Hello, dear
reader. I have seen a lot of questions on Satoshi Tomizu’s Facebook page about
how to buy his galaxy pendants. That is why I decided to explain all possibilities
you have.
To buy a Plus
Alpha space glass pendant follow the Plus Alpha Facebook page or check the homepage to get notice about the next sale of
space glass by Satoshi Tomizu.
You can change the language and currency to see the prices of the galaxies for the next sale.
You can change the language and currency to see the prices of the galaxies for the next sale.
If there
are no galaxies in this list, just wait for the next application period, which
is usually announced weeks before.
You have to take part on a lottery to buy a space glass pendant. The procedure of the lottery is following:
Click on the chosen galaxy in the list to see the details.
Add the pendant to shopping cart if you really
want to buy it. In the next step you can proceed to the application page.
New
customers choose “shop as a new user” option, the registered customers need
just to log in.
I suppose you are a new customer if you read
this page. The application form for new customers looks like this.
Check the
box “Ship to the address appearing in Checkout” if your bill address is the
same as the delivery address.
After filling in the application form you will
have to choose the payment and delivery methods. The following options are
available.
On the next
page you see the summary and can submit your application. You will receive a
detailed confirmation email.
You will be
informed via email one week after the end of the application period, if you win
the lottery. In this case you will get the payment requirement. You still can
change your mind and cancel the order. If you do not pay within one week, your
winning cancels automatically.
You have to
consider a couple of additional precautions:
As you see, the company assumes practically no responsibility for everything what happens after they pass the package to the shipping company.
Summary of costs
As the last point of the article, I prepared the final costs overview for the both types of galaxies.
Simple space glass pieces
List price:
12 800 Yen
Space glass pendants with opal
Buying at yahoo auction
- Do not use the aol.com and hanmail.net addresses for your application.
- Apply for one piece only once.
- If you cancel your winning, you reduce your chances for the next lottery (however I do not understand how they perform this rule).
- You will have to pay VAT as your purchase arrives in the destination country. For Germany this tax is 19%.
- Your package will be sent with Express Mail Service by Japan Post Service. You will have to pay the delivery costs (from Japan to Germany about 2200 Yen, from Japan to USA about 2000 Yen, delivery in 3 to 5 business days, more information here: www.post.japanpost.jp/).
- Your order can not be cancelled after the sending of the package.
- No exchange or return, only if the product has distinct defect or you got the wrong pendant!
- You bear the risk of loss, damage or delay at the time of transfer!
- Important! Satoshi Tomizu uses quite a strong light source to make the pictures of the galaxies. They look so spectacular only with this “right” light. At day light not all “stars" in the glass galaxy will shine like on the picture. At decent light you will barely see the stars. That is how they look like while wearing. You
should be aware of it before purchase.
- Satoshi uses artificial (not natural, synthetic) opal marbles 4 to 5 mm in diameter. These marbles cost not more than 2 Euro in retail.
- There are other artists who work with the same technique. See other pages of this blog for more details.
Read
more about the terms of sale here: https://www.plusalpha-glass.net/kiyaku.php?lang_id=en.
As you see, the company assumes practically no responsibility for everything what happens after they pass the package to the shipping company.
Summary of costs
As the last point of the article, I prepared the final costs overview for the both types of galaxies.
Simple space glass pieces
Delivery
costs: 2000 – 2200 Yen
VAT 19%:
2800 – 2850 Yen
Approx.
Total in Yen: 17600 – 17850 Yen
Approx.
Total in Euro: 153 – 155 Euro
Approx. Total in USD: 169 – 171 USDSpace glass pendants with opal
List price:
34 800 Yen
Delivery
costs: 2000-2200 Yen
VAT 19%:
6992 – 7030 Yen
Approx.
Total in Yen: 43792 – 44030 Yen
Approx.
Total in Euro: 380 – 381 Euro
Approx. Total in USD: 420 – 422 USD
Buying from the lottery winners
Sometimes you can buy Satoshi Tomizu galaxies
from the lottery winners who changed their mind. Here is an example and the
link: (Update 22.08.2016: not available now) https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/279065214/plus-alpha-space-universe-glas-japan?ref=hp_rv.
Satoshi sales his creations also sometimes as yahoo auction.
This is the
link to his seller account: http://sellinglist.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/user/plusalphaglass?u=plusalphaglass
The prices are very high and range up to more than 200 000 Yen (1 700 Euro / 1 880 USD).
Use Google
Chrome for the simplest way of translation of the auction page to your
language.
The
current auctions last 4,5 days.
You have to create a yahoo account to be able to bid for a pendant. It can be not so easy. Read here some tipps about yahoo auchtion usage for foreigners: http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/22/how-to-buy-items-from-yahoo-auctions-japan-if-you-are-not-japanese/.
You have to create a yahoo account to be able to bid for a pendant. It can be not so easy. Read here some tipps about yahoo auchtion usage for foreigners: http://www.ghacks.net/2014/09/22/how-to-buy-items-from-yahoo-auctions-japan-if-you-are-not-japanese/.
Please
note, that your bid do not include tax, so that the final sum to pay would be
higher.
On the same page you can sometimes find the
winners of the lottery selling their pendants. Be careful with those, if you
are not a resident of Japan. These sellers are private persons and you have no
guarantee to hear from them after your payment. I am not sure, yahoo or someone
else could help you in worst case scenario. If you still want to risk, their
prices are much lower as Satoshi’s.
P.S. Good
luck for your application or bidding!
I
hope this article was helpful for you in case you want to buy one of Satoshi
Tomizu space glass masterpieces.
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