Hi guys, Anshuman here. I am in a dilemma & potential problem and looking for some advice here.
I'm sure all of you must be familiar with the quality of products, amps the Japanese make & how they maintain it in pristine condition as compared to most indian sellers who will try to rip you off & sell anything as "best condition, perfectly maintained" even when the amp has ZERO service history & looks heavily degraded.
Knowing that I decided to go the route and bought a used amp (a Yamaha RS-500) from a store in Tokyo from their online shop(on the 14th Feb). They agreed to ship it & I paid the cost + EMS/air parcel shipping fees. But after it went to their shipping office of Japan post they returned it back to the shop yesterday stating that the package size is bigger than is allowed to ship to India so the seller has told to wait 2-3 days, they will repack it in a smaller size(the amp is ~10kg excluding packaging).
Now the problem is, upon doing more research on this issue, I stumbled upon another stupid law recently introduced by our great govt of used electronics going into the restricted category(DGFT Notification no. 13/2024-25) - they need BIS certification, some idiotic DGFT clearance & import license, and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) approval. And that upon arrival they might confiscate it or destroy it after a Show Cause Notice if I don't have those licenses, which i don't as I'm not some dealer or business person.
This has me confused as to what to do. My potential options are that I ask the seller to cancel the shipment & get a refund, or wing it and wait for it to come, hoping they don't give me a notice? Does anybody here have any experience or can provide some help/advice?
Thanks in advance
I'm sure all of you must be familiar with the quality of products, amps the Japanese make & how they maintain it in pristine condition as compared to most indian sellers who will try to rip you off & sell anything as "best condition, perfectly maintained" even when the amp has ZERO service history & looks heavily degraded.
Knowing that I decided to go the route and bought a used amp (a Yamaha RS-500) from a store in Tokyo from their online shop(on the 14th Feb). They agreed to ship it & I paid the cost + EMS/air parcel shipping fees. But after it went to their shipping office of Japan post they returned it back to the shop yesterday stating that the package size is bigger than is allowed to ship to India so the seller has told to wait 2-3 days, they will repack it in a smaller size(the amp is ~10kg excluding packaging).
Now the problem is, upon doing more research on this issue, I stumbled upon another stupid law recently introduced by our great govt of used electronics going into the restricted category(DGFT Notification no. 13/2024-25) - they need BIS certification, some idiotic DGFT clearance & import license, and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) approval. And that upon arrival they might confiscate it or destroy it after a Show Cause Notice if I don't have those licenses, which i don't as I'm not some dealer or business person.
This has me confused as to what to do. My potential options are that I ask the seller to cancel the shipment & get a refund, or wing it and wait for it to come, hoping they don't give me a notice? Does anybody here have any experience or can provide some help/advice?
Thanks in advance
