Spartancrest Posted October 10, 2021 Report Posted October 10, 2021 Last night I was looking at a few online auctions and came across one with a minimal opening bid, starting at 1 yen. Knowing the object was modern, not that well made but came with a fitted box I thought 'what the hell the box is worth a punt' - no other bids appeared and strangely the auction was not withdrawn, so a 1 yen win and another paperweight to add to my collection. Elsewhere on the same auction site an identical object [I won't dignify it by calling it a tsuba] was listed at a starting bid of 20,000 yen. Call me crazy but are the dealers really serious with what they expect to get for a modern copy? At least I got a nice box to put something better in, the expensive bid had nothing else going for it! https://www.jauce.com/auction/u1009658715 vs https://www.jauce.com/auction/v780836906 Quote
Brian Posted October 10, 2021 Report Posted October 10, 2021 But will the seller honor the win? Quote
Spartancrest Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Posted October 10, 2021 Brian - I believe the postage rate will be a bit high to cover his costs! It has happened before, a 26 yen bid ended up costing nearly forty dollars in 'fees' and shipping and that was way back when shipping was around $12 from Japan to Australia. I will find out if he honors it, if it turns up at the Jauce warehouse. They are expensive shippers but I have always received what I paid for, from them. PS. The other one auctions off tonight [Aus time]- but I don't think there will be any takers! Quote
Spartancrest Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Posted October 10, 2021 The not so funny thing is the 1 yen auction has now cost 300 yen for 'bank fees' and an extra 720 yen fee for 'winning the auction'. [wonder what they pay the losers?] This could end up being a most expensive 1 yen bid - imagine if I had won it at 2 yen! 1 1 Quote
Infinite_Wisdumb Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 Effing Jauce fees are ruining the platform Quote
PietroParis Posted October 11, 2021 Report Posted October 11, 2021 Buyee has a minimum fee of 500 JPY when you win an item. On top of that they grab a few percent more of the price by applying they own exchange rate. Add local shipping to their warehouse, international shipping (to France, in my case), VAT and custom fees and an item bought at the nominal price of 3400 JPY (i.e. about 26 EUR at mid-market rate) ended up costing 71 EUR. 1 1 Quote
Spartancrest Posted October 12, 2021 Author Report Posted October 12, 2021 Well the seller has delivered the 1 yen purchase to Jauce [surprised] local postage for it 1,150 ¥ - so that works out at about $13 AU. It is all adding up. [not huge but proportional to the cost of the item it is high] Quote
Spartancrest Posted October 15, 2021 Author Report Posted October 15, 2021 I have found a reference to the original Tiger guard used as a model for the 1 yen 'paperweight". It seems to be a close rendering of the design, though the reference is only in B&W. The book cover title and the information are all in Japanese - so I have no clue what it says. Any help would be appreciated. Quote
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