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Now I can browse Yahoo Japan with the various online translators and can get a pretty good idea what I'm looking at but in order to actually buy parts I will need a login... anyone on here use the Yahoo auctions?

Looks like a lot of great deals if I could only contact the sellers! lol :(

Help!

funkymonkey Grand Master

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not only do you need to sign up, but you also need to pay a bidding fee once a year using a credit card.

I've got it set up and have an agent that EMS's or seafreights stuff out, so if you need anything let me know and I can bid on em for ya. He does charge a 10 - 15% commission tho.

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yeah, i was gonna recommend slidewizeimports

the online translator is a bit dodgy. im considering learning japanese!!

some of the translations are pretty funny

Sil Beer = Silvia

Null D = Nardi

if u know some people who have yahoo accounts, get them to bid for you. that's what i do

funkymonkey Grand Master

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you can set up the account, but you need to pay a fee to be able to bid. Also communication is by asking the seller questions (think it's the 3rd tab under the main list). To date i've only dealt with 2 people who speak english (both manga collectors lol), the rest I've asked stuff in japanese.

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you can set up the account, but you need to pay a fee to be able to bid. Also communication is by asking the seller questions (think it's the 3rd tab under the main list). To date i've only dealt with 2 people who speak english (both manga collectors lol), the rest I've asked stuff in japanese.

Cool, so just to confirm (I am slow :Oops: ) You can set up an AU normal Yahoo account and that allows you to login to the Jap site.. ? Or are we saying you setup an account on the jap site as opposed to AU etc... ?

So you can still comunicate with the sellers if you don't actually pay with visa ? But in order to bid you pay.

God it is so much easier with ebay! lol

Couple of sites offer the dealing... just don;t want to get burned from a seller & an agency! :kick: :flamed:

Thanks guys :)

funkymonkey Grand Master

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no you need to setup a japanese yahoo acct, you can't use them interchangably. its faily easy to set up a yahoo japan id.

you can communicate with the seller without being a paid user, but to physically bid on the car you need to have paid the fee.

darrinspencer Grand Master

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I have used this conpany over 40 times, never had a problem with their service.

Just make sure you understand their rules and fee's

Small things are not worth it,due to fees, more costly things work out better

www.rinkya.com

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Its best not to send emails to the sellers on Yahoo unless you actually can buy something (as you would be wasting their time otherwise). The Google translator on our site works well, as long as you read carefully and have a good idea about what you are looking for. Carefully study the pics too.

I can help with any questions about how the service works, its lots of fun even just having a look at all the amazing parts at such cheap prices :rofl:

We are buying for the current container at present that will be arriving in March. Prices on freight are low, and we have plenty of space left.

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