[AbeldeldepBug]

Simon,

I've had experiences buying expensive stuff from internet shops, such as Korea's KENDOSHOP, California's E-Bogu and Kyoto's Tozando. All of them were very honest and the whole transaction was very safe.

In my spare time (when I'm not practicing Kendo ) I work at a local Univeristy as Network Security Analyst, so most of the time I can tell unsafe systems from safe ones.

I never bought from the company you mentioned, though. I've seen korean bougu around and It's quite good stuff at the top level (2mm, 2,5 mm, 3mm). Below that it's ok but don't expect it to last longer or to be nice looking. Mosto Japanese bogu, i've heard, is made in Korea or Taiwan anyway. japanese companies only put their stamp on it.

From the online shops i've mentioned, i can really recommend Kendoshop (who's a supporting company for the next WC). The quality of the products are really good for the price, and they're very honest about what they're selling.

Good practice

Alex Polli