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    Ordering from Japan

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mrhaboobi, Sep 30, 2008.

  1. mrhaboobi

    mrhaboobi Notebook Geek

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    Hey GUys.

    Getting sick of the specs and models available to me in NZ, seems we get the left over crap models with no option to CTO..

    So is there anywhere safe that lets me order from japan, and most importantly can all models have english(US) keyboards fitted.

    Ive been looking and the CS/NS/BZ models and i can get a very nice spec machine but the BZ CTO seems to not allow english keyboards?

    Any thoughts?
     
  2. six

    six Notebook Consultant

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    you can try www.pricejapan.com
    a few people here have used them and according to site they will order anything sold in japan. go to japanese sonystyle site, CTO your order and submit details to pricejapan who will give you a quote.
    they charge 5% on top plus shipping etc. you may need to pay customs to. not sure how NZ dollar is currently so may cost a bit more than buying in NZ still after exchange

    there is also conics.net, am unsure if they order anything as they tend to have set specs on their website for TT, G and Z models

    another site is dynamism but i think they're based in US?

    edit: not sure on keyboard actually - if its not on sonystyle to begin with then possibly not, you could enquire with conics or pricejapan if they can do it?
    pricejapan will come with japanese OS, conics can fit english OS
     
  3. StrongerThanAll

    StrongerThanAll Notebook Deity

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