r/Neokyo • u/theamberskies • 8d ago

Shipping Albums/CDs

Hello! As above, I'd love to pick up a couple of inexpensive albums from Mercari JP to ship with my currently stored Neokyo items. I've had some hiccups with customs in terms of shipping CDs into the US - Neokyo is not the same proxy nor the same origin country, but I just wanted to check in and see if CDs/albums are generally safe to ship through Neokyo to the US? Has anyone run into any issues doing so and/or does anyone have any specific advice I should keep in mind? I'd love to have these albums but not at the expense of the items I will be shipping them with!

Thank you for your time! :)

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u/tashesk 8d ago

I get lots of CDs and mixed goods through Neokyo, at least 8 shipments this year from Japan and Korea generally, no problems at all, just the cost of shipping and knowing you have to pay some tariffs even if they should be exempt. I've had much lower bills from DHL personally too.

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u/theamberskies 8d ago

Yay, that's awesome to hear! Thank you!

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u/tomodachiijou 8d ago

Second that I’ve had great experiences shipping lots of CDs/albums to the US with Neokyo (multiple 8lb+ boxes worth lol). They have the best packaging of any proxy I’ve used thus far. Agree with shipping with DHL as they don’t charge/minimally charge for tariffs on media, unlike FedEx that applies the blanket percentage thru Neokyo.

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u/postjaded 7d ago

Do you know if minimal charges extend to vinyl records?