How to buy PCBs from Yahoo Auctions Japan?

[rcoltrane]

I want to know if someone here already bought PCBs from Yahoo Auctions Japan. I've found a PCB that I was looking for and I really want to buy it, but I have no experience on buying things from Japanese auctions. So I need some advice on how may I do it in order to avoid trouble.

Thanks!

[Skykid]

Find a reputable proxy (called rancor).

Have an enormous bank account.

[Strikers1945guy]

Find a reputable proxy (called rancor).

Have an enormous bank account.

Be patient.

[Ed Oscuro]

How to miss the boat by 5 years

Sorry, but it's really kind of late to be getting after some of the UBER R@R3Z

[Immryr]

How to miss the boat by 5 years

Sorry, but it's really kind of late to be getting after some of the UBER R@R3Z

this post just completely misses the point. if you read the first post he has found something he wants to buy and just wants to know the best way to go about it.... no where does he say he's on the hunt for some holy grail shit for £10. there was no need to come in here like a hipster dick.

[LEGENOARYNINLIA]

You can try using these services:

http://shoppingmalljapan.com/ <-I have only personally used this one
http://buyee.jp/?lang=en
http://www.celga.com/

There's also http://www.whiterabbitjapan.com/ that I used once to buy something from a Japanese webstore.

[Some-Mist]

I used rinkya as a proxy for a progear boot (before I bought the real thing ) and they weren't too bad.


but.... I will forever go through rancor as long as he's willing since he's such a cool dude

[GaijinPunch]

Always go through the members if you can... makes me wish I could still help. Oh the good old days. Need to dig up the old Cave bid war thread. Some great memories there.

[CStarFlare]

Always go through the members if you can... makes me wish I could still help. Oh the good old days. Need to dig up the old Cave bid war thread. Some great memories there.

if you do that, please post up the link. Sounds like fun.

[rancor]

Lemme know what you need.

[Ed Oscuro]

How to miss the boat by 5 years

Sorry, but it's really kind of late to be getting after some of the UBER R@R3Z

this post just completely misses the point. if you read the first post he has found something he wants to buy and just wants to know the best way to go about it.... no where does he say he's on the hunt for some holy grail shit for £10. there was no need to come in here like a hipster dick.

Ah, please don't get upset because of me

I was simply thinking that YAJ has gotten too expensive. But I never used it myself because I could trade with kind forum members instead. You're right though, nobody should be dissuaded from buying as they please, so sorry for writing something stupid!

[Immryr]

don't worry, I'm not upset. but yeah, basically everything has got expensive.

[GaijinPunch]

Always go through the members if you can... makes me wish I could still help. Oh the good old days. Need to dig up the old Cave bid war thread. Some great memories there.

if you do that, please post up the link. Sounds like fun.

Apparently the search function doesn't work totally. It's somewhere in the Trading Station.

RIP rgb_bubblebath

[rcoltrane]

Thank you very much for the tips people! And I have to agree that those auctions are quite expensive these days. Anyway, I'll see what I can do

[undamned]

Always go through the members if you can... makes me wish I could still help. Oh the good old days. Need to dig up the old Cave bid war thread. Some great memories there.

if you do that, please post up the link. Sounds like fun.

Apparently the search function doesn't work totally. It's somewhere in the Trading Station.

RIP rgb_bubblebath

Best proxy service ever

Since then I've gone back to Shoppingmall Japan (used them for a bit before rgb_bubblebath) and they are great. No reason for me to try any other proxy service.
-ud