Author Topic: buying from Yahoo Japan/Buyee/From Japan (16th parcel?) (Read 9823 times)

AndyW · « **Reply #45 on:** March 04, 2023, 05:09:23 PM »

Hi, I note that you've received some rear shockers in your last parcel!
Did you have to jump through any hoops to get those?
I ask because I've requested Buyee to unblock some Fork Stanchions, but they are refusing because they are suspension parts!
I've asked them to reconsider, still no joy.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Andy

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #46 on:** March 04, 2023, 06:46:36 PM »

Hi AndyW

I had a lot of problems getting things via Buyee. The one I remember most was a cylinder head for the XJR1300. They eventually agreed to ship it as I'd already paid for it and it had arrived at their depot.

I stopped using Buyee and went to From Japan (similar system) and have had all sorts of stuff (including the shocks) with no problems.

However, in the last week or two, new 'prohibited' messages have started popping up on all sorts of items so mb they are getting fussy, like Buyee

Motty · « **Reply #47 on:** March 06, 2023, 09:48:33 AM »

Those intake rubbers are in awful state. I hope the seller was ashamed of themselves.

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #48 on:** March 06, 2023, 11:31:48 PM »

Yeah they are a bit of a state Motty but I find most of the descriptions are quite honest and a lot of it is listed a 'junk'.

I don't actually remember what the listing for those said but I guess they used 'selective; photography

Another drawback of these sires is you can't ask the seller a question. Like you can't ask for more pics or if they have other parts of bike to list.

I can see a pair of NOS fork-bottoms which look correct for the YCS1/CS3 but they have no part number on them. They are a good price but I can't communicate with the seller to check dimensions for example so it does have its drawbacks

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #49 on:** March 08, 2023, 11:56:40 AM »

I got a reply from the guy on Leboncoin...

He said 'possible de livrer au royaume uni mais plus par Mondial Relay depuis le Brexit ... Vous avez une solution à proposer ? Cordialement'

which translates as 'possible to deliver to the United Kingdom but no longer by Mondial Relay since Brexit... Do you have a solution to offer? Cordially'

Tbh I'm not sure what this means. Are there no other shipping companies in France perhaps? $:-\$

Anyway I replied just to say sorry I couldn't give any suggestions and also that I have actually found the parts I wanted closer to home (well-used CS3 fork-bottoms from a guy in Ireland posted for £47) but would still be interested in other bits he has

Admin · « **Reply #50 on:** March 08, 2023, 01:02:07 PM »

It basically means that its a logistical nightmare sending anything to the UK from Europe after Brexit. I have to fill out an export form with contents and value just to send a Birthday card to our Daughter

Gr8uncleal · « **Reply #51 on:** March 08, 2023, 01:22:15 PM »

I can only speak from my own experiences, but I've not found any differences on posting to or from the EU, post Brexit.

If the EU are operating a reciprocal system, then I'm pretty sure that a customs declaration isn't needed for a birthday card.

Ireland, of course, is in the EU.

The majority of sellers buy the postage online, so all sending overseas entails is a few more boxes to fill in.

Got some parts being delivered to me today (hopefully!) from Germany, and the seller found it more difficult to navigate fleabay than posting to the UK.

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #52 on:** March 09, 2023, 01:53:47 AM »

So I got another parcel today. They are coming thick & fast just now as I had a period (near Christmas?) where I couldn't afford to pay the shipping but had to as the 45-day holding period was expiring on them.

Anyway I have a good feeling about this one

It's a YAS1 LH engine-cover and is in brilliant condition. There isn't any paint on it but it looks OEM which is weird but all the threads on it look great and there are no dents or cracks in the alloy

It cost £6.41 and being a light item shipping wasn't to bad at £17.29

I don't have an AS1 but If I can clear £30 on it I'm not out of pocket, someone gets a rare part and I make a dent in the cost of the bits I've been buying for myself.

As usual the packing is perfect. They even stick the labels on the boxes the same every time. I suppose it's the Japanese attention to detail which made their bikes such a revelation back in the 60s/70s

another little box from Japan

only 1 item this time

looks good front & rear

part number

possible date-code (2 July 1970)

Actually, just looking at the pics I've posted, I can now understand the labelling thing... the date on the sticker on the individual item is when it was shipped from the seller to From Japan (the intermediate) then the same reference/order number appears on the sticker used on the outside of the box but with a (much) later date.

So, in the case of multiple individual items shipped from sellers when they are put together in one box by From Japan the sticker on box only needs to cover one item

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #53 on:** March 13, 2023, 11:25:13 PM »

So I got rid of another item

I listed the AS1 loom for £70 with free P&P and set it to accept offers over £60

There was very little interest apart from one offer of £45 a week or so ago that was automatically not accepted and I was thinking 'damn, would've took that for it'

Anyway I came in the other night to find it had sold for £60

Ebay took £7.98 off that and it cost me £2.99 to post and the original purchase price was £11.58 so I'm left with £37.45 profit which is ok.

You also need to factor in the £99 shipping for the box it came in with other items

Anyway I did say back on 6th Feb that if I got £50 (gross) for the electrics it would be ok and that's now £85 so doesn't seem like such a bad buy now. I've also updated on my RD125 restoration thread that the dud exhausts have turned out to be better than I expected...

