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Re:The Magical Japanese Art of Luggage Forwarding by f1codz on Friday October 27, 2023 @12:10AM (#38034597)
I wonder why the prices here (https://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/ytc/scn/send/services/takky...) are so specific (not rounded off). Am I right that this is a general trend in Japan?
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Re:The Magical Japanese Art of Luggage Forwarding by skhr0680 on Friday October 27, 2023 @01:17AM (#38034960)
In general, it's shenanigans with the display of VAT.

In Yamato's case, they make paying cashless a tiny bit cheaper because handling cash is a time sink for their couriers

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Re:The Magical Japanese Art of Luggage Forwarding by shiroiuma on Friday October 27, 2023 @02:53AM (#38035477)
Yes, that's perfectly normal. It's not like the US where everything is $x.99. Prices can be anything. With the latest inflation, they've been going up, but I'm guessing they just make a calculation for what the price should be based on their costs, whereas in the US they always round up to do the x.99 thing.
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