Buying DD directly in Japan

  Nolluska said:

I think the website has the taxes included but the store doesn't have them in the price tag even thought you will be paying them if you're local. Tourists can get the tax off at Volks stores if bought with 25,000jpy (or was it 22,000?) in a one go. I mean, that's how it went last october as I went shopping both in Osaka and Akihabara stores.

 

Or am I just super confused. A friend of mine got me a DDH-08 head from Akiba and it cost me around 30€ with the taxes inside Japan and then changed the currency into euros. (I mean not bad for a cute head.)

 

 

I thought it was only 10,500 yen spending to get the tax back?

(I haven't been since last September so I could be mistaken)

  archangeli said:

I thought it was only 10,500 yen spending to get the tax back?

(I haven't been since last September so I could be mistaken)

 

LOL, omg, yeah. It's not how much I first said, sorry. I had a weird blackout or something! I re-checked this after I read your comment.

 

The correct tax-free prices are these:

VAT Rate : 8% (will be on top of the price tag if bought with less than 10,801jpy)

 

Minimum purchase amount

10,801 JPY for general products (Dolls!)

5,401 JPY for consumable products

All very interesting info to know! I'm sure it'll be easy to spend over that 10,000 Y.

  Nolluska said:

  archangeli said:

I thought it was only 10,500 yen spending to get the tax back?

(I haven't been since last September so I could be mistaken)

 

LOL, omg, yeah. It's not how much I first said, sorry. I had a weird blackout or something! I re-checked this after I read your comment.

 

The correct tax-free prices are these:

VAT Rate : 8% (will be on top of the price tag if bought with less than 10,801jpy)

 

Minimum purchase amount

10,801 JPY for general products (Dolls!)

5,401 JPY for consumable products

 

Oh right, their tax rate went up from 5% to 8%. I forgot @_@"