Originally Posted by
evergrn
I was dumbfounded that they just left the Japanese labels on their products, with no American labels/explanations whatsoever. A lot of their stuff is not apparent as to what it actually is without an explanation. How are American people supposed to know what they are? I didn't think about the price on the label, but it makes it all the dumber to just leave the Japnese label on with price in yen intact. This was a few years ago that I came across this, so I'm not sure if things have changed, but apparently they haven't based on what the OP is saying. Muji should make the effort to stick American labels (with Japanese prices omitted) for items sold in America.
lol. If Americans don't know what something is, then they won't buy it, and the Muji stores will go out of business. As they keep expanding, evidently people are still buying things despite not knowing what they are and getting "ripped off" because they expect free shipping across the Pacific (not necessarily from Japan).
Even in Hong Kong, the local prices vary anywhere from the same to double the yen price on the sticker.
It's often cheaper to buy electronics from Amazon in Europe (including shipping and sales taxes of ~20%) than in China where they are manufactured.