Bidding with FromJapan

[Chumsize]

OK... I'll give it a try... Just ordered this: ¡Ú³ÚÅ·»Ô¾ì¡Û£Ã£Ò¥ñ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥²¥ê¥ò¥ó£¸£Ò¡¡Èó½Û´Ä¡¡-¥Ñ¥Á¥ó¥³¼Âµ¡-¡§¥¨¥¯¥¹¡¦¥Õ¥©¡¼¥»¥¹

Yes... I'm a total sucker for Eva machines.

...wait... wasn't I just complaining about lack of space?

[Drunkenclam]

Love that angel shooter knob
Let us know how you get on, A slo is easier to pack than a ko

[compirate]

I suppose a frame doesn't get more specific than that! Will be interested in the review!

[mandoman]

OK... I'll give it a try... Just ordered this: ¡Ú³ÚÅ·»Ô¾ì¡Û£Ã£Ò¥ñ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥²¥ê¥ò¥ó£¸£Ò¡¡Èó½Û´Ä¡¡-¥Ñ¥Á¥ó¥³¼Âµ¡-¡§¥¨¥¯¥¹¡¦¥Õ¥©¡¼¥»¥¹

Yes... I'm a total sucker for Eva machines.

That's a nice machine. Probably looks good even powered off.

I'm giving FJ a try as well. Just purchased a couple of counters through them. Using PayPal to deposit, the biding is as fast as you can click. It took me longer to figure out how much to deposit. I'll do a post with all the fees once I get them.

This is what I bought. The seller had two.
データカウンター・NIKKEI・アーク・スãƒ*ット - æ*ªå¼�会社　アトラス - ヤフオク!

Seller's web page with video:
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[compirate]

Pretty cool! Here's the company website for that counter

[mandoman]

Pretty cool! Here's the company website for that counter

Yay! Wiring documentation, propaganda, and user guide.

[mandoman]

OK... I'll give it a try... Just ordered this: ¡Ú³ÚÅ·»Ô¾ì¡Û£Ã£Ò¥ñ¥ô¥¡¥ó¥²¥ê¥ò¥ó£¸£Ò¡¡Èó½Û´Ä¡¡-¥Ñ¥Á¥ó¥³¼Âµ¡-¡§¥¨¥¯¥¹¡¦¥Õ¥©¡¼¥»¥¹

Yes... I'm a total sucker for Eva machines.

...wait... wasn't I just complaining about lack of space?

Darn it Chumsize! See what you made me buy.

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I actually had seller auc-exf bookmarked for a while. Now that I can impulse buy I did using FJ. These purchases seem to require a human in the loop.
I wonder what will happen if I put the Ayu cel in an X Japan frame.

ayuse.jpg

[Chumsize]

Darn it Chumsize! See what you made me buy.

Now don't blame me... I'm already busy blaming me...

Looks like its a standard V-trigger cell... and the X-Japan frame is just a regular gold V-trigger frame. Don't think it's modified like the Eva V-trigger frames... and this would work even on those (albeit with some "minor issues"). So I would expect this to work fine without any issues.

Enjoy!

[mandoman]

The Ayu cell finally shipped along with a Fever Macross booklet (I couldn't help it!).
Total damage 26,077 yen
I opted to double-box. Below is my receipt.

Product 1
CR浜崎あゆみ物語−序章− セル＆基板
Charge1
Payment option PayPal
① Final winning price 2,520 Yen
② Commission fee 200 Yen
③ Used Point(s) 0 Point
④ System usage fee ( ( ① + ② - ③ ) × 5％ ) 136 Yen
Charge1 Total ( ① + ② - ③ + ④ ) 2,856 Yen
( The fees below will be charged at charge 2 payment )
⑤ Domestic delivery charge 1,500 Yen
⑥ Bank transfer fee 168 Yen
⑦ Pending system usage fee of Charge1 0 Yen
⑧ Excess charge 0 Yen
⑨ Tax 0 Yen
⑩ Combination Extension Fee 0 Yen
⑪ Charge 2 Extension Fee 0 Yen

Product 2
三共パチンコ　フィーバーマクロス非売品カタログ＆ストラップ
Charge1
Payment option Deposit
① Final winning price 100 Yen
② Commission fee 200 Yen
③ Used Point(s) 0 Point
④ System usage fee ( ( ① + ② - ③ ) × 5％ ) 15 Yen
Charge1 Total ( ① + ② - ③ + ④ ) 315 Yen
( The fees below will be charged at charge 2 payment )
⑤ Domestic delivery charge 900 Yen
⑥ Bank transfer fee 168 Yen
⑦ Pending system usage fee of Charge1 0 Yen
⑧ Excess charge 0 Yen
⑨ Tax 0 Yen
⑩ Combination Extension Fee 0 Yen
⑪ Charge 2 Extension Fee 0 Yen

