It is 500 yen to add just one item (ie. They'll hold onto it for you until they do, but if you want it sooner, DHL is your fastest option. *It would seem the packaging is less robust or the estimated weight of the zenmarket parcel was too high for what the actual package weighed because using the calculated weight of 5620g in the zenmarket estimator during the auction which had given that as the weight, I actually get the price I was charged for Buyee even though that package was weighted as 4300g (which turned out to be price matched to Zenmarket's shipping charge for FedEx when I entered THAT weight in their tool, despite their documentation for my actual package being 7280g.). They also have baits, like Insurance or protective packaging. Check out the table below to see how this plays out for freight shipping costs from China to the US. For Tenso, I have to pay for local shipping which is 700yen, and then another fee from Tenso to me. He chose a method from USPS, but a FedEx option is even cheaper ($7.16). This agent fee usually cost me 350yen, which I’ll gladly fork out for the hassle free experience. The item I bought was around 15 USD but … What I have noticed is that in search, if "price + shipping" sort order is selected, the shipping cost shown THERE is notably high. I am indeed in the US. I recently used Buyee when using Yahoo Japan Auctions and the process went pretty smooth. Did you pay for shipping yet? I had to reach out to customer service upwards of 50-80 times because they ignored requests, neglected to reply, misunderstood, used confusing English, changed customer service rep for every single email sent, misreported package weight and content, and in the end shipped the package with tons of mistakes. I buy often from Japan since I'm a weeb and I would say that the experience is similar across all proxies. I’ve seen some horror stories where it works out more expensive. Buyee would definitely be my go-to for all Mercari items if the fees were a bit lower as that’s holding me back a bit. *At any rate, the direct comparison for the UPS price is still high, and I'm not sure why it's different. Buyee was faster on the shipping from their site, but about a full 20%- 30% more expensive for shipping to USA than Zenmarket which was slow out of the gate, but solidly handled. Oddly enough, when the package presented for shipment, it had a price quoted of about $90, same as the Zenmarket package, but it was quoted as EMS and wouldn't allow me to pay for it from the package page as it was, and only allowed me to choose "shipping options" which then only offered the snail mail and prompted to finalize the "change" because of EMS being temporarily suspended to USA. Please use r/Produce48 for news and discussions about the eliminated trainees. I would always add some more weight to the calculation to be on the safe side. If the buyer clicks into the actual listing, the shipping cost is correct (and lower). Buyee offers Japan Mercari services where no other site does. *ZenMarket on the other hand, was not nearly as quick to get my item out to me. I used to order stuff from China before, bigger or smaller packages and I never paid more than 30-50 USD. But it is worth it if the item you bid on is rare and for some reason auctioned at an undervalued price for example 1600yen even below basic shipping costs. Edit: registered small packet (air/SAL) is reliable and cost half of EMS so I’ll highly recommend those options instead. I don't know how much the plans and their shipping fees have changed, but at the time, it seemed relatively accurate. Buyer pays me $8 in shipping. You've already flagged this Abdul Qayyoom 1 review. Cookies help us deliver our Services. I like Buyee's constant promotions but truth be told I really miss the FREE SHIPPING coupons they used to give out, 500 yen is not enough when the order is past $100. BUT since that was a good 1-3 MONTHS of delivery time, I decided to go with the DHL and it arrived almost the next day and the whole process took less than a week from the auction end to my door - that is with the domestic shipment to their warehouse in between! Original Poster 1 year ago. Faster than surface mail while the cost is lower than airmail. I’ve signed up for tenso before but felt it was more inconvenient. For example, if you are buying lots of small things, you would want a reseller that charges by order or price rather than per item. JAPAN Auction in real-time and shop on popular Japanese websites from outside Japan! Personally it was not cheaper for me most of the time, but a few times it actually was (I mostly buy books, sometimes DVDs/BDs). Why I couldn't get a DHL estimate offered on the shipping page, I don't know at all, since that was the only option available when I shipped the cable just a week prior or so. It takes up to one week to refund this money, which is much quicker than other insurance services. *I preferred not to wait that long, so I had to inquire to customer service via their form to find out how to instead choose UPS, which their documentation shows as an option along with DHL. Is it possible that their warehouse is significantly further away from central Japan and therefore more expensive for the same services? How is Buyee for those who bought from the Buyee store? Two varieties of SAL are available, depending on the weight and size of your package. Each shipping mode has its own combination of base and variable costs. How does the experience differ for those who’ve tried both? I tried out both Buyee and Zenmarket to see which would be better, with the antenna via Buyee and a notebook via ZenMarket. This includes shipping cost. This is a service where international mail is handled