I went there yesterday and looked at some stuff - but I could not get a shipping calculation before pressing order, so I backed off. I get that it is expensive to ship from Japan - but what you were charged seems like a lot! Glad I waited!
I know! I'm pretty annoyed because they said that once the shipping was calculated I would get to approve the order. Ha ha. That didn't materialize. Most of the emails I received were in Japanese.I went there yesterday and looked at some stuff - but I could not get a shipping calculation before pressing order, so I backed off. I get that it is expensive to ship from Japan - but what you were charged seems like a lot! Glad I waited!
Think I've spent more on soap in the last year than I have over my whole life.
Okay, just got the shipping news from Rakuten. When I ordered they said that they would have to calculate shipping later and I could confirm the order once I knew what it was. I ordered the soap cutter and miter box, which totaled $28.68. I just saw that my credit card was charged for $58.47, which puts the shipping around $30 or double what I ordered. Not thrilled with that. I wonder if I had ordered more if the shipping would have gone up as much. It might be worth having a slightly larger order to warrant those shipping charges. In any event, this was more than I wanted to spend, but I'm sure I will happily use these items for years to come.
That is hilarious!!I KNOW!
I am reminded of a shirt my brother has:
Give a man a fish, he eats for a day
Teach a man to fish, and watch $10,000 fly out the door for lures, rods, reels.......
I'm in the same boat!
That was not fair! Taking money from your card without order confirmation... it's a big no-no.
I didn't have this problem, maybe because I pay with paypal and they need to send me new payment notification with a URL if they want to see any money.
That is dissapointing. I will not recommend them to anyone.
@Martha @Clarice I have this problem too. One can think that making your own soap is frugal, but if I will calculate all soap expenses (molds, stamps, silicon for DIY molds, fragrances etc.) it will turn that some of bars are made from pure gold.
Tatsiana Serko makes that kind of cutter. http://bysteso.blogspot.com/2016/04/soap-cutter-and-mold-by-steso.html?m=1
You might be able to find something like that on Etsy too.
Rushing off to create my pure gold bar
Don't feel at ALL bad @aksamitka! they have some cool stuff - I may try to email them and ask about "slow boat" shipping!
I'm sorry, I don't know what the cost of that cutter is. She does say to contact her by email [email protected] on her blog. Also, the waiting list is into May 2019, so it will be awhile before she can build and deliver. They are beautiful though.Hi dibbles - do you have any idea of cost for the Serko cutter mold? I can't find any hints on the blog. He's booked until May this year so he's obviously doing a good job.
Thanks @geniash I’ll look up coping saws.
Thanks @lsg ! I have a straight sided knife that works fairly well for me now, although a mitre box could help with getting straighter lines.
@Misschief Is a cheese wire cutter strong enough? I’m not ready to pay for those wire soap cutters just yet and that could be a good option.
@SaltedFig The photo is a screenshot from one of Etsuko Watanabe’s YouTube videos. She uses this saw in pretty much every one I’ve seen and it seems to work well. Here’s one of her videos. Worth watching. She makes gorgeous soap.
@hungryhawaiian
i am mad that you live all the way over in Hawaii! If you lived in GA I would offer to trade my Killer Lemon Bars for a cutter! HAH
Oh I wish I had seen that link sooner! That looks great. It’s really nice that it has replacement wires too.Good old Amazon carries them also.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C6CYS9N/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20
Now here’s another amazing soap cutter. Out of my league for now, but anyone know what this one is? Looks like you can adjust where the soap hits the wire, so you can really adjust the size of the final bars. Very cool!
Bahahaha@hungryhawaiian There's some nice parts!
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