IE they are an identical fit to the original 396 silencers and the downpipes are much better than my rusty originals

rusty 1H7 exhausts only differ from 396 originals in being extended after the rear wheel

AndyW · « **Reply #54 on:** March 16, 2023, 04:07:29 PM »

First class service from FromJapan.co.jp and Fedex.
Following Foy(not Fox)'s suggestion I approached FromJapan.co.jp to get some stanchions for one of my non-RDs.
Buyee would not help as the stanchions are considered to be suspension and may contain oil or gas.
FromJapan were a little less generic, and after investigation understood that they were simply pipes with no oil or gas and so agreed to ship them for me.
Here's the timescales.
07/03/23: I ordered and paid for the stanchions (not shipping)
FromJapan ordered the stanchions from the vendor.
10/03/23: Goods received in FromJapan's warehouse.
FromJapan advised of the different costed shipping options, I opted for Fedex International at circa 33 GBP. There were much
cheaper options for surface deliveries.
11/03/23: Fedex picked up parcel, from Japan, transported to China, France and the UK.
16/03/23: Delivered to my door.
Fedex operated a system whereby they pay the customs fees and then passed that charge to me plus circa 20GBP for the privilege of using their system.
The packaging was excellent: I believe this was the original packaging from the vendor, FromJapan simply re-labelling the parcel.
The total costs were slightly cheaper than having the old stanchions re-chromed, but I didn't really want to have the bike sitting on stands in the garage for the duration of the re-chroming exercise.

I was expecting some grief with this purchase, alas everything went surprisingly well.

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #55 on:** March 16, 2023, 06:38:09 PM »

Great stuff AndyW

I always pick the cheapest shipping (surface) which is why it takes ages.

A while back (can't remember why) I had some XJR1200 barrels shipped the expensive way and they were literally here in about a week!

Much like your experience.

£33 does seem pretty reasonable tho

EDIT just looking back on the thread and the XJR barrels were my last Buyee purchase. Everything since has been From Japan. It was £54 to ship the barrels but I'm sure I would've taken the cheaper route if it was offered. Maybe you get less options on Buyee than From Japan. I'll need to have a look - but that would involve buying something

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #56 on:** March 18, 2023, 01:05:29 PM »

So I sold the AS1 engine cover and made about £0.01

I listed it at £28 starting-price plus £6.50 P&P and a £90 Buy It Now

There were about 30 views and 2 watchers and no bids right to the death then it went for exactly the starting-price. I was paid £34.50 and after Ebay fees got £29.78

It owes me £23.70 so if I can post it for less than £6.08 I won't have lost anything.

This brings me on to my latest parcel. It's a YAS1 tank. I assumed AS1 parts would sell for loads but it doesn't seem to be the case and this owes me about £70 so I expect to make a heavy loss. I could sell it as-is or de-rust it, seal it with POr-15 and re-spray it but would prob lose even more on it. It's of no use to me so will see what happens. Perhaps if I do the sealing and painting while I do my own YCS1 & RD125 tanks it'll work out as I'd be mixing up the paint and buying the sealer anyway

latest box from Japan

immaculately packed delicate item

tank looks pretty sound above and below

could do with a clean internally

So, taking stock, I've broke even with the AS1 engine-cover but it will at least give me back money to get the next batch of (small) items on their way and at least I now know you can get tanks posted which will be handy if one comes up that I actually need

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #57 on:** April 27, 2023, 10:29:56 PM »

Looks like the game is up on my shipping stuff from Japan

I bought a couple of items for my Honda CB125TDE project. Both were 'prohibited' being a fuel-tank and a shock-absorber but as you can see in recent posts I got these no problem before.

I felt I would have problems as they seem to be marking everything under the sun as prohibited now so only bid as the prices were crazy-low. It was £9.42 for the tank and £6.28 for the shocker.

Anyway the sales went thru fine and the parts arrived with shipper 'From Japan' no problem but they won't ship them to me now and they will be scrapped. I have exchanged a few emails (regarding the tank) explaining they sent me one recently and suggesting they chuck a cup of water in it if they are worried about residue of fumes but they aren't budging.

Not sure if I'll bother going thru all the back & forth for the shocker too so my options now would be to ship them to someone in Japan who could at least get some use for them by selling them on or if they could be bothered could ship them to me. They'd already be well packed.

For the first option (selling them on in Japan) it's probably not worth the effort as the parts seem to bin so plentiful that there's no demand for them but - you never know.

2nd option would obviously be best for me but it's a lot of hassle for the 3rd party.

I've got around a month left to sort it out but am thinking it's dead in the water

Foy(notFox) · « **Reply #58 on:** April 30, 2023, 12:17:32 PM »

So just after making my previous post (about final parcel) I received one I'd paid for a while ago.

I wasn't expecting anything just now as the last 3 I've had shipped were all less than 10-12 weeks ago (the usual times it takes for parcel to arrive).

I paid for this one on 27th Feb and it got to me on 28th April which is just over 8 weeks. Quite a bit quicker than usual.

There were a 2 items inside that are surely prohibited, being an exhaust and a clutch-line. Both likely to contain oil or similar inside. The other item was a mudguard.

The clutch line/pipe is for an XJR1300 because the one on the Gaffer's bike is UK-condition (crusty) and this is in nice shape. It was only £2.76

The silencer is something very hard to find: AS3 silencer. The seller had a pair, which is great, but the LHS was £85 whilst the RHS was only £7.12 (presumably) due to a weird big rusty area at the rear-end. I was well aware this was there but thought at that price it was silly not to buy it.

The rear mudguard is something I won't need as it's for the XS650 but at £6.62 and probably hard to get in UK I thought it was worth buying to sell on and re-coup some of my postage costs.

The postage was £74.95 so all in this consignment cost £91.45

I'm actually surprised to see some of these XS650 rear guards only selling for around £45 in UK but if I can clear £40 on it I'll be happy. That means I get the clutch-line and guard for about £50 which is fair enough.

I'd actually be better off buying lots of the clutch-lines as they seem to sell for decent money

The silencer is actually really solid but the plating is peeling off at end so am thinking it's been poor plating rather than poor weather which has caused this bit to fail whilst the rest is like new under some dirt