cancel.

[minya]

ah, shit

[Pauken4]

Edited by Pauken4 on Jun 4, 2006 at 04:16 PM

[Pauken4]

That's too bad.

Minya, Didn't you also place an order?

Lets see what happens with that.

I'm not sure that emails in advance of order helps one way or another.

[minya]

well, Rakuten canceled my order

Scratch Bears off the list for sure.

[bahnahnahs]

I ordered the eternal x bear, than used a redirect mail service to my country. should work. order went through

[minya]

Redirect mail service? Which one?

[Pauken4]

This sounds like a potentially great option.

Please explain how a redirect mail service works.

Thanks!

[tweeds]

you provide a japanese address when they ask you for your mailing address- that address is the one provided by your mail forwarder, and once the package reaches that location they will inform you, you pay a certain freight fee and they forward the package along to your home address. that's the gist of that service. but i tried it once and you still ahve to make sure the site accepts an international credit card.

[horriblyjollyjinx]

Quote:

you provide a japanese address when they ask you for your mailing address- that address is the one provided by your mail forwarder, and once the package reaches that location they will inform you, you pay a certain freight fee and they forward the package along to your home address. that's the gist of that service. but i tried it once and you still ahve to make sure the site accepts an international credit card.

--- Original message by tweedlesinpink on Jun 5, 2006 06:20 AM

so, is it any cheaper than using bid-service? do you have the address still?

våran panel tycker att man ska koka pastan i två år

[PG2G]

Isn't that pretty much the same as celga/bid-service? The only differences being that you make the purchase yourself and I guess you end up making 2 seperate payments instead of one lump sum.

[tweeds]

the one i use is provided by my local postal service so it serves only singapore unfortunately. it ships stuff from the US and japan back home. but i'm sure you could contact the various freight movers to enquire about similar services. it is quite like celga and bidservice. i'm not sure, but it could possibly be cheaper though. their premiums are a bit on the high side i'm sure? doing it yourself involves nothing but effort and shipping costs based on weight, which can result in some good savings.

again, i'm speaking only from experience with my own mail forwarder. sorry about my lack of info.

[digital_denim]

Anyone here write Japanese? If so, maybe we can create a generic note that states "we're ordering from the US (insert your country here) and if they would be able to ship the item." Something simple, and of course include lots of "thank you's" and "sorry for the troubles". At least we know what we're sending is grammatically correct and accurate.

[su8m3rg3d]

hmm how do you guys fill up the delivery portion? i'm stucked there..

[Chicken]

Quote: Anyone here write Japanese? If so, maybe we can create a generic note that states "we're ordering from the US (insert your country here) and if they would be able to ship the item." Something simple, and of course include lots of "thank you's" and "sorry for the troubles". At least we know what we're sending is grammatically correct and accurate.

I can type in Japanese for you, but won't you also be getting a reply in Japanese that way?

[Ryu]

Quote:

Anyone here write Japanese? If so, maybe we can create a generic note that states "we're ordering from the US (insert your country here) and if they would be able to ship the item." Something simple, and of course include lots of "thank you's" and "sorry for the troubles". At least we know what we're sending is grammatically correct and accurate.

--- Original message by digital_denim on Jun 5, 2006 11:43 PM

it's my bussiness !!

here you are.

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that's it.

[Chicken]

Quote: it's my bussiness !!

here you are.

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that's it.

Perfect.

I can read it on my mac when I turn my "view/text encoding" to "Japanese (Shift JIS)".

[digital_denim]

It's odd how Japanese text won't show up on superfuture for me, but it shows up fine in Styleforum. Anyone have a fix? Same thing happens on Yahoomail, but it's ok on gmail.

[ericdw]

anyone ever order from this site?... looks like its just an independent store, not a rakuten storefront. http://sanesu.biz/

[HEWSINATOR]

In the form letter you may want to include all basic stuff, and say that you are using a form letter, or at least that you do not understand japanese, and options for replyinging that may correlate to something in english.

[digital_denim]

I totally forgot you can order stuff from Guitarwolf. They have some jeans made by Drybones. But they do ask you to send them a international money order. Not sure if Dry Bones is taking the orders or Guitarwolf.

Here's the site that I almost ordered from:

http://guitarwolf.shop-pro.jp/

[kumo]

http://busters-boogie.com/

the owner Tomonari speaks english and will ship internationally. i ordered my eternal 811 from him, fast & friendly service!

[jake431]

Quote:

I totally forgot you can order stuff from Guitarwolf. They have some jeans made by Drybones. But they do ask you to send them a international money order. Not sure if Dry Bones is taking the orders or Guitarwolf.

Here's the site that I almost ordered from:

http://guitarwolf.shop-pro.jp/

--- Original message by digital_denim on Jun 7, 2006 01:55 PM

Can anyone comment (or post photos) on the fit and quality of these jeans - I really like the look of them from pictures - and at about $225 shipped to my door, the price, if the quality is good.

Thanks,

-Jake

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

-Albert Einstein

[tweeds]

Quote:

http://busters-boogie.com/

the owner Tomonari speaks english and will ship internationally. i ordered my eternal 811 from him, fast & friendly service!

--- Original message by kumo on Jun 8, 2006 01:33 AM

i emailed them but they never replied. what gives?

[digital_denim]

Guitarwolf jeans are suppose to be slim up top but kinda loose below the knee, as far as I can remember one thread mentioning. But there are pics on there and i think ringring mentioned that dry bones made pretty good quality jeans. Their DP570 was one I was looking into

[Anguished Irony]

Oh shit...look what's on ebay!!!!!! "Japanese Fantastic Denim Store" They have Sugar Cane, SDA, Denime, Eternal, Ware House...they even have some used 45RPM. They ship world wide too!

http://stores.ebay.com/Japanese-fantastic-denim-store

Edited by Anguished Irony on Jun 8, 2006 at 04:01 PM