Japanpost EMS price increase

[mke]

Japanpost has drastically increased shipping prices, e.g. to the US from 25 to 40 USD (approximate).

Same to other directions - just checked France - same here.

So, expect that the Japanese sellers need to charge you a lot more. 

[A Smug Dill]

1 minute ago, mke said:

So, expect that the Japanese sellers need to charge you a lot more. 

 

Thanks for sharing the information!

 

Most of the Japanese eBay sellers from whom I would trust to order gold-nibbed fountain pens have long insisted on using only DHL for international delivery (and charging accordingly for it) anyway; but I guess we'll see if this has a flow-on effect.

[sketchstack]

Depending on the price of the product, I'm still willing to spend for EMS. I've had too many problems with DHL. Even when things go well with DHL, they have a hard time locating me. If they delivered to PO Boxes I'd have far fewer complaints, most likely. 

 

Probably only a matter of time until DHL raises prices, too. They have to buy fuel like anyone else. 

[mke]

Parcel forwarders might get new clients as their prices for DHL/Fedex/... are not very different from EMS now. These forwarders send a lot of parcels, therefore, they get huge reductions.