middleman services

[Arthur-Otaku]

Anyone know jap people that do middleman service for bid on yahoo japan?

I have some friends that want bid there but they can't

I will say to middleman that I found him by people here in digitpress, maybe this person can receive some discounts

Thanks

[jajaja]

I would also like to know if there are someone who can do this. I know there are companies that does it, but the fees are pretty high.

[Arthur-Otaku]

I would also like to know if there are someone who can do this. I know there are companies that does it, but the fees are pretty high.

I contacted some japanese ebay sellers and I received an not as response

[Push Upstairs]

There are people here on DP that are in Japan and are willing to look for stuff in Japan.

Maybe you could ask if they could do some Yahoo Japan auctions for ya.

Check in the "Buying and Selling" forum.

[Arthur-Otaku]

Cmon people, help us

[Yamazaki]

Too bad. I just returned to my home country :(

I was dealing on Yahoo Japan.

[ThirdEyeSharingan]

Have you tried rinkya? They can act as the middle man for you.

[GaijinPunch]

There are many companies that do this. Rinkya, celga, etc -- but they are very expensive. There's a reason though -- surrogate bidding is a complete pain in the ass. It's not affordable for small items, but isn't too bad for more expensive items.

Shopping Mall Japan apparently has a good reputation for not being too pricey.

[Von-Zipper]

crescent-shop is fair too. add around 1000 yens to each purchase under 5000 yens.

[Arthur-Otaku]

crescent shop looks good, it's safe?

[Von-Zipper]

yep ! i've just got all the stuff listed in the "import shopping" thread from them
the only thing is the deposit : $50 for each game... (refund)

[Arthur-Otaku]

yep ! i've just got all the stuff listed in the "import shopping" thread from them
the only thing is the deposit : $50 for each game... (refund)

Yes, I have some question about this initial deposit, this value is only for guarantee and is refunded? And that bidding limit is the maximum bid that you can put on one auction, if you're interested in one item that cost more than 15000 yen, you can´t bid?

[StealthLurker]

yep ! i've just got all the stuff listed in the "import shopping" thread from them
the only thing is the deposit : $50 for each game... (refund)

Yes, I have some question about this initial deposit, this value is only for guarantee and is refunded? And that bidding limit is the maximum bid that you can put on one auction, if you're interested in one item that cost more than 15000 yen, you can´t bid?

I don't know about his thread... but on shoppingmalljapan, the deposit is the max for all auctions combined. So if the total bids across all your auctions equal your deposit, you can't bid higher on any items or bid on new items until you raise your deposit or hope that an auction ends quickly so you can pay it off.

I usually go through about 80-100 auctions a month on shoppingmalljapan so I gotta keep my limit high and pay the bills off as soon as they arrive to keep a pool of money open for more bids or bidding higher on current auctions.

It's really nice to be able to buy from YJ, but the prices can creep up on you very quickly. Here's an average invoice I get every few days. As you can see the shipping within japan and all the fees are substantial and that's not even with the price of shipping to you! Mind you that these are the "cheapy" games too. You'll love the fees when you buy a nice boxed/complete system or a nice 3 digit priced game.

Invoice # / Auction # / Yen Price / ~Yen Rate / Ending Price /

457 g35948666 980 114 $8.60
458 h35162780 2100 114 $18.45
459 d60501489 2000 114 $17.55
460 g39789924 2500 114 $21.95
461 h28282476 2680 114 $23.55
462 m29742183 500 114 $4.40
463 m29105737 1000 114 $8.80
464 m28896207 3500 114 $30.75
465 h36213347 250 114 $2.20
466 m29959627 980 114 $8.60

$60.10 - Total internal shipping charge(s)
$17.50 - Total wire fee(s)
$62.00 - Total commission fee(s)
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$284.45 - Balance due (for above auctions)
$284.45 - Total outstanding balance

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[GaijinPunch]

That's actually not too bad I guess. You know, I had the idea to do the surrogate bidding a long time ago, but I knew fuck all about web programming (or any programming) for that matter. The truth remains, it's a lot of work for little reward.

Here's an article (http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=article&id=1351) I wrote on the subject at hand.

[StealthLurker]

That's actually not too bad I guess. You know, I had the idea to do the surrogate bidding a long time ago, but I knew fuck all about web programming (or any programming) for that matter. The truth remains, it's a lot of work for little reward.

Here's an article (http://www.gamengai.com/bn_inf.php?type=article&id=1351) I wrote on the subject at hand.


In general, when people think about buying japanese games they automatically think about yahoo japan. However, yahoo singapore is a pretty good source of japanese games/hardware as well. I've dealt directly with sellers there. Before I lay down a bid, I email/message the seller and ask if they're willing to ship to the USA. Suprisingly quite a few of the auctions I've been interested in the sellers were in fact willing to ship abroad.

My best luck with yahoo singapore was for one of those big 2 player astro city style SEGA saturn sticks... was able to get one for 1/4 the average cost of buying one from yahoo japan or ebay (us/uk).

Just another option to consider for "foreign" auction sites for your japanese gaming needs.

As for deputy services being a lot of work.... oh yeah it is. The guy who owns shoppingmalljapan seems to be working 7 days a week. UGH to that shit.

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[Arthur-Otaku]

shoppingmalljapan is very bad, they only ship by EMS to Brazil and need ship first to US before send to Brazil

They don't trust on brazilian people

[StealthLurker]

shoppingmalljapan is very bad, they only ship by EMS to Brazil and need ship first to US before send to Brazil

They don't trust on brazilian people

Sorry to hear that. I don't know about other countries, but I get some items shipped directly to me from Japan. However, I usually use EMS for everything, except for extremely heavy items (100+ lbs) such as a slot machine, pachinko machine, etc....

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[Von-Zipper]

yep ! i've just got all the stuff listed in the "import shopping" thread from them
the only thing is the deposit : $50 for each game... (refund)

Yes, I have some question about this initial deposit, this value is only for guarantee and is refunded?

Yes it's for guarantee, and to speed up transactions i guess.
here is an exemple : you win a game, which costs $45 all fees included (price, shipping inside japan, wire fees, ems).
You will be refunded of $5 at the end of the transaction.

and yes you can bid on quite pricey items (up to 150000 yens)