Japan purchases

Had a look again at how Yahoo Japan auctions work.

You have to preload money onto your account, more than your bid amount (including Paypal fee). Money can be refunded, although you do not get the Paypal fee returned.

With the two items I won (maybe three?), postage was very reliable.

Yahoo Japan Auctions sucks ass... they absolutely refused to ship me some WE horns... claiming the were speakers that had magnets (they were not) on them so the could not air ship them... and the were too expensive $3500 with their estimated shipping... the deal was they had a pair of WE-555 drivers on them... those bastards realized the value of those and bought it themselves, they were separated and relisted at 4 times the value a week later, they suck ass period. 

Yahoo Japan worked very well for me. Shipped quickly.

No sucking at all.

For Japanese auctions, I have used this proxy service for years. Excellent, and recommended. Very quick shipping to the U.S., and, for some reason, deep FedEx discounts.

https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en