WANT TO BUY ITEMS FROM YAHOO JAPAN AUCTIONS?
There are a lot of RARE & GREAT items sold at Yahoo Japan Auctions with very reasonable prices.
But the problem is, most sellers on Yahoo Japan Auction will not ship internationally - simply because they do not understand English and will not know how to deal with international buyers.
Yahoo Japan Auction does not have a convenient system such as Paypal where you can send the payment by paypal and the seller will automatically get the information of payment & shipping address of the buyer after you make the payment.
If you win an item from Yahoo Japan Auctions, all transaction will be done via e-mails and payments are usually done by wire transfer (via bank) only. Therefore you will need to have a bank account here and be able to understand Japanese - which can be a very rare thing!
So here I am to help you all out!
Here are the terms:
-1500 yen (approximately US$15.8, rate :US$1 = 95 yen ) commission per auction for items less than 10,000 yen.
- 15% commission on winning price per auction for items over 10,000 yen.
- You will have to send me the URL of the auction item you would like me to bid with your maximum bidding price.
- Bids will be placed immediately and once the bids are placed, it cannot be canceled.
- Your total payment will be: winning price + my commission + all domestic & international s&h charges + 4% on total for paypal fee.
***domestic s&h fee : I will only charge you the exact amount what the seller has charged me + bank transfer fee (0 yen - 300 yen).
***international s&h fee: I will charge 200 yen per box + actual shipping cost.
(for big & heavy boxes I will charge 500 yen - 1000 yen per box).
- We will require some deposit if your maximum bidding price or the auction starting price is over 5,000 yen.
***Please note: For all first timers we will require deposit 3000 yen. If we do not win the auction, I will refund your deposit immediately. We do not charge any fee for auctions we do not win.
- Payment is expected to be made within a week after I inform you the total or from the next purchases I will always require some deposit before I bid.
- We only except payment by PAYPAL, preferred in Japanese YEN. If you cannot send the payment in YEN, we also accept US$ but the conversion rate US$ - YEN will be according to paypal rate (the rate is usually 3 points lower than the normal rate).
- Item will be shipped after all payment is received including the shipping cost.
*** You can see the links for several categories from Yahoo Japan auctions from our 'Yahoo Japan Bidding Service page' http://www.spe.bigbig.com or http://www.spebid.com '
***I will not bid on liquor or Porn items!
***Please see below for FAQs!
FOR FURTHER DETAILS, PLEASE E-MAIL !
FAQs
Q) What are the shipping options?
A) We offer 4 shipping options :
1. EMS (Express Mail Service), 3 days - 1 week delivery. Insured & Trackable.
2. Airmail, 1 - 2 weeks delivery.
3. SAL, 2 - 3 weeks delivery.
Note for AIRMAIL & SAL shipping :
- for a small box we will use the SMALL PACKET service which is cheap but it will NOT be insured
& NOT trackable.
- for a big box we will use the International Post service which will be insured & trackable.
- depending on the box size & weight - sometimes EMS will be cheaper.
4. Surface, 6 - 8 weeks delivery. Insured & Trackable.
*** We usually ship in 24 hours - 48 hours after we receive your payment (except for weekends - if we receive your payment on Friday, the items will be shipped on Monday). As you can see from our ebay feedbacks, we usually ship very fast!!
Q) Is Airmail or SAL shipping safe?
A) It is relatively safe, but there is no guarantee. If you choose Airmail or SAL shipping and the package gets lost or damaged, we will not be able to hold any responsibility. For your reference, we have shipped many boxes to overseas since we have started selling on ebay from April 2006 (approximately over 100 boxes per month, more than half has been shipped by Airmail or SAL), until now there is no loss of items on transit recorded:
If the box gets returned you will have to pay for the shipping cost again in order to have it shipped to you again.
Q) If I buy multiple items from different sellers, will you ship everything all at once to me?
A) Yes, we will hold the items until everything arrives and ship them together so you can save on the shipping cost. And we do not charge any extra fee for holding the shipment.
Q) Could you please quote the total payment amount including all your fees?
A) We will only be able to quote the approximate total since the s&h cost will depend on the size & weight of package and unless I have the items with me, I will not be able to quote you the exact total. Also, usually for the domestic s&h fee, if it is not stated in the auction page, we will only be able to know after we have purchased it.
Here are 2 examples for your total payment amount:
item | ￥5,000 | winning bid |
s&h in Japan | ￥1,000 | not fixed --- unless it is a very big & heavy item or bought from a very far place (like Okinawa or Hokkaido, the isolated islands), it is likely that the s&h fee in Japan will not be more than 1000 yen. |
commission | ￥1,500 | fixed |
s&h to USA | ￥2,060 | not fixed --- this is the cost up to 1 kg by Airmail. *EMS will be 2600 yen, SAL will be 1280 yen for the same weight. |
sub total | ￥9,560 | |
4% | ￥382 | paypal fee |
total | ￥9,942 | your total payment amount. |
item | ￥12,000 | winning bid |
s&h in Japan | ￥1,000 | not fixed --- unless it is a very big & heavy item or bought from a very far place (like Okinawa or Hokkaido, the isolated islands), it is likely that the s&h fee in Japan will not be more than 1000 yen. |
commission | ￥1,800 | fixed (15% on winning price) |
s&h to Europe | ￥2,060 | not fixed --- this is the cost up to 1 kg by Airmail. *EMS will be 3000 yen, SAL will be 1280 yen for the same weight. |
sub total | ￥16,860 | |
4% | ￥674 | paypal fee |
total | ￥17,534 | your total payment amount. |
Q) Is your price cheaper than other companies who offer bidding service on Yahoo Japan auctions ?
A) Yes, definitely! Most companies charge a flat rate for the domestic s&h which can be quite expensive (for example some bid service in Japan charge a flat rate of $15/1500 yen for the domestic s&h fee per auction, other than their commission). If you purchase small items, the domestic s&h usually are very cheap (80 yen - 500 yen), and I do not charge any extra fees for domestic s&h fee, so if the seller charges me 300 yen, I will only charge you 300 yen as well + bank transfer fee if there is any. The only extra fees I am charging is our commission & the handling fee to ship the package to you (200 yen for small boxes, 500 yen - 1000 yen for big & heavy boxes). Other than that is basically what I will be paying as well.
Q) If I buy several items from the same seller, will you count your commission as one?
A) Our commission will be per auction and not per seller, so for example if you buy 3 items from the same seller our commission will be 1500 yen x 3. If the items are bought during the same/within a close period or time (2 - 3 days), we will ask the seller to ship the items all at once so you can save on the domestic s&h cost.
Q) Do you translate the auction page?
A) We will not be able to translate the entire auction page since it will take too much time, but if you have any questions regarding the item, please feel free to ask, we will do our best to answer you according to what is written in the auction page. Also if necessary, we will ask any questions to the seller upon your request (except for price negotiation - we do not negotiate with the seller on the auction price!!). Also, we usually check the auctions before we place the bids for any damages or missing parts so in some cases we might let you know and ask for your confirmation again to bid - unless you say that it is not necessary!
Our service is easy & simple so please do not hesitate to try it out!! :-)
Especially if you are already using other bidding companies, please compare with our price!!
Our price should be VERY reasonable!
We have been offerring this service since January 2007 and since then, there has been so many requests to bid on Yahoo Japan auctions.
Why don't you try it out as well?!
OK friend, we will be waiting for you to contact us! :-)
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