Have you tried ordering the item through Amazon Japan?
You used to be able to order the same ID # as you
would through Amazon but by doing it directly with the
Japanese arm you lose the shipping charges because it
is shipped "locally" within Japan.

At least that was the way it used to work.

Just a thought...

Neal
--- David Leangen <dleangen@...> wrote:

>
> Well, to follow up on the subject...
>
> Thank you for your replies. Here is the summary of
> my results for those who
> happen to be interested:
>
> First, though, a huge thanks to Doug Norman for
> getting me out of this
> (paper) jam! I owe you more than one cold beer,
> Doug!
>
> - Costo: no letter size
> - Kinkos: no letter size
>
> Conclusion: you need to either order through a
> foreign buyer's club (as
> suggested by Doug), a company like Amazon (as
> suggested by Ian), or just get
> somebody to mail you some. I think I'll try the
> latter approach in the
> future.
>
>
> Just so you know, when I checked Amazon, I found
> this comment:
>
> "Do NOT buy this paper from Amazon. They charge $25
> for shipping. This is
> the same price at the paper. Buy it somewhere else.
> Do not buy this product.
> Once you buy it and realize the shipping charge
> (which doesn't show up till
> you comfirm your order)you can't cancel it. Amazon
> won't cancel it and
> Office Depot will not cancell it or change the
> shipping cost. I have never
> had such a bad experience with Amazon and Office
> Depot as I had on this. I
> don't know that I will use either after this
> experience."
>
>
> For shipping to Japan, I imagine that it must be
> much worse.
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Hobday [mailto:ian@...]
> > Sent: 2 September 2004 18:58
> > To: click-it@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: CLICK! Silly question about paper
> >
> >
> > Costco has a lot of paper, but I have only seen
> A4, A3, B5, B4 there.
> >
> > You might try Kinkos to see if they have anything,
> but I have my doubts
> > about that too.
> >
> > Amazon.com in the US has it though. Search for
> "copy paper" (without the
> > quotes) from the main page and a couple of options
> come up.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jeff" <jeff@...>
> > To: <click-it@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: CLICK! Silly question about paper
> >
> >
> > > Have you checked Costco?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 04:04:18 +0900
> > > "David Leangen" <dleangen@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi, Clickers,
> > > >
> > > > I have a question about paper. Sorry about
> this silly question... but
> > this
> > > > has become an important issue for a project
> I'm working on.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Does anybody know where I can buy "letter"
> sized paper? I
> > have to print
> > out
> > > > a report on letter, but I've had no luck
> finding any so far...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dave
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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