TKOverKill

Hello everyone,

Just sharing with you a little finding thanks to a friend of mine, a pretty amazing stuff.

If, like me:
- You're tired of paying over 60$ of shipping for just a 30$ pouch bought from an online shop, only because they use a "standard fee" for International shipping.
- You're stopped at the checkout page because you didn't notice the "Cannot ship Internationally" little asterisk.
- You can't purchase any optics or aeg related stuff because of US's shops regulation on exportation.
- You wish you could combine the 3 different purchases you just made into one shipping instead of paying 3 very expensive shipping.

Here are a couple of great services, that I'm gonna be using myself very soon (right after Christmas time, so my wallet gets to breathe again )

http://bongous.com/mail_forwarding_individuals.php
https://kuronekousamall.atscheckout.com/...orwarding/

Bongo is a service that will give you an American address, a real address, not a PO box, whether by subscription or by one time fee. Will consolidate your orders for a cheaper shipping. Will offer overall reduced shipping costs, and will even make a purchase for you, with an American credit card if the shop still doesn't want your Japanese credit card.

Kuroneko sounds like it does most of this too, but since it's a "MasterCard" only service, I've stopped reading right away (I'm using Amex).

Hope this helps you guys! FYI, you should check OpticsPlanet, they have ridiculously low prices for actual real good optics, and not just Chinese copies. I know this is probably gonna be my first purchases next year

I was using the service that looked like. The charge was generated in it by free registration only at the shipment of the luggage.
I had an address in Los Angeles,California. However, this site has disappeared. I remember they were Japanese company.
I read in detail. It might be quite good service

ah, excellent Ycare. Truly excellent.

Uhoh.

Big warning, it seems like the Bongo service follows restrictions fairly strictly, and has a list of non-shippable items there:
http://server.iad.liveperson.net/hc/s-15...106796630X

Edit: Misunderstood DHL and UPS, Bongo is using DHL to ship to Japan, and as far I know it's a good service (through Japan Post anyway).

For example, The NVG brackets which made by several brands are export prohibition items.
It is not helmet accessory. It is considered to be arms.

Yeah, the best for this kind of items is still to have someone receiving it in the US and shipping to you, simply because the exportation of those items are forbidden to shop, not individuals.

?? Where did you get that from? I believe the ITAR is applicable to everyone - not just shops!! In fact it's not just shipping but if you're caught on hand carrying/check-in at the airport, that ain't good too.

Before I had checked about the brackets. They were export prohibition items. But some stores in Japan carry them...
I do not know whether it might be replica...

FYI,My job is importer. If somebody bought some of exotic leather products in the US, the customer can't receive in Japan.
I think the Bougous can not get CITES permit.

In a word, export restriction products might not be able to be received by forwarding services.
Let's become careful.

(23-11-2010 10:59 AM)Ycare Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah, the best for this kind of items is still to have someone receiving it in the US and shipping to you, simply because the exportation of those items are forbidden to shop, not individuals.

ah ah, the good advice of the day. Get your friends and relative in the US jailed or super fined for shipping out prohibited items.

As Q said ITAR has pretty tough regulations (body armors, NVG mounts, Night vision equipment to name a few of the "popular" ones).

In regard of ballistic helmets (MICH & co), it is a bit more ambiguous, as an individual, you are allowed to take one with you out of the US or below some retail amount (don't remember the exact amount, must be USD 600 or so) but for a company to ship out helmets after helmets abroad it is forbidden unless you have an express export license that is slightly a pain to get.

It is just from memory, for more detail look for ITAR on Google.

Ahhhh, optics are regulated by the ITAR?! I thought it was another of these laws only addressed to shops, like "market restrictions" type of laws.

Well I see... that sux big times... Now what? No way to ever get those optics then basically.

FYI, here is the USML, the list of items under regulation by the ITAR: http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_...rt_121.pdf

It's really vague though, and basically prohibits so many things that I was able to buy from the US so far for example body armor, helmets, reduced IR signature clothing, "concealment and deception equipment and materials". All those are supposed to be regulated too, so technically nothing in Camo should be allowed to be exported...?! No Multicam...?!

See page 10, 11.

And here, small "e" for the Concealment part:
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/offdocs/...htm#C-XIII

It depends. As you say, it's vague. e.g. Ops-Core Bump is not restricted but Ops-Core Ballistic is. Most PC -without- soft or hard armour are exportable. Some BDU's are fine, but I noticed Arcteryx unfortunately is restricted. As for anything related to RIS, forget it.

I wonder how Echigoya has real Eotechs for sale then...

There is always a way to get things into Japan...it's simply a matter of deciding if it's worth the risk.
I wonder where they hide them

This is an example of how :-

http://www.blacktokyo.com/?p=349

Some of you may remember Iishiba from the Arms Magazine/Phantom back in 2006-early 2008 (who has obviously since stopped contributing to those articles). So, yes there are always ways.