ishibashi orders to US?

[netwerkingyuppie]

hello, little new here...finally taking the first step to offsetdom and running into troubles.
anyone have experience ordering from ishibashi to the US?
trying to place an order, it wont let me add anything to my cart. the web page seems to translate but when i click the button with the cart on it, i get this page
翻訳の実行に失敗しました。

    * URLは正しく入力されていますか?
    * 翻訳の対象となるページのテキスト(HTMLを除く)が半角30000文字を超えるページは翻訳できません。
    * システムが混み合っている可能性があります。申し訳ございませんが、しばらくしてから再度実行して下さい。
    * JavaScript等による特定の処理を行なっているウェブページの場合、何度実行しても翻訳できない可能性があります。
    * SSLを使用したページ、HTTP以外のページは翻訳できません。

and cant do anything...have emailed them, waiting for response.
im sure there has gotta be a way to do this, as it seems this is the most popular/only place to buy CIJ's for cheap?
also, what kind of experience it was buying from them...product as ordered, shipping time etc?
thanks in advance!

[mezcalhead]

...have emailed them, waiting for response.

.. is the right answer. I've found the best way to approach them is just send an email, they'll probably send an automated reply in Japanese first but soon you'll get someone who can communicate well in English and it'll all run smoothly after that.

[MikeMaster]

They will get back to you.  it takes 24 hours but they manage to answer your emails and they speak english.

[hound of winter]

If you have trouble dealing with them, just shoot me a message. I speaka the language.

[hound of winter]

and that page you got directed to looks like a standard 404 Error-type page. i'm guessing it's because they don't allow ISPs outside japan to use the standard shopping cart. i imagine that's because foreign orders are a bit of a custom job for them anyway.

[jeremy]

yep. i just bought a jazzmaster through them. was all done through email then at the end they send you a link to a page to enter cc info and they send it off. mines on its way now and im watching the tracking site as it makes its way to me. Its in Sydney customs at present. cool

[a reminder]

i confirm email is the better way.

[hound of winter]

hey, sorry to bump the thread. how much did you ishibashi buyers spend in total ordering your jazzmasters from there? i'm mostly curious as to how much the shipping cost to get them stateside.

[a reminder]

hey, sorry to bump the thread. how much did you ishibashi buyers spend in total ordering your jazzmasters from there? i'm mostly curious as to how much the shipping cost to get them stateside.

guitar price + shipping fees (about 16 000 yens from Japan to France) + taxes (22% of total price in France)...

[spacecadet]

hey, sorry to bump the thread. how much did you ishibashi buyers spend in total ordering your jazzmasters from there? i'm mostly curious as to how much the shipping cost to get them stateside.

Guitar price plus 10,000 yen shipping.  My CC was charged $701 exactly.

No tax to the US.

[aen]

DO they still do it at all?

WAS THE ISHIBASHI SCARE JUST A SALES TACTIC?

[Surfoverb]

DO they still do it at all?

WAS THE ISHIBASHI SCARE JUST A SALES TACTIC?

Yup...Evil Fender USA.

[a reminder]

DO they still do it at all?

WAS THE ISHIBASHI SCARE JUST A SALES TACTIC?

Yup...Evil Fender USA.

yup..Evil Fender USA... you don't like lefty...

[aen]

well, dont i feel foolish!  I think I'll get an ishibashi fender next time.

[spacecadet]

What was the "Ishibashi scare"?

There are several other Japanese stores that used to sell guitars to the US but stopped; not Ishibashi, though.  Maybe they're resisting whatever pressure Fender's putting on them?