Charge2
Payment option PayPal
① Domestic delivery charge 2,400 Yen
② Bank transfer fee 336 Yen
③ Pending system usage fee of Charge1 0 Yen
④ Excess charge 0 Yen
⑤ Tax ( Charge1 ) 0 Yen
⑥ Surcharge 0 Yen
⑦ Oversea shipping 20,600 Yen
⑧ Insurance options 0
⑨ Box Fee ( New ) 500 Yen
⑩ Extra Services 1,000 Yen
( Breakdown )
Extra Secure Packing 1,000 Yen
⑪ Combination Extension Fee 0 Yen
⑫ Charge 2 Extension Fee 0 Yen
⑬ Total ( ① ～ ⑫ ) 24,836 Yen
⑭ Used Point(s) 0 Point
⑮ System usage fee ( ( ⑬ - ⑭ ) × 5％ ) 1,241 Yen
Charge2 Total ( ⑬ - ⑭ + ⑮ ) 26,077 Yen

[Stompp]

mandoman, what was the dimensions and weight of that package? And was that via FedEx or EMS?

[mandoman]

mandoman, what was the dimensions and weight of that package? And was that via FedEx or EMS?

I apologize, I didn't write down the weight and dimensions when I was checking out. Should have grabbed a screen shot. I chose EMS for shipping since it was just a cell.
If I can't find the info myself I'll email FJ for the info.
I'll be ordering a GitS very soon. That will defiantly be via FedEx. I'll collect details for you and post them.
I live out in the sticks of West Texas. I wouldn't be surprised if our costs were similar.

[Chumsize]

Just got the "it shipped" email for the Evangelion 8 pachi. Total shipping to California Fedex for that (double boxed - with transformer and 1000 balls) was about the same as your EMS charge for cell alone. Hallelujah! It will be here on Wednesday and the total damages - about $405!
If it makes it here in one piece... and the claims from the Rakuten seller about how well cleaned and restored its supposed to be hold true... well, I may have a hard time spending the same amount for a pachi shipped from the East coast.

[Drunkenclam]

Don't forget that thing called import duty, Although my slo only came to approx. $30

[Chumsize]

Usually don't get a separate import duty charge here. Think it's handled by Fedex? At any rate, never had to pony extra dough up before... with any shipment from any country.

[Drunkenclam]

Yes. FedEx pay it, then send you the bill. or in my case as if was sent to my office. My company gets it

[daverob]

I think the customs allowances are quite a bit higher in the States than they are over here. I think if the declared value of imported goods are under $200 then there's no duties or taxes to pay. As most pachinko/pachislo stuff from Japan is usually cheaper than this (before you take shipping into account), it'll get through customs without any charges. I'm not sure about the sales tax rules for imports, but I'm assuming that it won't apply.

In the UK you only have to pay import duty if the amount of duty to be paid is over £9 (~$15), and most items are low-rated for duty so you rarely have to pay import duties. But you have to pay VAT (sales tax) at 20% on all imported items if the value of the item is over £18 (~$30) or over £36 (~$60) if it's declared as a gift rather than a commercial shipment. On top of the taxes paid, the courier or delivery agent will often add a fee for clearing the item through customs and collecting the payment, which can be anything from a few pounds to around £15 extra. Due to this, quite a lot of overseas sellers who sell a lot of items to the UK will openly advertise the fact that they will put lower values on the customs declaration so that these fees can be avoided.

I think the situation in Canada is similar to the UK but the tax and duty free limits are even lower ($20 CAD/$60 for a gift), and based on the value of the shipment (so both the item and the shipping costs have to be under $20/$60). Also I believe that to qualify as a gift there has to be a card or a personal message in the package (and definitely no sales invoices!), I have had quite specific requests from customers in Canada for what to write on the customs declaration, and even included birthday cards and hand written letters in with the shipment!

[Chumsize]

That's probably why I've never been billed for anything pachi-related. Its all under $200 or so. The cost on this machine was $180. The last one was about $200. But this time its not stripped down to under 30kg for EMS - so last one with no transformer or balls and zero packing was still over $400 just for shipping...

[mandoman]

mandoman, what was the dimensions and weight of that package? And was that via FedEx or EMS?

Per FJ, we can confirm that the weight was 15.32kg.
The dimensions were 75x59x39cm.
Via EMS

[Drunkenclam]

Do you dare run those figures through their price calculator using FedEx. It might have interesting results.

[mandoman]

Do you dare run those figures through their price calculator using FedEx. It might have interesting results.

Looks like the difference is about 8,000 yen.
I'm OK with that. The packages I get from the Postal Service are usually in pristine condition. Even all the way from China. UPS is the worst with FedEx being only a little better. It's just the cost of where I live.