slerch666
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So people here obviously like to try and buy things from Japan once in a while and undoubtedly will eventually happen upon Yahoo Japan, the eBay (without the bad conotations the eBay name implies) of Japan. I guess it's the "big yard sale" of Japan. Maybe if there is enough interest we can get this stickied?
What I want to do in this thread, with the assistance of the members who know Japanese, is provide search links to people who request them. As many know, generally searching in English will net you limited results unless the series has an English name, and even then sometimes a kana search nets you wildly different results.
To kick start the thread, whcih hopefully can become people's one stop search for Yahoo Japan search assistance, I'm providing links to the deputy services that specialize in YJA.
First is Shopping Mall Japan I've personally used these guys for at least 20 transactions and it's been a great experience so far. They bulk ship items from Japan to the US to save customers money on shipping, which is damn nice. Adult items require manual bids, however. Fees are reasonable and probably one of the cheapest deputy services around. Highly recommended as they allow automated bidding and credit card payments.
Next up is M-World/Masato. They also specialize in YJA with the caveat that you must pay up front. The biggest draw to Masato is the fact that they allow you to make purchases not only from YJA, but from other Japanese websites, a big plus when trying to obtain an OST that only sells direct from the Japanese website to Japanese customers, or you want that Sega Direct exclusive. Also highly recommended, though shipping can sometimes be a beast.
Third is Rinkya. Yeah, they also do automated bidding like SMJ, though their custom exchange rate is the current rate -5, and SMJ is current rate -4. They also charge a MINIMUM of $10 for internal Japanese shipping, even if the item has free shipping attached. Their fees also happen to be the highest. The plus is they can accomodate English searching, though everyone will tell you their English searching can leave a lot to be desired and direct searching on the Yahoo Japan site is the best way to go. I've also used them, and the service isn't bad, though it's expensive, the most expensive of the services I know of.
Last, and definitely least, is Celga. Crappy customer service, forgetful Japanese staff and odd billing (make sure your spam filters are turned off!). Their fees are reasonable and the ship direct from Japan. In terms of service, the worst company of the 4 I know. They also require emailing of auctions and payment up front, so last minute auction finds are definitely out with these guys. Hell, even auctions 2 days before the end date may be missed due to the imcompetance of these folks. Definitely NOT recommended, but put up for completeness.
To start off the auction assistance, here are a few searches people here may be interested in:
Mushihime-sama
SNK (pruned out the watches, though looks like there are still some non-SNK we know and love auctions listed)
Fatal Fury
King of Fighters (English search)
King of Fighters Kana search
Street Fighter Kana search
Sakura Taisen/Wars (huge amount of items, you've been warned)
If you are looking for search assistance on anything, be it a game series, Anime series, porn star goods, OST search or whatever, post away! And anyone that can assist with the search, help away!
What I want to do in this thread, with the assistance of the members who know Japanese, is provide search links to people who request them. As many know, generally searching in English will net you limited results unless the series has an English name, and even then sometimes a kana search nets you wildly different results.
To kick start the thread, whcih hopefully can become people's one stop search for Yahoo Japan search assistance, I'm providing links to the deputy services that specialize in YJA.
First is Shopping Mall Japan I've personally used these guys for at least 20 transactions and it's been a great experience so far. They bulk ship items from Japan to the US to save customers money on shipping, which is damn nice. Adult items require manual bids, however. Fees are reasonable and probably one of the cheapest deputy services around. Highly recommended as they allow automated bidding and credit card payments.
Next up is M-World/Masato. They also specialize in YJA with the caveat that you must pay up front. The biggest draw to Masato is the fact that they allow you to make purchases not only from YJA, but from other Japanese websites, a big plus when trying to obtain an OST that only sells direct from the Japanese website to Japanese customers, or you want that Sega Direct exclusive. Also highly recommended, though shipping can sometimes be a beast.
Third is Rinkya. Yeah, they also do automated bidding like SMJ, though their custom exchange rate is the current rate -5, and SMJ is current rate -4. They also charge a MINIMUM of $10 for internal Japanese shipping, even if the item has free shipping attached. Their fees also happen to be the highest. The plus is they can accomodate English searching, though everyone will tell you their English searching can leave a lot to be desired and direct searching on the Yahoo Japan site is the best way to go. I've also used them, and the service isn't bad, though it's expensive, the most expensive of the services I know of.
Last, and definitely least, is Celga. Crappy customer service, forgetful Japanese staff and odd billing (make sure your spam filters are turned off!). Their fees are reasonable and the ship direct from Japan. In terms of service, the worst company of the 4 I know. They also require emailing of auctions and payment up front, so last minute auction finds are definitely out with these guys. Hell, even auctions 2 days before the end date may be missed due to the imcompetance of these folks. Definitely NOT recommended, but put up for completeness.
To start off the auction assistance, here are a few searches people here may be interested in:
Mushihime-sama
SNK (pruned out the watches, though looks like there are still some non-SNK we know and love auctions listed)
Fatal Fury
King of Fighters (English search)
King of Fighters Kana search
Street Fighter Kana search
Sakura Taisen/Wars (huge amount of items, you've been warned)
If you are looking for search assistance on anything, be it a game series, Anime series, porn star goods, OST search or whatever, post away! And anyone that can assist with the search, help away!
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If anyone is willing who had a SMJ account I will pay them 10 dollars for them to use their account and bid on this for me. Of course I would paypal them the full amount of the item before hand to. I really want this game and will bid $70+ on it
