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Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 25th, 2019, 4:28 pm
by cools
Fwiw FedEx is now mega cheap (compared to the past) with FromJapan. I'm still happy with the service there, haven't compared with buyee though.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 6:25 am
by kazuo
Seeing that message on my end as well. Will be very unfortunate if they are indeed closing up shop, as they were, by far, the best proxy service I have ever used. Great pricing on fees as well. Sent them an email asking for more details, and I'll share here if/when I hear back.

I have a rather large deposit with them, so I'm a little nervous about getting that back, but SMJ has always been good to me, so not really too concerned about it.

Anyone have any recommendations for where to go next? Can't say I'm a fan of Buyee's crazy fees/structure, and I didn't care for Rinkya the last time I tried to use it.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 9:38 am
by geotrig
From Japan are about the best of the rest, and I used to switch between both.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 10:06 am
by phillv85
Bad news if SMJ are going. Hopefully I'll get my deposit back, only $90, but I don't really want to just lose it.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 12:03 pm
by penrhos
Has anyone used ZenMarket?

There's a couple of Items I'm after that finish early next week I was going to use SMJ for but looks like I'm out of luck....

This would happen when I'm still in need of a Fastio TTX2 and a couple of Vewlix parts....

It'll save me a fortune - I was spending £300-400 a month with SMJ.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 12:10 pm
by cools
geotrig wrote: December 27th, 2019, 9:38 am From Japan are about the best of the rest, and I used to switch between both.
QFT.

ZenMarket look alright though, their web site is pretty usable.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 12:11 pm
by cools
https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en/auction/ ... auc_search

Complete Border Break machine that keeps doing the rounds for 10k, collection only...

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 5:46 pm
by kazuo
Cheers, lads. Guess I'll give From Japan a go.

Got a response back from SMJ - they are indeed shutting down. They're refunding my deposit at the end of the week. :(

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 6:20 pm
by phillv85
I assume they’re refunding all deposits as a matter of course then.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 27th, 2019, 7:28 pm
by cools
cools wrote: December 27th, 2019, 12:10 pm
geotrig wrote: December 27th, 2019, 9:38 am From Japan are about the best of the rest, and I used to switch between both.
QFT.

ZenMarket look alright though, their web site is pretty usable.
Taking that back, the infinite scroll rather than pagination is a ridiculous idea.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 28th, 2019, 11:39 am
by Jan
consequences of the anti money laundering act ? Transparency and declaration madness don`t go along very well.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 28th, 2019, 12:38 pm
by geotrig
I'd say more likely increased competition in the market.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 28th, 2019, 1:50 pm
by Jan
What was that other proxy that modified the declaration option? The world gets smaller every day.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 29th, 2019, 9:51 am
by zak
Jan wrote: December 28th, 2019, 1:50 pm What was that other proxy that modified the declaration option? The world gets smaller every day.
FromJapan - this is limited to reducing the value by 25% of the original value now.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 29th, 2019, 12:53 pm
by cools

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: December 30th, 2019, 3:20 pm
by jimmerd
That's sad news about SMJ closing, they've been perfect over the years. I had a hotel in Japan once that was just down the street so stuck my head around the door. :awe:

What was the SMJ deposit for?, I just had the spending limit set at a decent amount when I opened the account a long time ago. Probably they pre-authorised a credit card.

The other site I have been using for the search/browsing facility is Jauce, but I've yet to sign up.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: January 1st, 2020, 7:41 pm
by kazuo
Deposits were to allow bidding up to a specific amount in JPY. The deposits worked as a multiplier, so for every 1 JPY deposited, you got N increase in bidding power. I forget the exact amounts.

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: January 1st, 2020, 10:56 pm
by geosnow
Jan wrote: December 28th, 2019, 1:50 pm What was that other proxy that modified the declaration option? The world gets smaller every day.
Rinkya

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: January 3rd, 2020, 7:21 pm
by g60hot
Hi all,

maybe a long shot but is there anyone on here who has an account on a proxy service that would buy something for me on YAJ?

if so please let me know its only a Taito Type x2 size item.

Cheers,
John

Re: Items you can't afford on Yahoo Japan Auctions

Posted: January 3rd, 2020, 7:30 pm
by thechop
g60hot wrote: January 3rd, 2020, 7:21 pm Hi all,

maybe a long shot but is there anyone on here who has an account on a proxy service that would buy something for me on YAJ?

if so please let me know its only a Taito Type x2 size item.

Cheers,
John
rancor is a good bet.