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He's living close to London, Personally I'd find any other part of the country preferable to the capital.

I really don't think its fair to judge the UK based only from London.

 

Then I had shitty luck. Seemed everything I wanted had to be shipped to my parents/friends first, and then shipped to me.

It's actually a lot lower if you can speak Japanese (and ask them) and easily send money to them. Many can do the former, but the latter requires a Japaense bank account (or about $50 in fees for each transaction). The ones that flat out don't want to ship abroad are like 60%. The other 35% don't want the whole hassle of the language and money barrier, and I don't blame them.

Also remember that there are a few select fuck wits that haven given the few responsible Yahoo Japan members bad names. I won't name any as they're still active in the retro gaming community (although they don't post here) but I had been refused an auction or two for being a foreigner, b/c this guy had basically fucked it up for everyone.

B/c the people that live there have paid their dues. The people that don't, have not. People everywhere pay more as a tourist rather than a local. It's just the way it goes. I get a huge discount on just about everything in Hawaii (hotels, national parks, etc.). Should I? Fuck yes.

Even with prices on imports as low as they are... or at least were at some point? That was one reason I quit selling. On average, Ebay was only 20%... maybe 30% if you were luckym more than Akihabara. That is more than fair if you ask me. Takes a lot of time to gather games, whether buy then in the stores, or from Yahoo Japan.

 

Last i checked some one is selling a gameaxe color cant remeber the link though.

 

And I really don't think sweeping statements like that do any good either, lol. And to think I was gonna put a few things up on a certain auction site. Guess not, you anti London fascist you.

Anyway, Yahoo thread so here's a nice auction for you.

http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e46198268

chair thing, woo hoo.

 

I always thought one of the main benefits of actually living in Japan was...going to the shops yourself instead of bidding in auctions online. You guys do get an advantage when living in Japan....You can go to the local shops that dont have an online store. I really dont see what the issue is if someone is willing to pay more money than you for an item no matter where they are located.

With that said yeah it sucks getting outbid but im sure you get outbid by more Japanese buyers than Rinkya/Celga.

Moving to Japan is a pretty big step and my guess is you didnt do it just so that you could get stuff from Yahoo Japan easier.

 

To be 100% honest, I wasn't even into games when I moved there, although I was a couple of times previous in my life. Can't speak for Yakumo though.

 

that happened to me ! I won the auction and all was great until I told the seller my name and address. as soon as he saw it wasn't Japanese he told me that the auction had been won by another. The bastard ! I told him I wasn't in the States and that I was British living in Japan with a Japanese wife etc. and had been here for 8 years yet he still wouldn't sell it to me. In the end he said "Americans steal; my goods". now who do I have to blame for this? The seller for being a prick or the bastards who caused this seller to behave the way he did?

Anyway, let's get this back on topic

Yakumo

 

Nice saturn auction
http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m19860172

 

I wouldn't have said it was a sweeping statement, Some people like hustle and bustle and the immediate availability of the commercial flavour of the month but I prefer things a little laid back and would rather live out in the sticks after experiencing what London has to offer.

Its just you can't get a fair reflection of the UK based soley on staying in London if you are a native of elsewhere. Thats all.

The site is ran for the benefit of the users, It doesn't need people seeing it as some kind of favour to an individual.

 

I know it is a site ran for the benefit of individuals, and I was not intimating that I would be doing you a favour by putting up auctions either. I am not that egocentric, and can't imagine the items I will be listing will suddenly make VGI the place to be, lol. It is a site I look at from time to time and fully respect you and the others involved in setting it up, truly I do. That said though, your incessant pimping, whining, general ebay bashing chip on the shoulder attitude does wear incredibly thin tbh. (as well as your dubious 'darxide' methods which we have discussed elsewhere)

I was also being sarcastic, as the phrase "you anti london fascist you" would seem to suggest.

Here's a nice yahoo auction anyway, Delisoba for the saturn, shame about the price though. (Glad I got my copy for a bit less put it that way)

http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k23988398

 

this looks like a serious issue, my first thougt was most of the yahoo japan sellers dont want to sell to non japanese cause they just hate the hazzle with the english language but it looks more like a thing about history...

just want to mention that i as european / german ebay user only had like 2-3 people not wanting to ship items from the usa to germany
but blocking out the whole global community like yahoo japan was a strange experience for me maybe iam just to naive

 

That's Japan though. You can't blame them. They have every right to be as racist as they want.

 

Which is why Japan is the most racist country in the world.

 

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's not... at least their racism is relatively harmless... in present times anyway. You never hear about people getting the piss beaten out of them for being a different race. Hard to compete w/ Japanese for jobs though. I'd still rather be a Korean in Japan than anything in the Gaza strip, a Shiite muslim in Iraq, etc. etc.

 

Nah!
Being Korean in Japan isn't that pleasant either...
and if you are mixed blood it's even worse...

 

I'd have to say those that have it the most difficult in Japan are people of Japanese descent that are western born and raised and don't speak the language. They are referred to as "invisible gaijin."

-hl718

 

Nah, they still have it easier than the Koreans and Chinese. Mixed is better than full of either of the two if you can hide it. Hopefully your ancestors would have taken on a Japanese name. The stealth gaijin as I call them, get to ride both sides of the fence. They have it easier than anyone if they invest about 2 years of basic Japanese study. Even if not, they can teach English... something the other nationalities can't do.

 

could you explain this a little more ?

 

There are no laws against discrimination in Japan. You can deny service to, or employment of anyone for any reason - even race. Foreigners are turned away by potential landlords all the time b/c they don't want to rent to gaijin. They hear the horror stories from the ones that fuck it up for everyone else.

 

From my (albeit somewhat limited) experience with Japanese people during my time studing the language and culture as part of my degree, you get the impression that they dont actually realise they are being racist, the concept is not something they fully understand. I remember my lecturer (a Japanese woman) giving us a long talk about racist comments we may recieve whilst there and that it stems from a lack of understanding. Whether or not that was an excuse on her part or if its the case, i dunno, but i did get the impression people didnt get it when i was last there.

Having said that, in Nagoya where i spent 90% of my time, everyone was really nice, and the only time I heard "gaijin" mentioned was from some guy on the Bus to Tokyo Disney (my ex made me go, it wasnt my idea i SWEAR!). In Tokyo and Kyoto though, pointing and name calling was extremely common (from my experience)

One of my funniest experiences was being sat waiting to get into a resturant, and two older japanese women walking upto my ex and asking if I was American, upon hearing that I was in fact British they sighed with relief and started talking to me in english... Make of that what you will, but I have to admit it made me laugh afterwards :x