Japan Shipping, what do you use?

[ripley802]

Sure...right... don't believe it.

12 auctions, can't wait to see the unboxing of those. Must be Jauce's way of listing, itemizing your purchases but is the shipping to you only 14500yen? Is that for Express? Does Jauce give you options on Insurance or do you have to pay on the total amount of all purchases including Fees and Local shipping? Doesn't sound that out of the ordinary especially if you have any bulk buys in there with lots of trains. There is no sticker shock so you have my permission to continue shopping at the Japan Auctions. Besides, if you get in a bind ActionChugger will help you out to cover the cost.

Hmmm, maybe do a crowd funding on Kickstarter for donations..."Please help this poor unfortunate soul enjoy the fabulous toys that are only available in Japan. Won't you donate now?" ...that could bring you tens...of dollars.

Thanks Super, and I love the idea of a Kickstarter.. Maybe a BPT Kickstarter to raise money for for all of the BPT members to get their wish list.. Haha..

So, yes, as Nigel suspected in the next post, this was all through FromJapan. I switched from using Jauce, as the fees seem to be Cheaper. I like the browsing better on Jauce, so I typically will look there, find something, then copy the item # and watch it on FJ. That said, yes the 14,500¥ was the international shipping fee with insurance (which was only 50¥, so that was a no brainier). This was for the 12 lots and most were small although one is a large lot of track, risers, and clips for the monorails. It seems I can usually count on the shipping being about 1000-1200¥ per auction won. But once you add in the fees, etc, it is a bit more.

There are some very nice items in these lots so I can't wait. I know Muddy is aware of a few, and I consulted him on a few before bidding, which I think I probably got a great deal from what we had dicussed regarding price on the items.

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As Mr Ripley mentions the local shipping charge I'm assuming he's talking about From Japan rather than Jauce. Much though I like a lot of what From Japan does one thing that really does "grind my gears" to use a phrase from a popular cartoon series, is that unlike Jauce where you pay the bank charges and local shipping charges 'as you go'. Instead with From Japan you only pay the cost of the auction and a system fee when you win it, then you pay the bank charges, local shipping, etc... at the point you get the items shipped which always comes as a great shock to the system as they often add up to as much as the shipping cost and sometimes more...

Yep, you are correct. The purchases were through FromJapan. And yes, it really hurts to get that charge 2 from them, I was dreading it for the past week or so, and finally bit the bullet and ordered the shipment. What is bad, is, the longer the items are waiting on shipment, the more I tend to find to add to the shipment, which is how I ended up with 12 lots..