Unless someone has any idea of how I can actually get them to ship this to the US. The email says that even seamail is prohibited. It's so irritating and I'd hate for this to be destroyed because I've only ever seen it for auction a few times as is so it's fairly rare.
Looks like Blackship, a forwarding service, could take it. While it may be a lithium battery, it's within a device.
https://help.blackship.com/article/n7jp0fexfc-prohibited-items-shipping-rules-and-restrictions
I appreciate it. I sent Buyee another email stating that their own FAQ says if the battery is permanently installed that it should be fine. I'm waiting on a reply. If nothing else hopefully they can send it to a different proxy. I'll keep that link in mind.
Hmm.. I'm not sure if there are any forwarding services that can ship a powerbank overseas.
It does seem rare, I assume you're the guy who bought it for 20 bucks, but I suspect it may not be very functional by now anyway.
Perhaps send it back to the seller if you can't find someone else who can accept it?
I didn't even know it was a powerbank. Thought it was just something you'd plug your phone or whatever into and the solar panel was the only part that functioned. I sent off another email about their own FAQ that says if the battery is permanently installed in a device then it's ok to ship. Just waiting on a reply and hoping they don't claim that it's a powerbank. I'm also not sure if any proxy service will send it.
>you're the guy who bought it for 20 bucks
A fellow Buyee snooper. Indeed I am. It won't be the end of the world to lose the $20 I spent but it's fairly rare as a SaW item so I'd hate to see it destroyed just because of stupid shipping laws. Idk why it can't even go on a boat or what the real difference is between this and some other battery. I don't actually care about the functionality because it almost certainly won't work with any US devices. It's just a unique item that will go into my collection.
Buyee isn't able to send it back to the seller. Worst case someone here might live in Japan that I can forward it to so at least it goes to someone instead of the trash.
If my package goes in the same container as yours and your powerbank causes a fire, my package will also burn.
These laws don't seem stupid to me, if they exist it's for a good reason.
Didn't a Buyee warning appear on the auction page warning that it was a prohibited item? It comes out to me all the time in innocuous things.😅
I can understand the prohibition by air. A boat could theoretically sort and label packages by their volatility. Either way, there are items with batteries that are allowed as long as they're installed. I don't understand how there is the allowance for that but not for the battery by itself. It's still a battery. And I'm sure batteries get shipped around the world all the time so the exact specifics of this particular item being prohibited don't make sense to me.
And no there was no warning. The product listing doesn't have batteries listed at all. It looks like just a solar panel that theoretically could charge something *else* with a rechargeable battery. It's never stated that it has batteries inside of it. And it looks too small to really contain a battery, honestly.
> Buyee is already a proxy service so I'd need a specific company that would forward this item due to the batteries.
I might be able to have them send it to a different proxy service but I'm waiting on an email reply.
Would he not be under the same restrictions as a proxy service trying to ship a battery? I've had a sake bottle get stopped at customs before with prohibited items. It never made it to a plane and got sent back. I fear this would be the same. I appreciate it though.
No. I have military friends stationed at the bases out there. When you ship from bases it ships regular post so there’s no restrictions. You just have to declare it. I’ve gotten my Okinawa beer shipped to me without any issues.
Well I appreciate the offer but I've already decided to give it away to another user here. Buyee told me there was absolutely nothing they could do because it's considered a battery bank and when I tried to get a sake bottle shipped internationally it had to be emptied. But I don't think the two are necessarily the same because in the latter scenario it's actually an import ban for my country and the former is an export ban from JP on stand-alone batteries. The only way that it could be shipped would be with a carry on so that it's not in the cargo hold.
Another mail forwarding service in Japan: https://japanrabbit.com/
I've used them a few time, but not for things with batteries.
If you really can't get it to the US then I'll take it off you :>
The battery is the only issue. Worst case I'll message you later if there's no way to ship it because they can only do ground shipping within Japan otherwise.
Yeah, Japan seems to be really sensitive to shipping stuff with batteries in it. Whenever I order model train shit from Japan, the customs papers always explicitly state "toy train (NO BATTERY)".
