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forper
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 01:47 |
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signofzeta wrote: Getting mad because a Japanese company doesn’t want to break the law with you over e commerce is pointless. It’s Japan. It's an Australian law. It's impossible for the Australian government to punish a Japanese company in Japan for breaking Australian law. Why comply and lose a lot of business from Australians?
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 01:49 |
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elahrairrah wrote: Also I won't use SAL anymore.
Bought a few things on two separate occasions from Japan and shipping by SAL and they never got to me. Sellers couldn't do anything since SAL back then had no tracking (does it offer tracking now?) Well that sucks and I hope the same doesn't happen to me (currently have a lot of pristine Godzilla CAV boxes and a Ghibli ga ippai collection amongst other LDs on the slow SAL boat). Yeah there is tracking now but my favorite proxy, Japonica Market stopped using SAL because of what happened to you I think.
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 03:34 |
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I believe you have tracking if you use the customs forum number, but you are still SOL if there is no insurance, and most packages won't allow insurance on slow shipping since its cheap and you get what you pay for, sort of moving your box from one place to the next.
While I have only used buyee I haven't had an issue with them but poor packing from one of the sellers to buyee and I opted to not pay the extra for them to examine the packages and it did work out for me in the end, but figuring out the math, in the long run I bought about 15 titles, 2 or 3 were boxes, and with math I ended up paying about 15 dollars each disc, that would count 15 each in a box set of lets say 8 discs = 120 for a box I could have bought from a USA seller for 100 plus shipping.
On another note, biancardi did say he uses zen market, while I did try to sign up for them they seem to be the type that want's money upfront before you bid and then holds onto it.
So if you want to buy something you have to give them an amount and then you have to keep adding, sort of how paypal was in the very early years. While cheaper I would hate for them to end up with 10 or 20 bucks from me and only save 10 bucks in the deal thus equaling to about the same.
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 10:02 |
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I'm using Noppin ( https://noppin.com/). Used their services for years now, and never had a problem. If you buy several items from one seller, you have to announce it beforehand during the bidding process, then your items get combined into one transaction. If you forget about this, it'll be just like buyee. They will ask for a deposit, which will be counted times 3 as your maximum bid amount for auctions. For example: You deposit 2,000yen with them through PayPal, your maximum auction bid can be 6,000yen. Once you have won an auction, you can pay all other fees with your Credit Card if you like. Back in the old days I used J.I.G.S.( http://jigsco.com/) but it got a bit complicated, with them not wanting to accept Paypal because of possible fraud, and only wanting to ship EMS and whatnot, so I never tried them again, although I had several successful transactions with them. A friend of mine uses Zen Market and is very satisfied. If I ever run into a problem with Noppin, I'd probably try them next.
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 24 Apr 2019, 18:20 |
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I've only used DeJapan ( https://www.dejapan.com/) to buy from Yahoo so I can't compare my experience with other services. But I'm happy with it so far. Shipped with SAL about 10 boxes of ~20 LDs each (also bunch of magazines and digital audio decoder). Had tracking every time. I'd pay with PayPal for every bid and that would reserve money from my account - if unsuccessful money is not charged. They have option to repack items in warehouse which costs 100yen for item, i.e. if you buy 1 LD - 100 yen, if lot of 6 still 100 yen. So I'd buy a bunch, wait for them to pile up in warehouse (30 days is free) and then order repack. After repacking you have to pay domestic delivery fees and choose final delivery. They have EMS/SAL/slow ship and maybe some others. I never talked about this to them but whenever I bought multiple items from same seller at the same time they combined shipping and when domestic shipping was specified as 0 by seller, that's what it was. Only problem I had once was with largest box (around 30 LDs) - I paid as for SAL but it went with slow ship (~6 weeks instead of 1,5). Thing is - I didn't check with them prior about combined weight and they packed everything as instructed and it ended up heavier than I thought. I could tell from tracking that it went to Kanagawa instead of usual city center. I didn't rise an issue. They specify full price on package so on arrival I pay customs on my end.
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 25 Apr 2019, 01:36 |
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More on Buyee and Tenso from Segasonic, thought I'd quote it here for posterity: segasonic91 wrote: Yeah, buyee suck. The 2 worst instances would be 2 huge boxes I won. One LD and one LP. The LD box had loads of rare and hard to get items. The LP box also had loads of now expensive soundtracks. It had the entire Saint Seiya collection, Hokuto no Ken 1-3, plus HnK2 plus HnK movie. It also had all the Macross records, Touch, KoR 1-3 plus collection, BUBBLEGUM CRISIS 1-4 (this one really hurts!), Dirty Pair, Gundam, Vifam, Orguss, Urashiman, City Hunter/2..... It was practically every LP soundtrack I ever wanted! I paid shipping on both boxes and they told me they had "accidentally been disposed of", same with a mint VICTOR 9500 VHD player that cost me ¥1000.
Tenso f***ed me over as well. They also "disposed of orders" I made at online shops that I later found on yahoo!! I kept hoping and hoping the LD and LP boxes would be the same but I never saw them....
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therussian
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 01 May 2019, 21:40 |
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You must read their policy before you go on a bidding rampage. I have been using buyee for about 3 years now. I never had a single issue. Consolidated items are packaged in strong, thick sturdy boxes and all packages I ordered I received spot on time. Also communication with them is solid. I can ask them for example to remove some package material to make the box slightly lighter so it will be able to go on a plane, they will do it no problem. It's not eBay where you deal with the seller directly, it's a in-between person and assuming that they will keep track of several items from the same seller is simply wrong. Force me to use EMS ? What are you on about ? Out of dozens of packages I did with them I only used EMS once, on a electronic item that I wanted home fast, and it actually was cheaper than expected.
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Post subject: Re: Japan Proxy discussion Posted: 01 May 2019, 21:48 |
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lons_vex wrote: You deposit 2,000yen with them through PayPal, your maximum auction bid can be 6,000yen. Once you have won an auction, you can pay all other fees with your Credit Card if you like The deposit system is what puts me off from using other services. Sometimes I find an item on the fly, I don't have time to upload a deposit just to be able to bid.
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