I got an inquiry for 4 tickets to the Saitama show:
The item in your inquiry:
1.Ticket: Ayumi Hamasaki 3/11 at Saitama Super Arena
http://ap0.pia.co.jp/pia/et/onsale/o...&P_CODE=250308
Price: 7800 yen (tax included)
Qty: 4 / Sub Total: 31200 yen (tax included)
Release date: February 3 2007
*Domestic shipping cost(shop to our office): 600 yen
Pia online ticket service charge: 210ｘ4 840 yen
http://t.pia.co.jp/info/about_pia_mail_order_law.html
Estimate (PayPal)
1.ticket (qty:4) 31200 yen
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sub total 31200 yen
domestic shipping 1440 yen
international shipping ? yen*
handling 7000 yen
http://www.akibado.com/personalimport.html#handling
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total 39640 yen
PayPal fee 1546 yen**
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payment 41186 yen (excluding international shipping)
Note: 1 US dollar = 117.67 yen (Jan 12 2007)
Is it really cheaper when I arrive in Japan? 350 for four tickets doesn't seem bad to me at all...