This pisses me off!

[Pete Klein]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-Japan ... 1e7644f706

 

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r95147450

[drbvac]

SO if you offered him 1100 dollars as a best offer and won on e-bay you would still pay more than on the auction >>?? :x :x

[eternal_newbie]

Well, at least the account name of the seller is accurate - the "premium" part of it, anyway :lol:

[Marius]

Doesn't think very highly of teh intelligence of gaijin, no?

[Pete Klein]

Exactly. You know, it immediately reminded me of some dialogue in the movie, 'Rising Sun' where Jingo Asakuma, who is researching a video disc containing evidence of a murder, says about the Japanese company officials,

 

"It pisses me off, though.

 

They expect us to be sloppy Americans.

 

They think we will not be thorough,

 

not be intelligent".

 

That line has actually given me a lot of traction in my research over the years.

[Jean]

The best of the best is the translation of the kanteisho, in The English translation, it is Old Mino

[estcrh]

Japan-premium-seller-trading-assistant...These people take photos from Japanese auctions and web sites and then they jack the price up 400% just to ensure a small profit, stay away from them and the other couple of clone companies on ebay that do the same thing. Many times the items they show are not even available any more. I Personally know several sellers who have contacted ebay to protest their items being offered for sale by these people with photos that they do not have permission to use but ebay does nothing, most of these sellers will not even allow you to contact them through ebay, not quite a scam but as close as you can get without crossing the line.

[b.hennick]

Checking completed auctions it is surprizing how many sales they have made. So it works

[Brian]

Yep, discussed these guys before. They list a buncha stuff that is for sale elsewhere and if someone buys it, they make the purchase. If sold already, they just make some excuses why the item cannot be sold. In most (all?) cases, the owners don't even know the item is listed elsewhere for sale. Those prices are insane.

 

Brian

[Curran]

For what it is worth, Fuji_5005 is a scumbag Japanese seller. Yes, I meant "scumbag".

#1 avoid of two or three on Yahoo!Japan that I won't deal with.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if he is somehow connected with japanese_premium_seller.

 

Of course.... this "arbitrage" is practiced by two american dealers. So the 'sloppy americans' comment applies equally here.

[Soshin]

Hi Pete K.,

 

Thanks for the links and the heads up about this very bad seller on eBay which I consider what he is doing is a downright scam. Its really bad eBay doesn't do anything.

On the light side the verbiage is really very funny to read. My favorite is

Chicago of the same hand are specified in many important sword brace.

. It sounds a bit like me trying to speak Japanese to my wife.

 

 

 

Yours truly,

David Stiles

[george trotter]

:lol:

Chicago of the same hand are specified in many important sword brace.

.

 

Hope my Japanese is a bit better than that...reminds me of when Datsun first entered the Australian car market about 1966...a operator's manual said

"When driving cautiously, tootle horn not only but always" :lol:

Regards,

[estcrh]

Yep, discussed these guys before. They list a buncha stuff that is for sale elsewhere and if someone buys it, they make the purchase. If sold already, they just make some excuses why the item cannot be sold. In most (all?) cases, the owners don't even know the item is listed elsewhere for sale. Those prices are insane.

 

Brian

"They couldn't find the item & eventually paid back $. Communication good."...one of their satisfied customers feedback comments...they couldnt find the item....because the real owner of the item had the nerve to sell it before they could.

[sanjuro]

This amused me..... When reading down the bottom of the page where they attempt to justify their existence, I read:

We are representing a group of local sellers, shops and collectors who are experiencing difficulty with expressing themselves in English

 

Now thats great if you dont have any trouble expressing yourself on someone elses behalf. However, on reading the item description, there seems to be something of a gap in the translations. Perhaps they need someone to help them express themselves? :lol:

[runagmc]

 

Hope my Japanese is a bit better than that...reminds me of when Datsun first entered the Australian car market about 1966...a operator's manual said

"When driving cautiously, tootle horn not only but always" :lol:

Regards,

Words to live by, George... :lol:

[kusunokimasahige]

They found a loophole and should be avoided at all times.

 

Also, their work method should be publicized widely among the collector's community.

 

KM