There is a service out to help people buy items on Japanese auctions . It's called Rinkya.com. Seems like a great idea. There has been a Japanese buying service on ebay for years to help people in Japan bid on American auctions.
magentaplacenta said:http://www.mailorderjapan.com/yahoo-auction-japan/fees.php
If the bid final bid price is Yen 3,000 to Yen 10,000, then the base service fee is $10. For each additional Yen 1,000, there is a fee of $1.
Item Price + MOJ Commission Fee + Bank Transfer Fee + Local Shipping + Handling Fee For Large Items Only + Actual International Shipping Charges + 5% Money Transfer Charges
Y 10,000 = $82 at today's exchange rate (1 USD = 121.155 JPY via http://www.xe.com/ucc/)
So let's say we have a guitar that ends at $500, which equals Y 60,577. Let's just make it Y 61,000.
From the $10 base fee of Y 10,000, we have a difference of Y 51,000, which translates to $51 (each Y 1,000 = $1) in MOJ base fee for that $500 guitar.
Item Price = $500
MOJ Commission Fee = $51 (10%)
Bank Transfer Fee = $2
Local Shipping = $30 GUESSING (possibly on the high end)
Handling Fee For Large Items Only = $15 (GUESSING - their page with this info is blank)
Actual International Shipping Charges = $125 (safe estimate)
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SUBTOTAL = $723
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5% Money Transfer Charges = $36.15 (their site says 5% of total, NOT item price)
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TOTAL = $759.15 (that $500 guitar shipped to USA)
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MINUS $125 International Shipping = $634.15 (final purchase price)
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FEES "& STUFF" on that $500 auction end = $134.15 (26% of $500 auction end price)
Is my math working out right here?
magentaplacenta said:Cool, please post up if you win something and if you don't mind, list all the costs. I'm really interested in a "real world" example with a guitar.
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