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Radish

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Red Carpet Regular Member

"Question for Importers" , posted Wed 18 Dec 17:51

Hey! I just have a question for anyone that's bought anything overseas from Japan. There's an ebay auction I'm interested in (Japanese version of Persona: Revelations) but the seller is in Japan. He/She apparently understands English since the auction is written in such and even lists the currency in dollars and lists international shipping rates. However I'm unclear as to how one sends mail internationally as I would be paying with a money order. I don't want to win this item and then have to tell the poor guy/girl that I can't figure out how to send him/her payment...

I'll prolly end up giving him/her an ebay message, but if anyone has any experiance in this matter I'd be happy to hear.

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Ishmael

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Silver Customer

"Re(1):Question for Importers" , posted Wed 18 Dec 18:05

quote:
Hey! I just have a question for anyone that's bought anything overseas from Japan. There's an ebay auction I'm interested in (Japanese version of Persona: Revelations) but the seller is in Japan. He/She apparently understands English since the auction is written in such and even lists the currency in dollars and lists international shipping rates. However I'm unclear as to how one sends mail internationally as I would be paying with a money order. I don't want to win this item and then have to tell the poor guy/girl that I can't figure out how to send him/her payment...

I'll prolly end up giving him/her an ebay message, but if anyone has any experiance in this matter I'd be happy to hear.

If you're paying via money order you can probably use an International Postal Money Order that are for sale at most US Post Offices. I've paid for eBay auctions that way and never had any trouble. If the seller has dealt with international bids before I'm sure they'll send you instructions on how they prefer to get paid.

Radish

676th Post

Red Carpet Regular Member

"Re(2):Question for Importers" , posted Wed 18 Dec 18:09:

quote:
Hey! I just have a question for anyone that's bought anything overseas from Japan. There's an ebay auction I'm interested in (Japanese version of Persona: Revelations) but the seller is in Japan. He/She apparently understands English since the auction is written in such and even lists the currency in dollars and lists international shipping rates. However I'm unclear as to how one sends mail internationally as I would be paying with a money order. I don't want to win this item and then have to tell the poor guy/girl that I can't figure out how to send him/her payment...

I'll prolly end up giving him/her an ebay message, but if anyone has any experiance in this matter I'd be happy to hear.

If you're paying via money order you can probably use an International Postal Money Order that are for sale at most US Post Offices. I've paid for eBay auctions that way and never had any trouble. If the seller has dealt with international bids before I'm sure they'll send you instructions on how they prefer to get paid.

Thanks! The seller in question actually accepts US postal orders (which are much cheaper). What I'm more conserned with is how you address the letter. I would think that post offices overseas wouldn't know how to read English (or does that get handled somewhere along the line?)

Thanks for the response!

[this message was edited by Radish on Wed 18 Dec 18:11]

Ishmael

377th Post

Silver Customer

"Re(3):Question for Importers" , posted Wed 18 Dec 18:26

quote:
Hey! I just have a question for anyone that's bought anything overseas from Japan. There's an ebay auction I'm interested in (Japanese version of Persona: Revelations) but the seller is in Japan. He/She apparently understands English since the auction is written in such and even lists the currency in dollars and lists international shipping rates. However I'm unclear as to how one sends mail internationally as I would be paying with a money order. I don't want to win this item and then have to tell the poor guy/girl that I can't figure out how to send him/her payment...

I'll prolly end up giving him/her an ebay message, but if anyone has any experiance in this matter I'd be happy to hear.

If you're paying via money order you can probably use an International Postal Money Order that are for sale at most US Post Offices. I've paid for eBay auctions that way and never had any trouble. If the seller has dealt with international bids before I'm sure they'll send you instructions on how they prefer to get paid.

Thanks! The seller in question actually accepts US postal orders (which are much cheaper). What I'm more conserned with is how you address the letter. I would think that post offices overseas wouldn't know how to read English (or does that get handled somewhere along the line?)

Thanks for the response!

Every bit of mail I've sent that has gone through the Japanese postal system has been addressed in English but still somehow gets to it's destination. I don't know how the system works but I'm not complaining.

OmegaDog

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Silver Customer

"Re(1):Question for Importers" , posted Wed 18 Dec 21:27

For my experience with an item won from Japan, I've unfortunately only used PayPal. Still, I at least bought an item in Canada for which I used an International Money Order, and things worked out fine.

If the seller accepts US Money Orders, all the better. The seller will tell you (or you'll be able to ask the seller) to which address you need to send the payment, and you right it as such. Then go to the post office, ask for the money order, ask for postage rates to the nation in question, send, and be happy. ^_^

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exodus

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Gold Customer

"Re(3):Question for Importers" , posted Wed 18 Dec 22:54

yeah...english address is no problem at all.

I mean...if you think about it, japanese is an entirely phonetic language. So they just have to learn 26 characters and what they correspond to in japanese...easy to just read and sound out.

And if they accept US money order, then you're in great shape!!!

Radish

676th Post

Red Carpet Regular Member

"Re(4):Question for Importers" , posted Thu 19 Dec 06:56

quote:

Every bit of mail I've sent that has gone through the Japanese postal system has been addressed in English but still somehow gets to it's destination. I don't know how the system works but I'm not complaining.

Gnomes can be the only explanation.

quote:
yeah...english address is no problem at all.

I mean...if you think about it, japanese is an entirely phonetic language. So they just have to learn 26 characters and what they correspond to in japanese...easy to just read and sound out.

And if they accept US money order, then you're in great shape!!!

Now I feel much more confident about it. Thanks!