How to use Mandarake to buy figures from Japan

SAL = no custom charges
Also just search ドラゴンボール (Dragonball in japanese)

Awesome job with the edits, you really improved the original (i tried looking through google cache myself when i noticed it was gone but couldn't find it). some minor things that i was actually going to ad when i noticed it was missing

SAL and EMS do not usually have shipping charges (my belief into why is because the courier is usually too lazy to convert YEN into $, but some Mandarake stores will also undervalue the package) but both are still eligible for them, so dont be surprised if you get one (how much varies on country and price you paid before shipping, i usually get charged 10-15%)

you need to make sure the item you are ordering isnt too big or heavy or else Mandarake will force you to use EMS

as long as you "attempt" to make an order of 5000Y then mandarake will NOT charge you the 500Y fee. so if they send you the invoice saying something like you are being an item was out of stock and you were at 5000y exactly then they wont charge you, it will just be the price +shipping

EMS is actually only about 1000-2000Y more expensive than SAL if you are ordering alot of stuff (5 items or more i find) this is because there are actually two types of SAL and they choose whichever one they can use based on your order so its usually worth it

you can perform a search from only a specific store if you select said store from the dropdown menu on the left

While browsing Mandarake i HIGHLY advise turning safe search on when prompted because they do sell porn as well and not only will turning it off save you time searching (some stores post almost nothing but books and usually its all porn) but japan has a VERY low Age of Consent (13) so it's safer to have the safe search on

there is no way to view previous orders other than the emails you receive so keep them somewhere

Mandarake does not accept AOL,free.fr or Hotmail email addresses

if the item was sealed then its buyers risk, mandarake will not cover factory defects

Mandarake now requires customers to input their Credit Card info or sign in with their PayPal account when placing the order, for authentication purpose only.
No informations will be stored or shared.

Credit card payments may be billed the following month rather than immidately

Mandarake BLog is here for any major info such as delays, holidays etc... mdken.blog42.fc2.com/

if you want to try and be sneaky to avoid the 500Y shipping fee there IS a risky way and it doesn't break their rules
Click on the current date for newly arrived items and change the number in the search bar from 0 into a high number like 378
ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/search.do?action=whatsNew&doujin=all&displayDate=-378
this number represents how many days its been since the listed items were posted, the higher the number the more likely it is the item will be out of stock and the key here is that as long as you "attempt" to make an order of 5000Y then mandarake will NOT charge you the 500Y fee. so choose a random item (or items) but make sure its one you would be willing to own because if it is in stock then you ARE buying it

There are no custom charges when using EMS to Australia. BTW nice job on retrieving the thread Bran.

it is its own private business, they do sell on Ebay/yahoo and amazon as well though

What does this mean about a product on Mandrake?

(box resealed/not used/ box severely damaged）
I also did a translation of the listing (after ordering of course -_-) and it said broken. Have I purchased a broken figure?

Here is the link..

ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-501228.html

So the fracture doesn't mean it is broken then?

EDIT: Just looked and fracture is part of the series name. Stupid Google Translate had it as broken instead of fracture.

Ok so everyone do not use Google Translate to work out what the Japanese says in the listing

Something Australian buyers should know is that the only shopping option we have now from Japan is a EMS or DHL.