Hey.  Just wondering if anyone has ordered a rod or many rods from Japan Lure Shop and if so how did they ship it? Cardboard tube? PVC?    Did they ship fedex or DHL?  
 

Just ordered a rod from JLS.   Really fast shipping.  It was shipped out within a few hours of ordering.  But DHL keeps telling me I need to sign this no contact/no signature thing before they deliver it and by doing that I waive the responsibility of the items from the seller and shipper should they be damaged upon arrival.    Seems fishy so before I agree.  If I do agree.  Just wanted to know what I’m getting into. PVC tube or cardboard tube.   🤔 

I have ordered multiple rods from them. They usually come really well packaged in a pvc tube. 

 

With DHL you will either need to be home to sign or waive the signature and be responsible for it. That's a DHL policy.

 

Oh good.  I’m glad to here they send in pvc tube.  Ordered a destroyer p5 rod.  LoL.   
 

yeah.   I told DHL I will be home and they’ve argued that the only way it to waive responsibility.    So weird.  I’ll go to their warehouse in town tomorrow or something.  
 

anyways thanks for reassuring me of multiple orders and pvc tube.   I ordered from jpangler once and it was a pvc tube and well packaged.   Was crossing fingers that JLS was the same.   
 

Did they still get a free gift in the tube for you as well?

18 minutes ago, MiceNReets said:

Oh good.  I’m glad to here they send in pvc tube.  Ordered a destroyer p5 rod.  LoL.   
 

yeah.   I told DHL I will be home and they’ve argued that the only way it to waive responsibility.    So weird.  I’ll go to their warehouse in town tomorrow or something.  
 

anyways thanks for reassuring me of multiple orders and pvc tube.   I ordered from jpangler once and it was a pvc tube and well packaged.   Was crossing fingers that JLS was the same.   
 

Did they still get a free gift in the tube for you as well?

 

If you go to your local DHL warehouse,  I think you need to arrange for a warehouse pickup on their website. I would check to see if they will still let you do that.

 

As far as a free gift, they usually send a Fuji bait keeper.

I’ll give DHL a call again tomorrow and figure it out. I just find it strange they keep texting me and pushing me to have no signature.    Just sounds fishy when I have to agree to this.   
anyways I’ll figure it out.  With my luck JLS ran out of tubes and pieced together the flimsiest box.   LoL

 

All of those well known Japanese dealers IME, pack a rod (reels as well) as good or better then companies over here.

That’s what I’m gathering.  And I hope that’s that case.  

Arrived today.   😮‍💨.  
 

JLS packages the rod very well.  No problems on their end.  DHL was a pain though.    
 

They’re too busy to deliver it or so they told me.  So they passed it off to a third party courier.   Package was placed “on hold”.  I contacted that courier and they told me they’re too busy to deliver it so they’re passing it off to another courier.   🙄 

 

anyways it arrived safe and sound.   The guy did leave it leaning against the door and I’m glad I was home.  It’s so windy outside when I opened the door I caught it rolling down the driveway.  

@MiceNReets I’m not an attorney but I read that to mean AFTER they drop it off, you’re not holding either party responsible for damages or theft. Porch thieves are rampant this time of year, unfortunately. Ironic about it rolling away after being delivered though. Had that been me, it would have rolled all the way into the street right as a fleet of school buses were rolling through & every last one of them would have ran over it!

Yeah.  I was reading it like that but then I did read a bunch of Reddit posts of people saying they did the no signature and DHL delivered it to wrong house and said oh well.  Or they left parcels in the rain that got damaged and didn’t take responsibility.   So I guess it depends on how they want to pursue it. as for the rolling away and school buses running all over it.  That’s my luck.  LoL

Killer code?  If so, I'd like your impressions.

Ended up getting the Blade.    Killer code will be my next rod I get.