NEVER BUY Overseas Smartphones or Tablets from Expansys Japan
As dual sim phones are not available in Japan and as I travel a lot I need to keep my Japan number on and purchase a local SIM in the country I have travelled to. So for the first time of living 17 years in Japan, I decided to purchase a Samsung Galaxy Z fold 3 dual SIM 5 G phone through Expansys Japan. After around a year of using the phone, suddenly the Wifi got greyed out and it will not turn on and 10 days after that the screens stop displaying even though you could hear the sounds of notifications and calls. As the phone was out of warranty period I was aware that I will have to pay for the phone to get it repaired. I got in touch with Expansys Japan , and they said that since the phone is out of Warranty , I should get it repaired by Samsung Japan. To my utmost horror , when I took it to Samsung Japan , the said that as it was not purchased in Japan , they will not even touch the phone for repair as they bound by something called the "Dempaho" regulation. I got back to Expansys Japan , but they just sent me a link of a Smartphone repairshop and said since the product is out of warranty , even if I pay for the repair they cannot help in any way. I tried calling 20 other repair shops and each of them said that either they do not undertake Z fold 3 repiars and those who did say they can repair Z fold 3 , they can fix only the display issue by purchasing a secondhand Z fold 3 of the same model and replacing the parts of my phone with the parts of the second hand phone and the price they said would be around 120,000 JPY . They said that foreign models can only be repaired that way.They also told me that they cannot repair the Wifi problem as that would also be violating the "Dempaho" regulation of Japan. This was never told to me nor I was made aware of this when I was purchasing the phone by Expansys Japan. Had I known that the phone cannot be repaired in Japan even after I am ready to pay, I would have never purchased the smartphone. Also Expanys Japan just put thier hands up and said they cannot do anything about this.
So if you are living in Japan....NEVER EVER buy phones from Overseas , Including those foreign models sold by Expansys Japan as you will not have a way to get it repaired even if you are ready to pay. I have decided that I will never own a Samsung product as thier response was pathetic , but Samsung Global and will never use Expansys Japan as they are unable to support post sales.








