I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan
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3 days ago
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jonhohle
5 minutes ago
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Every time I’ve bought something from Japan its condition is underreported. It’s always a pleasant surprise compared to US sellers that typically over promise when describing the condition. When I put things up for sale o try to do the same. I might get a little less, but hope that the buyer appreciates getting something nicer than expected.
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haunter
53 minutes ago
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Buyee is great! Bought a lot of stuff through them. Electronics, clothes, blurays, even food lol. Never had a problem!

The only downside if you buy electronics with batteries: Buyee strictly enforces a maximum 2 batteries per package rule. So for example a Nintendo Switch would be shipped in 2 package because it has 3 batteries, 1 in the tablet, and 1 in each joycon. Have to plan around that when buying multiple electronics https://faq.buyee.jp/article/99?lang=en

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NDlurker
23 minutes ago
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Thank you for saying that because I was eyeing a lot of 12 Nintendo DSs
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haunter
15 minutes ago
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You can actually ask Buyee to discard the batteries after they inspected the items (you can communicate with them while the order is in their warehouse) but they only do it if it’s easily removable. Otherwise you can end up in a situation where given your example they will give you 2 choices: 6 packages which will be very expensive or we cancel your whole order but at this point there are no returns
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jwrallie
19 minutes ago
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After buying several used goods in Japan, my impression is that junk simply means the seller does not want to hear complaints over old items, so they sell it at a lower price. I have bought many perfectly working items sold as such.

Of course buying old stuff requires some ability to do simple repairs. That’s part of the fun.

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TurdF3rguson
45 minutes ago
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Yup that's about the best case for buying from Japan. Also big is anime, high end fishing gear (reels and lures are perfect because they're so shippable) also golf clubs (length can be a shipping challenge). Also look into zenmarket.com for a proxy buyer / forwarder
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