How am I able to buy items from the Japaneese yahoo auction site?
I`ve found plenty of NC30 /35 goodies there!
Any idea of how?

Andreas

Theres a site called sprialspinner that you can buy goods from yahoo japan and others. Theres also a few people about that will buy them for you at a fee. It dont come cheap but like you say there is some nice kit on there.

Was there a step by step thread on here for yahoo japan? I cant find it anywhere, cant translate any of the pages bar the homepage either?

I use Shopping Mall Japan (SMJ) to get my stuff, just sign up for an 'auto parts' account. Stay away from Okshon, bad business.

Fees are sometimes steep, but worth it for the rare stuff.


For translating, just post the page links into a translator like this one:

http://translate.google.com/#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Are the shipping prices reasonable or are they overpriced?

DataRacer wrote:I use Shopping Mall Japan (SMJ) to get my stuff, just sign up for an 'auto parts' account. Stay away from Okshon, bad business.

Fees are sometimes steep, but worth it for the rare stuff.


For translating, just post the page links into a translator like this one:

http://translate.google.com/#" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

andreasmkr wrote:Are the shipping prices reasonable or are they overpriced?

They charge more than the actual shipping cost for sure (plus deputy and handling fees etc). I always choose the fastest air mail service though as I've been burnt through using other slower services (that was through Okshon though, might not be the fault of the shipping company).

It will be fairly pricey to ship from Japan to Europe, but if you can get something rare or wanted at a bargain price that you can't get at home then it can work out ok. It works best when you buy multiple items and get them shipped together, something that most of these deputy services can do (they usually have various shipping options also).

Everything is very cheap on yahoo japan, but it never works out to be too much cheaper when it's landed at your door. Rare parts only for me (no more bidding under the influence!).

I agree with dataracer, it might look cheap but by the time the parts arrive at your door they are not much cheaper than buying in the uk. I would only buy rare parts that cant be found in the uk.

also try japanauctioncentre

How much do you roughly need to add to the selling price to get it over to europe?

andreasmkr wrote:http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#

once iv searched for something it goes back to japanese, then if i paste the url back in the translator it says -invalid url??