I got an email from Rakuten Global Market early yesterday morning regarding an upcoming period where they will be offering free overseas shipping on qualifying orders. I don't think this is a tie-in to the Eagles winning the Nippon Series on Sunday as they did this six months ago also.
If you spend at least 10000 yen (roughly $100) from one of the participating stores, Rakuten will pay the first 3000 yen ($30) of your shipping charge. Considering that reader Pete just got three boxes of cards from Niki (which is a participating store) via Rakuten and paid $24 for shipping, you can probably get a number of items with free shipping.
You will need to place your order between 1000 JST on November 12 to 0959 JST on November 15 (which corresponds to 8 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 11 to 7:59 PM Eastern Standard Time on November 14). You can pre-order items but your order must ship by the end of the year (Japanese time) to qualify for the free shipping.
As always, thanks for posting great information like this.
ReplyDeleteGreg Dunn