How-To: Import an AC from Japan. Logistics? Wish to buy Japan. And circumvent low quality.

[GammaGlobulin]

Dear Folks,

 

I am tired of buying garbage produced in third-world countries.

 

I want to buy the quality of AC that I always enjoyed so much in Japan.

 

I have heard of others that have stopped garbage-binging on low quality AC imports sold somewhere around here.

 

Why can't I just ONCE AGAIN have the honest pleasure of using HIGH QUALITY electronics and home appliances, just like I used to use in Kyoto and Tokyo?

 

Therefore....HOW-TO....

 

How does one go about importing one or two ACs, for starters, to this market?

 

This is really a question for anyone interested...and...anyone who might know a thing about dealing with...

 

a. Local customs brokers

b. Logistics

c. Other hurdles that might be encountered during the import/export process.

 

I used to export and import while in another country.

It was easy because....

That country was all about IMPORT/EXPORT

 

An average size order might be USD500,000.

 

But now, with an AC, we're talking only about USD2000.00, or less.

 

I am SICK and tired of the garbage products and the garbage after-sales service, provided, very often, by incompetents who are fresh off the sugar plantations.

 

There must be a better way to buy the consumer electronics and household equipment that we all need, but hate to buy here.

 

So...

 

I must find a way.

 

What do you think?

 

Do you have any pointers about importing stuff like large home appliances?

And, I only buy premium ACs and other similar items.

 

Thanks so much!

 

Best regards,

Gamma-in-Paradise 

(Paradise, except for my local purchasing problems,.....that is.)

 

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by GammaGlobulin

[phetphet]

You could possibly try buying on amazon.jp

 

If it is like their other sites, they will pay all the duties in with the price.

 

I just had a quick look here at the following page, and they do indeed have air con units. Whether they are what you want is another matter.

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=air+conditioner&__mk_ja_JP=カタカナ&crid=3NNREMMXQRWD6&sprefix=air+conditioner%2Caps%2C349&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

[Gobbler]

Buy Daikin here in Thailand.  Anything else is a bad idea.

[Ralf001]

19 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

 

I must find a way.

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think you have issues inside your head.

 

Plenty of decent quality air cons available here.

[GammaGlobulin]

7 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

I think you have issues inside your head.

 

Plenty of decent quality air cons available here.

 

I  predicted you would say something like this, even before you had read this Topic.

 

[petermik]

7 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

I think you have issues inside your head.

 

Plenty of decent quality air cons available here.

 

Just now, GammaGlobulin said:

 

I  predicted you would say something like this, even before you had read this Topic.

 

He is not alone with his thoughts.........

[RSD1]

AC is so last century. Japanese ice plunges are the only way to go. But you should import the ice from Japan where the ice is even colder than from third-world countries. 
 

Edited 3 hours ago by RSD1

[KannikaP]

26 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

Buy Daikin here in Thailand.  Anything else is a bad idea.

There was recently a thread about those a/cs leaking. Probably due to blocked drainage pipes. But an experienced falang fitter said that he now goes for TCL, made in China, as a very good quality.

I just got a 12000 BTU model XAL12C on Lazada on 9th September for Bht 7500. Will be fitted next weekend so will keep you up to date in 5 years.

[GammaGlobulin]

40 minutes ago, phetphet said:

You could possibly try buying on amazon.jp

 

If it is like their other sites, they will pay all the duties in with the price.

 

I just had a quick look here at the following page, and they do indeed have air con units. Whether they are what you want is another matter.

 

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=air+conditioner&__mk_ja_JP=カタカナ&crid=3NNREMMXQRWD6&sprefix=air+conditioner%2Caps%2C349&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

 

THANKS!!!!!!

 

 

[Imd8ta]

42 minutes ago, petermik said:

 

He is not alone with his thoughts.........

Agree. Most are made in Japan to begin with.

[BigStar]

Just another windup that will go this way:

 

 

[RSD1]

39 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Just another windup that will go this way:

 

 

Definitely another windup. This isn't his first AC rodeo. In fact, it's his 3rd:

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

There was recently a thread about those a/cs leaking. Probably due to blocked drainage pipes. But an experienced falang fitter said that he now goes for TCL, made in China, as a very good quality.

I just got a 12000 BTU model XAL12C on Lazada on 9th September for Bht 7500. Will be fitted next weekend so will keep you up to date in 5 years.

 

Yes.

Please do update us on this.

 

[KannikaP]

4 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Yes.

Please do update us on this.

 

I shall do. I hope the TCL is as faithful as my 5 x 12 year old Mitsu Mr Mans.