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From: danda@sj.ate.slb.com (Jeff Danda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: mail-ordering from U.S. to Japan questions...
Message-ID: <1991May3.051335.1703@sj.ate.slb.com>
Date: 3 May 91 05:13:35 GMT
Reply-To: danda@sj.ate.slb.com (Jeff Danda)
Organization: Schlumberger Technologies, San Jose, CA.
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I have been looking around in the Tokyo area for a MSDOS laptop pc with no\
luck.  I am now considering mail-ordering a laptop from a U.S. mail-order
computer company.  I am leaning towards the laptop/notebooks from Zeos and
am wondering if anyone out there has had any experiances with doing an
international order from Zeos.  

 What can I expect when doing an international mail-order from Japan?  Will
there be a heavy import tax/tariff on my pc or software order.  Is there
somekind of restrictions on the items that I can bring into Japan?  

 When I was in the U.S. I noticed that some of the software packages had 
some sort of notice saying "Not for export".  If I order, say Clipper 5.0
for example, will I get the U.S. version or an export-only version?

 Can anyone recommend a U.S. based mail-order company that has had a good
record in shipping products for Japan ( or anywhere else outside the U.S.)

 Any advice or experiances would be helpful.

Thanks,
         Jeff Danda