Sorry in advance if this is such a silly question…
I’ve been studying abroad in Japan for the past 8 months and I’m due to go back to the UK at the start of August. Recently something I would really love to buy has started preorder, but unfortunately it won’t ship until “fall” (no specified month or date) so I probably won’t be in Japan to receive it.
I share a flat with other girls at my university who will be staying in the flat next semester and I asked one if it would be okay to have it shipped to her in her name and she would then post it to me in the UK. She said it was fine so I did it but the order was declined because the name on my card didn’t match the person receiving it.
I’m not really sure what to do because I didn’t think I’d be able to have it shipped in my name because I obviously have a very blatantly white-person name, and I don’t know if they’d be suspicious handing a package over to a Japanese person? I’m not sure, like usually in the UK anyone in a residence can accept a parcel, but since I’ve been living in Japan I’ve noticed that if something is delivered for my flatmates and they’re not in so I answer the door, I can’t just take the parcel for them, they have to have it redelivered another time.
I’m sorry if this wasn’t very concise.
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Ship it:
Your Name
c/o Friend’s name
123 Address Street
Japan
Delivery drivers usually only ask for ID if the sender specifically requests ID verification. Otherwise, they’ll usually leave it with anyone who lives at that address.
I was asked for ID only when receiving new credit cards. For commodities, I don’t think it matters.
Send as a gift..
Thank you for the responses! Its been sorted now 🙂