Can Anyone Help with Jauce Book Auction that Can't Ship Directly to US?

[Iaido dude]

There is a nice openwork tsuba book on Jauce that the seller won't ship internationally. Any members of the community who lives in Japan or knows of someone in Japan who would be so kind as to assist with shipping it to me in Florida after Jauce ships it locally within Japan? Fully at my cost of course. 

 

Thanks in advance.

Steve

[Lewis B]

I thought Jauce shipped internationally. The seller is not Jauce and the seller only has to ship to the Jauce warehouse in Japan and they do the rest. Shouldn't be a problem to get that to the USA.

[ROKUJURO]

Steve,

in case you can't get the book, I would ask Kelly Schmidt (kschmidt1127@gmail.com). He is an agent living in Japan (HIMEIJI), and I am sure he could help! I can absolutely recommend him.

[Iaido dude]

Yes, I’m aware that the seller doesn’t do the shipping. However, according to Jauce, the seller can stipulate that the item be restricted from being shipped internationally. In fact, I had to get permission to even bid because there was a block automatically placed originally since my mailing address is the US. 

 

I just found a copy on eBay that may obviate the need to go through Jauce at all. The price of the book is the same (~$40) plus $25 shipping from Japan. 

 

Grateful for your input regardless. The shipping policy doesn’t make much sense unless some liability for shipping by Jauce still falls to the seller.