Ebay

[tim89]

Why are several sellers in Japan selling the same items on eBay? I'm looking at a fuchi kashira.

 

Timothy N.

Spoiler

 

 

[Brian]

Because there are tons of sellers on eBay who list stuff for sale that is already for sale on Japanese auction sites. They hope to sell them for a profit, then buy the item in Japan and sell to the clueless buyers on eBay. It's common. Sometimes they don't get the item on auction, then have to cancel the sale.
It's basically trying to flip stuff they don't even own yet for a profit.

[Spartancrest]

https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1108873810 or  https://buyee.jp/ite.../auction/f1108873810     You can save a lot of money by finding the original sale on the Japanese auction sites.

In this case buying direct from Japan at 50000 yen it would equal $320.64 USD. Why pay some third party an extra $250 for just changing a delivery address on an item they don't even have? [I really really dislike "Proxy sellers"!]

 

[Deez77]

3 hours ago, Spartancrest said:

https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1108873810 or  https://buyee.jp/ite.../auction/f1108873810     You can save a lot of money by finding the original sale on the Japanese auction sites.

In this case buying direct from Japan at 50000 yen it would equal $320.64 USD. Why pay some third party an extra $250 for just changing a delivery address on an item they don't even have? [I really really dislike "Proxy sellers"!]

 

Very good point, Dale. How do you usually go about finding items that way? Trawling through pages of items on Japanese auctions sites, or reverse image search, or something else? 

 

Damon

[Spartancrest]

4 minutes ago, Deez77 said:

How do you usually go about finding items that way?

Pure stubborn determination - start with image recognition, but this often only links to European or American sites, so not much use for Japan. Try asking Google by using relevant Kanji rather than English [use google translate - it sometimes gets it correct! ] and then do an image search on the results. However I am also checking some of the bigger auction sites like Jauce.com [same as buyee] every day. Checking "New Arrivals" and also "Time ending soonest" - if you do this each day you know what is going on. [besides I have a packrat mind and always remember a 'face' - just not always where I saw it last ]

Start with what you can find eg. Ebay then if the seller is from Japan or one of the proxy sellers is, then there is a really good chance it is listed either on Jauce, buyee or Yahoo JP. I hate to say it but ebay is for the unwitting "foreigners" who will pay much higher prices, as far as most Japanese sellers are concerned. [Some very good exceptions to this rule.]

[Deez77]

Great advice. 👍 Thanks for that. 

 

Damon

[Tim Evans]

Also keep in mind or make a list of the user IDs that offer sketchy items so that they can be avoided or at least dealt with caution. This applies to the other auction sites, not just ebay.

 

[Kurikata]

As a conclusion avoid Ebay.

[Kyoto-13]

6 hours ago, Spartancrest said:

https://www.jauce.com/auction/f1108873810 or  https://buyee.jp/ite.../auction/f1108873810     You can save a lot of money by finding the original sale on the Japanese auction sites.

In this case buying direct from Japan at 50000 yen it would equal $320.64 USD. Why pay some third party an extra $250 for just changing a delivery address on an item they don't even have? [I really really dislike "Proxy sellers"!]

 

 

Hey Dale,

Is buyee a trusted site to buy swords from directly? It seems all their sword offerings say "blocked auction", as it does not ship internationally.

[Spartancrest]

11 hours ago, Kyoto-13 said:

Is buyee a trusted site to buy swords from directly

Swords are a special subject, some countries block their import or at least make you go through a long process to import them. Buyee and Jauce both have a policy where they put swords in the "too hard basket" at times - many so called blocked auctions can be 'opened' by a review of the seller. There is a blocked auction feature on Jauce [I am not on top of what buyee does] you can click on this button and they will get back to you in 24 hrs to say "yes the auction is now unblocked" or not. I have only been turned down once in seven years so it is rare. I don't collect swords myself so I have never had the problem of importing them from Japan. As far as trust goes, I have never been disappointed with any purchase, they always arrive and are packaged beyond belief! [over the top packaging, bubble wrap, cardboard box the size of your head with a single tsuba inside wrapped in three layers of just about everything - you could drop the package from the edge of space no worries about the content!]

[Kyoto-13]

10 hours ago, Spartancrest said:

Swords are a special subject, some countries block their import or at least make you go through a long process to import them. Buyee and Jauce both have a policy where they put swords in the "too hard basket" at times - many so called blocked auctions can be 'opened' by a review of the seller. There is a blocked auction feature on Jauce [I am not on top of what buyee does] you can click on this button and they will get back to you in 24 hrs to say "yes the auction is now unblocked" or not. I have only been turned down once in seven years so it is rare. I don't collect swords myself so I have never had the problem of importing them from Japan. As far as trust goes, I have never been disappointed with any purchase, they always arrive and are packaged beyond belief! [over the top packaging, bubble wrap, cardboard box the size of your head with a single tsuba inside wrapped in three layers of just about everything - you could drop the package from the edge of space no worries about the content!]

 

Amazing!! Thank you Dale for the feedback!!