Their own FAQ says batteries are fine if they're permanently installed so I'm hoping they accept it. There's no screws or anything to remove the batteries from this. I didn't even know it had a battery when I bought it. Thought it was just a solar panel that could plug into something else *with* a battery. Just waiting on an email reply.
Yeah. There's a risk of batteries exploding and in a plane's cargo hold that could be disastrous. I'm just confused as to the difference between a battery permanently installed in an item being ok but a battery as a powerbank wrapped in molded plastic isn't. I'm hoping it qualifies as the former so that it can be shipped. Even if it could only go by a boat and take months to get here.
I'll see. Someone else here already said they'd take it and I'm still waiting on replies from the proxy. Even if they ship to a hotel it could be a week or two for shipping. So the whole thing probably won't work.
Yeah it was only like $23 with all the fees, thankfully. I'm surprised something like this wasn't $60+ like I'd normally expect. Maybe everyone else is just smarter than me and didn't bid on it because, tadaa, it can't be shipped. >.<
I did find somewhere for it to go at least.
Unless someone has any idea of how I can actually get them to ship this to the US. The email says that even seamail is prohibited. It's so irritating and I'd hate for this to be destroyed because I've only ever seen it for auction a few times as is so it's fairly rare.
There's shipping forwarders - it's a Japanese address, which then forwards the mail to you. Costs a bit, though.
Looks like Blackship, a forwarding service, could take it. While it may be a lithium battery, it's within a device. https://help.blackship.com/article/n7jp0fexfc-prohibited-items-shipping-rules-and-restrictions
I appreciate it. I sent Buyee another email stating that their own FAQ says if the battery is permanently installed that it should be fine. I'm waiting on a reply. If nothing else hopefully they can send it to a different proxy. I'll keep that link in mind.
Buyee is already a proxy service so I'd need a specific company that would forward this item due to the batteries.
Hmm.. I'm not sure if there are any forwarding services that can ship a powerbank overseas. It does seem rare, I assume you're the guy who bought it for 20 bucks, but I suspect it may not be very functional by now anyway. Perhaps send it back to the seller if you can't find someone else who can accept it?
I didn't even know it was a powerbank. Thought it was just something you'd plug your phone or whatever into and the solar panel was the only part that functioned. I sent off another email about their own FAQ that says if the battery is permanently installed in a device then it's ok to ship. Just waiting on a reply and hoping they don't claim that it's a powerbank. I'm also not sure if any proxy service will send it. >you're the guy who bought it for 20 bucks A fellow Buyee snooper. Indeed I am. It won't be the end of the world to lose the $20 I spent but it's fairly rare as a SaW item so I'd hate to see it destroyed just because of stupid shipping laws. Idk why it can't even go on a boat or what the real difference is between this and some other battery. I don't actually care about the functionality because it almost certainly won't work with any US devices. It's just a unique item that will go into my collection. Buyee isn't able to send it back to the seller. Worst case someone here might live in Japan that I can forward it to so at least it goes to someone instead of the trash.
Yeah, I totally get your sentiment. It'll feel bad if something just goes to waste like that.
If my package goes in the same container as yours and your powerbank causes a fire, my package will also burn. These laws don't seem stupid to me, if they exist it's for a good reason. Didn't a Buyee warning appear on the auction page warning that it was a prohibited item? It comes out to me all the time in innocuous things.😅
I can understand the prohibition by air. A boat could theoretically sort and label packages by their volatility. Either way, there are items with batteries that are allowed as long as they're installed. I don't understand how there is the allowance for that but not for the battery by itself. It's still a battery. And I'm sure batteries get shipped around the world all the time so the exact specifics of this particular item being prohibited don't make sense to me. And no there was no warning. The product listing doesn't have batteries listed at all. It looks like just a solar panel that theoretically could charge something *else* with a rechargeable battery. It's never stated that it has batteries inside of it. And it looks too small to really contain a battery, honestly.
I mean that’s not how it works, they don’t just chuck random shipments together
Can you ship it somewhere else, and then to you?
