“To put in simply, this is an excellent site for collectors who are not particular about pricing. This is not exactly a site for bargain purchases and the many add-on costs make it quite a premium service.
Pros:
- Extremely wide selection from Yahoo Japan Auction, Mercari, Rakuten etc
- Helps remove the language barrier and convenient payment via Paypal or credit card
- Products were well packed, good condition, exactly as advertised in the photographs. Sellers were transparent on condition. Buyee even has an algorithm to highlight keywords (eg. junk, damaged etc) to warn the buyer.
- Fast delivery, got it within 1 day from Japan to Singapore using DHL
- Customer service replied within a day when I had trouble bidding for an item
Cons:
- App has a few minor bugs that require restart
-Many, many additional costs as mentioned below:
- Service fee 300yen per item
- Delivery cost from seller to buyer warehouse of 200-1000yen per item depending on the mode chosen by seller
- Insurance 300yen per item (optional)
- Inspection 200yen per item (optional)
- Photograph of item 200yen per item (optional to see condition)
- Consolidation fee 1000yen (optional for multiple purchases, to ship in 1 package instead of multiple shipments)
- Protective packaging 1000yen (optional, try to do it with consolidation as the cost is one-off regardless of item quantity)
- Delivery for 7 items was 3400yen for me via DHL, shipping separately was 700yen via Japan post.
To each his own. All in all, I was more than happy to fork out to complete my collection. I opted for all the optional costs (except photographs) and these optional costs and delivery cost amounted to almost 30-40% of my damage. Though it was all worth it to receive them within 1 day with abundant bubblewrap. Do give it a try if you are willing to spend for your collection.”
“I recently bought Axel Rudi Pell´s Shadow Zone cd on buyee (with OBI of course) and that´s because i just love how the OBI looks on a front cover cd,sometimes they look like a piece of art to me,so beautiful ! And also i like to buy directly from Japanese people because they seem to take really good care of their items,most of them look like new ! On top of that Buyee keeps giving away lots and lots of discounts,either on purchase value or shipping,which is amazing !
Here we have a few reasons why i keep coming back.”
“I have used Buyee for purchases from Yahoo Japan for over 3 years now. I have always been happy with their service and find their customer service easy to contact.”
“As a first time buyer through Buyee, from the process of ordering till receiving the package I would say I am quite impressed and happy with the service that is provided by Buyee.
Though I might want to say that the inclusion of service fee and payment fee may cause prices to get higher, so maybe if there is any possible opportunity I would like the staff to considering about lowing those fee for a little bit, it would be wonderful.
Other than that I am really happy with my decision for using buyee and would definitely thinking about order more merchandise and using Buyee as the proxy website again.”
“The whole process is very easy and quick. I use it to buy my photocard and I can find them for an amazing price. Everything come well packaged, highly recommended”
“Buyee is a great service. I use it to buy a lot of music items and rare cds / concert t shirts for a very reasonable price. The shipping isn’t too pricey but be careful of the additional fees which can sometimes bump up the price of a cheap item. Highly recommend!”
“Very easy to use and they often have useful coupons. It usually also doesn't take a lot of days for them to come to the Buyee warehouse. The products that I have made and received are all in good conditions and there are no problems.”
“Very easy to use and they often have useful coupons. It usually also doesn't take a lot of days for them to come to the Buyee warehouse. The products that I have made and received are all in good conditions and there are no problems.”
“Last week i got a very rare Motley crue Theatre of pain cd (32XD-326 with OBI) on Yahoo Auctions,i was lucky and i got it for 35 dlls + fee !
The cheapest one on ebay is 50 dlls + 19.99 postage. And this is why i keep coming back to Buyee to get the rare cds that i´m looking for. This is just 1 example of the many great deals i´ve found with them.Highly recommended !”
“Ive looked at alot of proxy sites and Buyee was the easiest one to use that I found, easy to purchade and navigate and im able to purchase things i would otherwise have no access to”
“Very easy to use and in English. Proxy service cost is also very reasonable. Quick response and shipping out product. Item received in great condition.”
“Great site that is user friendly, as well as translates Japanese into your preferred language. I was able to find items on the site that are difficult to find.”
“I was able to find photocards and other merchandise off of Mercari that I have a hard time finding. The site is user friendly, making it easy to use for first timer.”
