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I bought a ps2 here in Japan and now that my time is coming to a close, I want to take it with me.  What is the best way to get it back to America?  Technically, a Japanese ps2 is for use in Japan only, so it might not be easy to send.  How strictly do they check customs?

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Random question (I know, I ask a lot of questions), but I heard that anything found on Amazon.com can also be ordered via Amazon.jp. I was just wondering if this is true, or if I'll have to stock up on my favorite DVD boxsets and bring them with me. That and Amazon.com has winter clothes and other things that would be difficult to bring in my ( Read more... )

I'm doing my spring cleaning and future packing and shipping assessment. I have a lot of books I want shipped by sea mail. I thought I read somewhere that you can get a special price for shipping only books. I think I read that you take the open box of books to the post office so they can check and see that you do in fact have only books inside, ( Read more... )

So, I'm pretty sure this has been covered before, but what is the cheapest method to ship a lot of things back to the US? It doesn't matter how long it takes; I'm just going for low cost. Is sea mail really reliable?

Tiny questions crop up on a daily basis as one prepares to head to Japan ( Read more... )