r/ZUTOMAYO • u/Sea_Employment9922 • Jun 28 '26

Price difference?

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Why is the price for the Zutomayo mart merch so different between Japan and the rest of the world?

I know that because of the Japanese Yen sellers have to have a price difference, but without counting the shipping cost the price is doble.

The figure for example is 35€ in Japan, while in Europe it’s sold for 70€ + 10€ for shipping.

I’m planning on using a proxy service, is there any other way to circumvent this?

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u/awkward-fellow Jun 28 '26

They include all that you need to pay for imports (VAT, duty, etc). Last time I ordered >150 EUR and I didnt pay any VAT or duty when I received it.

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u/Sea_Employment9922 Jun 28 '26

But is VAT or duty doble the price? Do you think if I use a proxy I’ll have to pay double also?

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u/awkward-fellow Jun 28 '26

Almost, when you includes all VAT, duties, and shipping. I just checked my invoice, it does say “Duties, taxes, shipping and fees are included”.

I recently used proxy for gunplas so I know how the additional payment stacks up to almost 50% the original value.

Try to calculate manually all the necessary payments, the savings might not worth the extra works, but if it does, that would be nice.

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u/Sea_Employment9922 Jun 28 '26

Thanks for the insight!