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Originally Posted by Orphan51

So CS did shaft you? Or you don't know yet?
How does YJA work?

By all the evidence, or at least the pictures they posted of packing, yes. But I'm hoping it's not the case and there was just an error somewhere. I'll post when I get a reply to my email. I'd be fine having to eat crow on this one.

You need a proxy service to buy from YJA. I use Buyee, even though they can be a bit pricey on fees. I needed someone after Yokatta disappeared and YJA actually recommended foreigners use Buyee on the site. It's virtually identical to eBay, especially through their native interface and I like that they released a browser add-on to let you shop at Amazon JP for things that wouldn't normally get sent overseas and then complete the purchase through Buyee's site. Like Mandarake, Japanese search strings usually are the way to go. I've gotten a lot of, probably too much, stuff from there over the last few years.

Edit: Email follow-up: According to them my Pegasus Kyutama was added after the video/pictures were taken and the staff realized they forgot it. They then also forgot to tell me. Although I expect my somewhat checkered history with them led me to assume the worst it was not warranted in this case. They did not 'stick it to me' as I had surmised. They are, in fact, awesome folks this time around.

CSToys: 1 My Pessimism: 0.