I'm moving back to Europe, and need to send several parcels back home. One among them being an electric bicycle.
Almost regard of shipping fees and tax, it's cheaper than selling and rebuying thanks to the dismal state of then yen.
The frame however, is larger than Japan Post allows for total size. They say it's a country limitation, no one can ship anything bigger than the 3m total limit.
But people send all sorts of large stuff internationally, cars even. Does anyone have any advice on how to send stuff larger than what Japan Post accepts?
Thanks.
by JoelMDM
6 comments
I would reach out to international moving companies. THis is what they do.
Moving companies will help you with this.
You will have to wait a little bit longer for the everything to arrive back in your home country but depending on weight and amount of boxes it will probably be cheaper than sending via Japan Post.
Are you planning to remove the battery before shipping? JP does not ship large batteries.
Just make sure that your e-bike has a 220v charger available in Europe. Afaik, a lot of Japanese e-bikes only have 100v chargers available(and there is no 220v equivalent at all).
Google excess baggage shipping. There are lots of companies that do it now. Door to door pick up and drop off. The lithium battery may be an issue and as others have said, make sure you’ll have a charger that works.
I shipped a lot of boxes with kuroneko from nyc to here. I’m sure they do to Europe too. They were by far the cheapest, but be ready for your stuff to arrive 4 months later