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03-07-2013, 04:42 PM | #181 |
Hero of Limbless Reptiles
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There is a set of toys I have been trying to buy for about a year now and they are up on Amazon Japan, offered by Amazon Japan, with free shipping. They only have 1 set of these toys left in stock. I can't find a set of them anywhere else and for such a resonable price. The toys cost about $25 before shipping when the yen is converted to dollars.
What is the best/cheapest purchasing service to use to buy a toy from Amazon Japan? I did some calculations on one buying service and it would be $50&change shipped, but I'm looking to see if there are any other cheaper options. I see this place listed as a middleman purchasing service: http://www.yokattaweb.jp/ordering.html How are they? Are they expensive? Thanks. |
03-08-2013, 01:00 AM | #182 |
Blistering Barnacles
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I wish I knew the answer to this, I've been trying to find out myself. From what I can tell, Yokatta's a bit expensive, but they are easy to deal with and pretty reliable with preorders. There's another person with a service called RiderProxy that has a thread on HenshinJustice.
Sentai Tamashii, from THIS forum, has a middleman service but I don't know if he does Amazon.jp. Worth asking him in PM though. |
03-08-2013, 07:39 AM | #183 |
Hero of Limbless Reptiles
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I wish I knew the answer to this, I've been trying to find out myself. From what I can tell, Yokatta's a bit expensive, but they are easy to deal with and pretty reliable with preorders. There's another person with a service called RiderProxy that has a thread on HenshinJustice.
Sentai Tamashii, from THIS forum, has a middleman service but I don't know if he does Amazon.jp. Worth asking him in PM though. EDIT: alright, I can contact Rider from here I guess: http://forums.henshinjustice.com/showthread.php?t=49712 I emailed Yokatta and they can buy it. The item's price from Amazon.jp is ¥ 2,380 and their fee is ¥ 700 which makes it ¥ 3,080. Most places suggested on the Tokunation list and from folks on TFW charge the ¥ 700 for a fee. Below is the reply they have sent me so far. So is ¥ 700 a fair fee or can I get this thing even cheaper? I just need someone in Japan to buy it and then ship it to me. I have never done this before so with my first attempt I'm just trying to not overpay more than I should (whatever a fair price may be). Quote:
Hi,
Thank you for your inquiry. It will be 3,080 yen to order this item. To proceed with ordering please send the amount above to: checkout@yokss.us Please pay the Paypal fees by sending the payment as Personal Payment, or you can use other selection and we will charge you Paypal fees in separate payment. Let us know once you have sent the amount, so we can confirm on the payment. Please put the order number found on the title of this mail inside your payment as well. Thanks! Last edited by netkid; 03-08-2013 at 07:53 AM.. |
03-08-2013, 02:18 PM | #184 |
Blistering Barnacles
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700 yen is pretty fair. I looked around and a lot of the middleman/proxy sites that deal more generally with Japanese items(as opposed to just toys) tend to charge a straight percentage with a minimum guaranteed charge. And it usually seems to be more than 700.
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03-09-2013, 03:25 AM | #185 |
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Nakano has the Super Best W Driver up for 4000 Yen-
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-882205.html
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03-09-2013, 10:08 AM | #186 |
Fights for Justice
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Looks like that cheap Bouken Red became an expensive Bouken Red. I paded out my order with another item and HLJ shipped the 2 separately, and charged me EMS shipping for both
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03-09-2013, 11:12 AM | #187 |
It's Toku time!!!!
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Location: Nottingham,UK
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Yeah I didn't realise how HLJ worked either. Deka and buster red ended up getting shipped together, so I sent bouken to the warehouse and added jyudenchi set 2 to it to make it a little better. Its still crazy cheap for me though =]
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03-10-2013, 02:18 PM | #188 |
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Nakano has the Super Best W Driver up for 4000 Yen-
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-882205.html Been looking for one for a while. |
03-11-2013, 10:14 AM | #189 |
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I was just wondering, do people think Gobuster DX CB-01 is worth 3800 yen before shipping? Or if the DX Gobuster-oh box set worth 8000 yen before shipping? And how much would the approximate shipping for either is?
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03-11-2013, 06:16 PM | #190 |
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Maybe on the box set but I often see the DX Ace for about 1500-2000 yen before shipping. Camp out mandarake for a few days, they always turn up cheaply there.
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