Unboxing: Yahoo Auctions order (Japamart)
Posted by Kim
Because I had already asked Visual Shoxx for help with some Mbok auctions, I didn't want to ask for even more help with Yahoo Auctions, even though I doubt they would've complained. Instead, I searched online and ended up with Japamart. At first I wasn't too sure about them, because they ask for a deposit in advance, but they've turned out to be trustworthy. Basically: you deposit money to them and you can bid for up to twice the value of this deposit. If you like, you can pay invoices with this deposit, and if you don't pay, Japamart use the deposit to pay instead. I'm not sure how I feel about everything being in dollars, since, after all, we're really dealing with yen, but oh well.
Basically, you click "Start bid", which then redirects you to the website of Yahoo Auctions. You can search at the top, either by keywords or by the auction ID, if you know it. Below this are the following buttons: Bid/Buy (speaks for itself), Translate (since the Japanese is still Japanese), Add to Watchlist, Original page (shows you the page on Yahoo Auctions itself, without the Japamart features) and Mypage (where you see your own dashboard).
What I really like is that you can bid on everything yourself. Bear in mind, though: there is a commission fee of 5 USD per item (probably gets more the more expensive your item is), and there are shipping, transaction and bank fees (if applicable). If you win items from the same seller in the same day, these will be combined - though the commission fee still applies. You receive an invoice afterwards, but remember that your Paypal name and address must match the ones registered with them, or it may take a while for them to process your payment!
After payment, you receive a notification whenever an item arrives at their warehouse, where they will keep it up to thirty days. You simply request shipping and choose what type of shipping you want and what value you want put on the package (item value or item value plus all the fees); they send you an invoice, you pay it, and they ship your items to you as quickly as possible. They recommend EMS and to put the value plus fees on the package, which, yes, is safer, but in my experience EMS is fast, and the higher the value on the package, the bigger the chance is over here that you're charged customs as well.
I ordered quite a few things, so I waited for all of them to arrive and then chose Airmail, with only the item value on the package. Everything arrived safely and fast!
The envelope! Simple enough, really.
The contents. :) To the left is a list of my orders plus address, etc.
They included a bit of cardboard in the bubble wrap for safety; simple but efficient. To the left is my small pile of items.
And everything spread out!
Himchan photo, used as a promo for Excuse Me. It's much bigger than I expected! It wasn't that expensive either.
Little booklet from HMV. It really is only tiny: the contents are all below.
And a booklet from Tower Records. :) This is from the seller as the booklet above, but this one is focused only on B.A.P.
A while ago, when the LOE polaroids came out, I ordered a few from different places and ended up with three Yongguk ones and two Jongups, one of which I traded for Zelo. However, no matter how much I tried, no one had a Daehyun to trade and no one was selling either. By now the polaroids had gone out of print, so instead I turned to Yahoo Auctions, where someone was selling this! And I got it, for a reasonable price. :)
At last!
The back. XD It's in really good quality, and I think the reason I got it for a fairly low price was because the seller had a low feedback score due to not having sold much yet. I took a shot anyway and it paid off. Now my collection is complete!
Another thing I bought - for a very low price - was Jongup's Warrior Begins picture.
:) Now I only need Zelo and this collection will be complete as well. :P
I honestly don't know what was meant to be in here?? It was open, so whatever it was had fallen out. I'm guessing it was the Jongup sticker.
This one. Currently selling it on ebay, because I bought it without properly reading the description and I can't actually use it. :( It's gorgeous, though!
The back shows you how to use it.
And, since I love Hyosung so, I also got this YooHoo card. She's adorable. :)
Overall, I'm quite pleased with Japamart. Their commission is pricey and I do wish they'd use yen instead of dollars, but I love that you can use their system to bid on your own and that it's fairly simple to use. And, shipping for all this to me was only around 7 USD, and it arrived within only a few days. I'm using them for another order and am curious to see how that will go.
Basically, you click "Start bid", which then redirects you to the website of Yahoo Auctions. You can search at the top, either by keywords or by the auction ID, if you know it. Below this are the following buttons: Bid/Buy (speaks for itself), Translate (since the Japanese is still Japanese), Add to Watchlist, Original page (shows you the page on Yahoo Auctions itself, without the Japamart features) and Mypage (where you see your own dashboard).
What I really like is that you can bid on everything yourself. Bear in mind, though: there is a commission fee of 5 USD per item (probably gets more the more expensive your item is), and there are shipping, transaction and bank fees (if applicable). If you win items from the same seller in the same day, these will be combined - though the commission fee still applies. You receive an invoice afterwards, but remember that your Paypal name and address must match the ones registered with them, or it may take a while for them to process your payment!
After payment, you receive a notification whenever an item arrives at their warehouse, where they will keep it up to thirty days. You simply request shipping and choose what type of shipping you want and what value you want put on the package (item value or item value plus all the fees); they send you an invoice, you pay it, and they ship your items to you as quickly as possible. They recommend EMS and to put the value plus fees on the package, which, yes, is safer, but in my experience EMS is fast, and the higher the value on the package, the bigger the chance is over here that you're charged customs as well.
I ordered quite a few things, so I waited for all of them to arrive and then chose Airmail, with only the item value on the package. Everything arrived safely and fast!
The envelope! Simple enough, really.
The contents. :) To the left is a list of my orders plus address, etc.
They included a bit of cardboard in the bubble wrap for safety; simple but efficient. To the left is my small pile of items.
And everything spread out!
Himchan photo, used as a promo for Excuse Me. It's much bigger than I expected! It wasn't that expensive either.
Little booklet from HMV. It really is only tiny: the contents are all below.
And a booklet from Tower Records. :) This is from the seller as the booklet above, but this one is focused only on B.A.P.
A while ago, when the LOE polaroids came out, I ordered a few from different places and ended up with three Yongguk ones and two Jongups, one of which I traded for Zelo. However, no matter how much I tried, no one had a Daehyun to trade and no one was selling either. By now the polaroids had gone out of print, so instead I turned to Yahoo Auctions, where someone was selling this! And I got it, for a reasonable price. :)
At last!
The back. XD It's in really good quality, and I think the reason I got it for a fairly low price was because the seller had a low feedback score due to not having sold much yet. I took a shot anyway and it paid off. Now my collection is complete!
Another thing I bought - for a very low price - was Jongup's Warrior Begins picture.
:) Now I only need Zelo and this collection will be complete as well. :P
I honestly don't know what was meant to be in here?? It was open, so whatever it was had fallen out. I'm guessing it was the Jongup sticker.
This one. Currently selling it on ebay, because I bought it without properly reading the description and I can't actually use it. :( It's gorgeous, though!
The back shows you how to use it.
And, since I love Hyosung so, I also got this YooHoo card. She's adorable. :)
Overall, I'm quite pleased with Japamart. Their commission is pricey and I do wish they'd use yen instead of dollars, but I love that you can use their system to bid on your own and that it's fairly simple to use. And, shipping for all this to me was only around 7 USD, and it arrived within only a few days. I'm using them for another order and am curious to see how that will go.
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