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WuMing2

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Jul 16, 2023
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I am about to travel to Japan for a short vacation. Almost gave up completely hope to find what on subject. Then remembered Japan has at the same time a large and aging Apple customer base.

And so, with surprise, after a quick search discovered Rakuten eshop appears to have stock. Anyone with experience of buying from them with local delivery?

I don’t speak nor read Japanese. Machine translation is not perfect so would rather have some feedback before investing more time into it. Thanks.
 
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Posting from Japan. Rakuten has indeed very limited stock of 9.7” Smart Cover. What they describe as warehouse clearance items with small defects on the packaging. Delivery time was a concern but after some web chat over few days the shop was very helpful and devised a way. In the end it was not necessary since found a new one, unopened, in a chain shop called Best Denki. Which sells all sorts of items.
 
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