as surface mail in both Japan and the destination country and as airmail between the two countries. Basically you're looking at a 350 yen minimum per item. Also, I don't really want to pay to keep it in a warehouse for months or years until covid is over. the shipping cost for a single 6 inch cable was exorbitantly high @ $35 for DHL. Because of this, it is hard to overlook. It's a really great service, it's really nice You can buy many japanese items, it's also always a great deal to buy them in bulk (when someone offers many items for one price). Happy to use this auctions. There might be a domestic shipping fees charged by the seller/store. You’ll have to pay extra for buyee service fee and purchasing fees, in addition to the domestic and international shipping fees. Not Buyee's fault for the absurd shipping cost options. Share. USPS Priority Mail Express Package: $271.90. Also I don't really understand how coupons work, it was advertised that I can get $30 USD off shipping cost, seems like it was a play of words and single package coupon I can use is only $7. Conditions, shipping times, and available shipping methods for each country. I've been waiting on several items for months now as I've decided not to use DHL. There are two main areas where I think Buyee could improve. I've had a book sitting at Buyee's warehouse for a few months now. Buyee is 150 yen under 3000 yen or 5% over 3000 yen + 200 yen + plan fee. What's the deal? I bought a rather expensive poster, but the photos were taken so that I didn't see the water damage on it, description said it has no damages too. One is the consolidation fee, which I think is a bit expensive. But they didn't offer the initial DHL estimate from their tool on the packaging option either which I would have chosen if it had been the only other offering in the shipping choice, but maybe that is because of the lithium battery included too. Please check each seller/store`s information page for more details. For buyee, you pay for the goods first then when it arrives to their warehouse, you get the option to pick and pay for shipping. Sounds like a recipe for losing my stuff. I buy like Japanese people do. Buyee provides a shipping estimation tool that allows you to input the item weight, domestic shipping fees, item value, etc. More promotions means I will shop more, I do not purchase without these promotions due to fees. Modes with a lower base cost are cheaper for smaller shipments while modes with lower variable weight costs are the cheaper options for larger shipments, even if they start out with a high base cost. However, I was a bit taken aback at the steep international shipping charges with Buyee, since they charged me about $35 to send the antenna cable via DHL, which seemed to be the only option besides seamail. If so, it would bode well for me so it wouldn't have to be dealt with in the back log afterwards, but it will still be worth it not to have to wait for 2 months to get it since the bid winning price was so low. I've been waiting on several items for months now as I've decided not to use DHL. So I ordered a small 3.5 floppy disk from Buyee.jp, and it says the shipping will be $37 via DHL. Close. TL;DR for that saga below - I bought the same thing on twice on auction via two proxies. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Buyee was notably quicker in turning around the package handling time, and easier to set up to bid on an auction since it deals through Paypal like preauthorized subscription. After they rearranged whatever they had to do on their end, then I was presented with the new amount (and ONLY the new amount, no other options to change now) of about $120 plus $14 domestic shipping costs to send it to USA via UPS. 1. However, the shipping tool only gives an estimate for EMS. My package was in the warehouse within a couple days after auction, and I packed it immediately upon arrival but it didn't complete and send for about 2 weeks. Three I had … I won't be using this site again, that's for sure. This info could help, copying from a post I made before. I'd recommend using DHL if you're sending multiple items to get more out of your shipping rather than sending one item out. The only gripe I have with the service is that there a bit of fees (as with any proxy) that add up when making a purchase. Buyee claims they don't have the "knowledge" or a simple screwdriver to unassemble things that could be fit into a smaller box which will save on shipping always opting to ship the item fully assembled via UPS'Critical Next day Air freight WITHOUT insurance which can increase the shipping cost which can reach the $1,000 range for items than weight no more than 20-LBS. Still, may get to you quicker than waiting for Japan Post. I heard some pretty things about buying from Buyee so I’ve been using Tenso to buy IZ*ONE’s Japanese merch, but how is it really? User account menu. *Due to the long-ish wait and the prefunding bidding issue, when another of the same laptop came up for auction almost immediately afterwards with no bidders and a half a day left to sell, we put in one minimum bid in on Buyee, thinking it would probably get outbid given the action on the last one. I use Buyee mainly for shopping on Yahoo japan auctions. Report Save. Press J to jump to the feed. Once it gets to Buyee you can choose the shipping plan to the US, I chose EMS which seems to be the best option, arrives within a week usually. They have a chart here for the international shipping costs, you can use that to roughly calculate the expected shipping costs. * Customs duty may be charged during local import procedures. Shipping is cheap and they have had 500 yen discount coupons a few times since