How to use Yahoo Japan Auctions

Are there many scammers on there? Do all the sellers ship to the US? There's no Buy It Now's? How do you find the shipping price?
Also, when I'm registering, how do I put in my state and city and whatnot?

When you say $15 international+$10 dometstic, you mean about $25 in all?

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I don't recommend Buyee. Lot of issues going on with them. I made a series of blogs in the past about my experiences with them. Unfortunately, I buy way too much stuff in Japan and I need to use them and other proxies/friends. But, if you had a choice, try some other proxy rather than Buyee.

Yahoo Japan sellers rarely ship to the U.S.

some helpful info:

1. Sellers have to ship items to the buyer/proxy so you got to pay a domestic shipping fee. Never buy from a seller who states his address is overseas or Hokkaido/Okinawa. Those locations are disadvantageous because most proxies are located in Tokyo or Kyoto. If you buy from those two JP locations, the shipping costs could exceed 1,000 yen for a small figure.
Buying from YAJ doesn't mean only Japanese sellers can sell their stuff. More than usual you will find auctions in which sellers somehow managed to obtain an account based on some sort of information they gave YAJ on a Japanese address or person. But the item itself is located overseas, in most cases HK or Taiwan. While these sellers might not be scammers, their items could have Asian market Toei stickers (for purist, this is an issue) and in many cases domestic shipping will be around 2,000+ yen. Which could potentially make your purchase total bill pretty high.

2. You cannot see auctions that have ended unless you have the link. After 90 days, most auction pictures are removed from ended items.

3.You cannot register nor sell unless you provide Japanese identification, which at times includes a large variety of documentation sent to your address to confirm domicile.

4.Japan's tax increased in April from 5 to 8%. This will accept almost anything that has to do with YAJ and fees.

5.If you sell in YAJ, assuming you got a proxy, you will be charged 5% of the total sale by YAJ (done it many times)

6.While Buyee allows you to real time your bid, their fees are excessive. They only offer EMS shipping and if you buy multiples, you have to pay 1,000 yen to consolidate the packages into one. Their fee is 10% of the purchase plus a 200 (which might increase due to tax) for bank deposit/transaction processing fee to pay for item purchased.

7.In many cases, you will see that the auction says "used", well don't let this discourage you. Sometimes Japanese sellers put that because the item might have been a prize item on a crane machine or kept unopened at someone's home. To us, this doesn't mean used, but to them sometimes it does.

8.Rarely go for auctions that the seller only uses COD. While Cash on Delivery is cool, there is a fee for that and you will end up paying more for shipping. Example: 500 Yamato courier VS 850 for same item but with COD.

9.Try to look for the word "Genuine Domestic". We know our stuff but it's always good to see that as a reassurance.

10. YAJ does not allow for refunds, claims and returns. Be sure of what you buy and always think of it as a risk. While many buyers have 0 issues, it is always to keep in mind that misunderstandings and scams do occur and YAJ is not responsible for these issues nor whats to take responsibility. Most sellers will have this disclaimer on their pages about not accepting items and claims. It is difficult to file any sort of claim when you paid in Bank transfer (most used for of payment on YAJ)

lexiyrock I noticed you've been having trouble getting your reply in the right place when you post, but I bet you'll get used to it eventually!

In the post above, you had your reply inside the quote box. I edited your answer above to get the reply out of the quote box.

When money is tight, you'll be surprised

Try Bing Translate. Google always gets it wrong.