Originally posted by
shihtzu:
Before you post a question here search and browse other Winning threads, because almost every possible question has been answered before.
If you are looking for Winning gear, the best and the cheapest place to order is the America-Ya shop on rakuten, and not Winning USA.
Go there:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/boxing/
1) Register there (google translator might help) and log in.
2) Choose your gear.
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/boxing/
3) Place your order.
4) Mitani-san (the owner of the store) will contact you afterwards asking to confirm the shipping cost (always ACTUAL, no profit), expedited super fast but still cheap EMS shipping (you can see the Japanese Post prices for each weight on any item's page).
5) Confirm the shipping cost (by replying to the email) and America-Ya will charge your card (only once you've confirmed the shipping cost, NOT before this).
6) Your gear will be shipped and the tracking number provided without asking.
7) Once you have the tracking number your gear will reach you in approximately 2-4 days.
(adapted from the FB Winning boxing gear fan club)
https://www.facebook.com/WinningBoxingGear
And please, DO NOT ORDER if you are not going to pay. Because of the foreign non-payers, Mitani-san is considering closing the shop.
Question: If I want custom gear, at which step do I put in my details for custom colours or embroidery/screen printing?
First of all, when you are placing the order there will be a window for comments (below "if you have any message", I marked it with the red ellipse) available at the same step as the credit card details. It is VERY IMPORTANT to write ALL the requests there.
Then you will recieve the order confirmation, you can reply to this email and send some pictures to describe your request fully if needed (but first of all accent in advance in the comments window mentioned above you are going to send the pictures then).
Actually as for the custom colours, there are actually schemes in for any kind of gear at its own page, where you can choose everthying (oz. weight and colours of each area) very comfortably instead of describing in text.
Please remember that your card will be charged in YEN, so the amount in your local currency you can see on each item's page is the appx. current rate.
Also in case of custom gloves the general price tag you see is for 16 oz., the cost of the rest is cheaper (you can see it on the page). Your card will be charged for the appropriate amount according to the oz. weight of gloves, not for the cost of 16 oz. (unless you chose 16 oz. of course).