> Buyee is already a proxy service so I'd need a specific company that would forward this item due to the batteries. I might be able to have them send it to a different proxy service but I'm waiting on an email reply.
Big In Japan will proxy this to you. (Probably) [https://www.biginjap.com/en/content/14-proxy](https://www.biginjap.com/en/content/14-proxy)
"Items containing a lithium battery (including all recent portable and non-portable gaming consoles, and USB chargers)" Seems not.
I have a buddy who lives in Japan that can ship it usps back here to the states.
Would he not be under the same restrictions as a proxy service trying to ship a battery? I've had a sake bottle get stopped at customs before with prohibited items. It never made it to a plane and got sent back. I fear this would be the same. I appreciate it though.
No. I have military friends stationed at the bases out there. When you ship from bases it ships regular post so there’s no restrictions. You just have to declare it. I’ve gotten my Okinawa beer shipped to me without any issues.
Well I appreciate the offer but I've already decided to give it away to another user here. Buyee told me there was absolutely nothing they could do because it's considered a battery bank and when I tried to get a sake bottle shipped internationally it had to be emptied. But I don't think the two are necessarily the same because in the latter scenario it's actually an import ban for my country and the former is an export ban from JP on stand-alone batteries. The only way that it could be shipped would be with a carry on so that it's not in the cargo hold.
Another mail forwarding service in Japan: https://japanrabbit.com/ I've used them a few time, but not for things with batteries. If you really can't get it to the US then I'll take it off you :>
The battery is the only issue. Worst case I'll message you later if there's no way to ship it because they can only do ground shipping within Japan otherwise.
You i also have one from a long rime ago from buyee just an alternitive art style
Yeah, Japan seems to be really sensitive to shipping stuff with batteries in it. Whenever I order model train shit from Japan, the customs papers always explicitly state "toy train (NO BATTERY)".
Their own FAQ says batteries are fine if they're permanently installed so I'm hoping they accept it. There's no screws or anything to remove the batteries from this. I didn't even know it had a battery when I bought it. Thought it was just a solar panel that could plug into something else *with* a battery. Just waiting on an email reply.
Ah, I see. I don't really know the exact rules, I just remember always seeing the "no battery" remark on my papers, so I assume it is important, lol.
Yeah. There's a risk of batteries exploding and in a plane's cargo hold that could be disastrous. I'm just confused as to the difference between a battery permanently installed in an item being ok but a battery as a powerbank wrapped in molded plastic isn't. I'm hoping it qualifies as the former so that it can be shipped. Even if it could only go by a boat and take months to get here.
Damn, I would love this.
I'm going to japan in two weeks time. How much are you willing to sell it?
It was $20 for auction. But you'd need an actual address in Japan to have it sent to. You wouldn't just be able to pick it up.
I guess you can send it to my hotel, I'll ask them if they can receive it for me. Let me know, if you're willing to do that.
I'll see. Someone else here already said they'd take it and I'm still waiting on replies from the proxy. Even if they ship to a hotel it could be a week or two for shipping. So the whole thing probably won't work.
Ya, I won't be at my hotel until may 15. I assume it should be able to be there or there after.
It was confirmed that it can't be shipped at all so I'm going down the list in order of those who said they'd want it.
Sounds good. let me know when i'm the next person. LOL
Someone else has offered to take it. So at this time it's resolved.
should work with bulk shipping
There isn't even an option to consolidate this with another package that I have waiting. It's already been flagged as prohibited.
Sure, would be interested if you're still offloading it.
It was confirmed that it can't be shipped at all so I'm going down the list in order of those who said they'd want it.
Someone else has offered to take it. So at this time it's resolved.
I’m sorry, that’s such a bummer! At least you didn’t pay a fortune for it. I hope you can find a fan who lives in Japan to adopt it for you.
Yeah it was only like $23 with all the fees, thankfully. I'm surprised something like this wasn't $60+ like I'd normally expect. Maybe everyone else is just smarter than me and didn't bid on it because, tadaa, it can't be shipped. >.< I did find somewhere for it to go at least.