I started using them not too long ago. Buyee don’t cover buyers issues with… Buyee don’t cover buyers issues with defective items! I’ve signed up for tenso before but felt it was more inconvenient. It is between Global Shipping, the Buyer, and eBay. If I chose this method, is this considered … Press J to jump to the feed. (Don't forget to add the other fees!) Is it better/cheaper? I'm at consolidation stage, so my journey isn't over, but with shipping fee, I'm expected to have DOUBLE of what my product cost. *Buyee's tool gives total cost estimate for the entire purchase including the winning bid amount, but even though it says it can ship via UPS, that option doesn't appear on the estimator. I'd recommend using DHL if you're sending multiple items to get more out of your shipping rather than sending one item out. And if i remember correctly buyee is a company under Tenso, so it’s reliable. Still price is extremely high. International Shipping Fees for Buyee - Bid on Yahoo! Edit: I want to add that we have reddit group orders. I mean, it still doesn't explain the disparity compared to other websites (notably ebay) which use DHL and charge shipping of half or less than half the cost for similar items. Even if you use other proxies, it's the same situation at the time being. But other than that an amazing proxy! The good part is that they are constantly doing promotions. So while I had originally placed my order with everything at Buyee, eventually things got sold out in the official shop and Buyee cancelled my order. I've been using buyee for 2month now and I think it has a nice UI, many many shops to choose from and I didn't really have any issues with my orders, but once. I just ordered an entire console from Japan off of Ebay for $20 shipping, and that must weigh at least 10x as much. They told me it would be more expensive, which I already knew, so they put that in motion and then gave me a quote for $120 to go UPS instead. My hat should come today, hopefully it fits my giant head. Click here for the details of shipping methods. If the consumption tax is already included, it will be charged when you win the bid/place the order. Shipping fees of $1900 is super ridiculous and Buyee claimed is an odd size item and can only deliver by Uxx shipping firm, had to do numerous of debate with them to bring the costs down. At Buyee, we are not only cheap, but have a fantastic unique guarantee service. That auction took a little longer to ship to them perhaps due to Christmas, but the preparation to ship and invitation to pay for it came almost immediately once it got to Buyee. Thanks! You don't need either and but you do need to consolidate if you bought more than 1 item and it costs extra 1000 yen (packing 3+ products into one box). You just need to find the best price point for the price and weight of things you are buying. 1. If you don't want to put the order in yourself. I was surprised that the issue was handled as quickly as it was given that the only communication was through email, but I don't know if it was quick enough to get the package out to me before they close for the new year until the 4th. *ZenMarket requires prefunding of the bid amount before bidding, so if you are in a rush to get in a last second bid, Buyee is better. You’ll have to pay extra for buyee service fee and purchasing fees, in addition to the domestic and international shipping fees. I'll keep saying it until I log in and see that shiny beautiful FREE INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COUPON, other than that I also miss the free service fee coupon too. Surprise, surprise, we were the only bid, so we got another pc on the cheap and got to make a direct comparison of how well the same item was handled across these two proxies. 1. share. Reply. But it is interesting that the cost of international shipment of the same item (well, I think almost identical, unless it might be heavier if Sony changed their materials between the first and next year model, but not THAT much heavier) was the same cost via FedEx actual paid amount and EMS quote but not payable in practice, and that the final shipment cost paid to actually complete the transaction was $30 more than I paid at Zenmarket, and $20 more than the quoted price of the same UPS service there. It gave me a quote of approx. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. We deliver beauty and quirks of Japanese culture to the rest of the world! *I have made only 3 purchases from the US via proxy bidding on Yahoo!Auctions - 2 for a particularly large Sony Notebook PC which was about 4.5-6.0Kg and one for a small antenna cable that weighs less than a pound. I choose the cheapest plan, if there is any, and opt for the cheapest domestic shipping option when available, as the Japanese and their services are reliable thus far. I can't say for sure it it's the same with Mandarake but I would use again if I needed to proxy something off Yahoo Japan Auctions. *So I dunno what they actually base their charges on, shippingwise, and have seen that as a complaint about their service on reviews that its wildly inconsistent and unpredictable until after you've committed to buy. $40 for snail mail, same as Zenmarket, and $200 for DHL but didn't offer costs on anything else. Because of their partnership, you are "preordering" from the stock that they will eventually get from the official izone shop. The fees are expensive and plenty. I guess it would depend on how much time is worth to you and convenience of getting your item quickly whether its worth the extra costs. If you're in the US, Buyee indicates that Japan Post is still not delivering there. 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