One more advantage: if you buy a lot of things, that you have to pay extra fees in your country, you can save a ton of money if you pay it only for a package, instead of paying 20 times for each individual item you buy :) . In the country I'm living in, I have to pay around $20 just to get the tax calculation, that is the service fee. So if I buy 5 items above the $65 tax-free limit, I have to pay $100 + the tax and VAT before I can get the item.

Thanks for your honest review of the service 🙇‍♂ We're always looking to improve and have taken onboard your gripes about pre-selecting shipping and the shipping calculator. Hopefully we can streamline this to be a little less frustrating in the future.

the only way to go is auctions, because of the price and fees, but there are plenty of auctions everyday. sometime you do get screwd in shipping. i just got a gba, a gamecube with gba player and some controllers. in yahoo auctions sometimes the inland shipping is in the add

Thanks for the video .i hope you do the zenmarket and buyee too.

I have used Sendico soooo much the past year as it has been where I get all my “junk” gameboys. Like you said Japan tends to take way better care of their stuff. Every “junk” gameboy I have bought so far has been in working condition. One was in such mint condition I decided to leave it as is because I felt way too guilty doing anything to it. Shipping from Japan to Wisconsin can be pricey but I found that as long as I buy like 5-7 items at a time depending on size it ends up being worth it. I love getting their packages and getting my little oragami crane. I have a collection of them! Great video as usual Jake! This is really great because nobody broke down the fees from all the videos I saw that made me start using the service, but the fees make it worth it with some of the steals I’ve found. It just takes a lot of looking daily and luck.

I enjoyed this experience and thanks for breaking it down.

Sendico does what ebayn't

Maybe the Hello Kitty GBP was a couple of sisters got one each and their numbers were sequential, and they accidentally swapped the boxes

Thank you for the video! It seems sendico might be much better than the service I have been using till now? I need to check the fees and conversation rates though.

Not really a bulk buyer person, since I only and mainly go Gameboy/DS. It is great for that job and if you like fixing old tech. I find myself in US items being sold of course overpriced or not good, but I do find reasonable sellers and that know what they're selling and give it a cheap or reasonable price on it, even to the extent that they accept my offers if its 15-20%. But for games like JP ones are SOOO CHEAP I LOVE IT THAN EN.

As someone who buys frequently in and from Japan ... this packaging is quite normal :D

I'm curious what happens if you don't get the premium packaging. For example I bought a ps2 and the listing on mercari says they pack it nicely. So I'm curious if I do the premium packaging if all they're doing is give it a thicker and heavier box which could make or break shipping costs. Because of this I'm waiting for a few more items to hit the warehouse. I played with the shipping calculator, and I'm going to leave a comment on the box dimensions to find out just how accurate the calculator is.

Nice vid. What about import tax? Should’t this be part of the costs? Asking because in Europe it would be huge and probably calculated by the fedex on the way. Maybe in US the situation is different (just curious, not working for customs office)

Do you have to pay the 500 extra each item to be all put in one box?

I ordered from Sendico last week, yet my items are still in their warehouse after nearly a week! Do I need to do anything before I can get my items delivered to my home here in Britain? I haven’t been given a “pay extra” or anything notification, what should I do? Thanks

Great vid keep it up

One thing I had to be wary of when shipping to the UK is customs charges, so it's cool that you can keep you purchases in the warehouse and consolidate them later in order to avoid paying even more fees. It's actually worth creating multiple parcels to be sent over rather than having one that exceeds £135. Also, I bought the listing you highlighted at 5:29!

If your in Canada, the Fedex shipping is not only cheaper then most all the options usually, but it comes in TWO DAYS... i had like a six gameboy / two plushes and the shipping was about 30 CAD and about 20 in customs fees. They were all very cheap as they were "junk" and i fixed all of them

I used Buyee to buy some PS Vitas and I haven't had any issues. Although shipping does make it more expensive. Good video though

Kinda getting into refurbishing old consoles and started with GBA. Anyone have any tips or information on the dos and donts.

Yes, please do similar videos for ZenMarket, Buyee, etc. Thank you.

I used Sendico a lot in the past year. I love this service, but I also agree that some fees and the incorrect weight can cause confusion. But still, I go back to buy items I personally want to get, because sometimes, the prices you can find there are insane, in a good way I mean :) . Just one example: I bought a Horizon Zero Dawn Prime 1 Studios statue. It was in a big and heavy box and after the shipping, paying VAT and taxes, and other fees, I was still at around 40% below the original MSRP price+ shipping+ VAT, etc! I spent a lot of time to figure out how that market is working and I have to say, if you know the correct keywords, you can find crazy cheap items, compared to eBay!

About the hello Kitty gameboy, i also bought one from Japan and the serial numbers should match. In my case they do match!

I live in Japan and use mercari a lot. Shipping is included, so i don't know why you get charged for that😕

My problem is the shipping fees I don't buy in bulk killer

The main reason to use sendico is a easy way to get good deals on Japan exclusive and obscure things.

"Idk why they blurred the serial number" "Oh man thats a STEAL!"

Which one would you guys recommend? Buyee or Sendico, and why?

I've used sendico for a few years now and have had a great experience. I use it to buy more unique items and japanese exclusives and lastly broken gameboy/ds/3ds lots

I was like you regarding auctions, but if i could show you what i bought on yahoo auctions throught sendico this past few days, you're jaw would drop!!! Seriously!!!!

@19:33 that’s Ultraman something or other, bit too blurry to read the subtitle edit: Ultraman Fighting Evolution 2

The PS2 game at 19:33 should be Ultraman 2 - Fighting Revolution

the Ps2 game is Ultra man he is a Japan Tokusatsu show

From someone who has purchased many things from yahoo auctions over the years (car parts and retro game stuff) I feel like I had a much better experience with buyee than you did with sendico. However, this may be anecdotal.

YAHOO AUCTIONS

Shipping to Australia is going to suck 😅

the zero mission packaging has me writing sendico off completely...

yes Buyee next please

i wonder whats the best japanese shopping proxy service

"I'm not a hello kitty fan".. bro, be honest with yourself. I know you are and it's ok :)

I got all the pokemon gen 3 GBA games for 40€ and a steal GBA SP Pearl Green (my grail colorway) in amazing condition for 40€. I really think its worth it even if the international shipping is expensive because u can get items in the EU that u cant find elsewhere

Thank you Jake for experiencing things so I don’t have to! I really appreciate it 🥹👍