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!<span style="color:blue">Shopping</span> Nominal Fees
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!style="line-height:80%"|E<br>v<br>a<br>l<br>u<br>a<br>t<br>e

!<span title="Credit Card">CC</span>
!<span title="Western Union">WU</span>
!<span title="International Postal Money Order">IPMO</span>
!<span title="International Wire Transfer">Wire</span>
!Cash
!Oth.

!style="line-height:80%"|<span title="Express Mail Service (Japanese Post)">E<br>M<br>S</span>
!style="line-height:80%"|F<br>e<br>d<br/>E<br>x
!Oth.

!18+ items
!Oth.

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! style="background:#FFCC00;width:6em;" | [http://www.crescent-shop.com/ Crescent Moon]<br/><br/>Broker<br/>Auto-Bidder<br/>no self-bid
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[http://www.crescent-shop.com/shopping/shopping04.htm]<br/>Bank fee(¥250)+<br/>⋜¥10,000: '''¥2,000'''<br/>⋜¥20,000: '''20%'''<br/>⋜¥100,000: '''¥4,000 on ¥20,000 + 15% of remainder'''<br/>&gt;¥100,000: '''¥16,000+10%rem'''
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[http://www.crescent-shop.com/auction/auction04.htm]<br/>Bank fee(¥250)+<span style="color:red">per item</span><br/>⋜¥4,000: '''¥500'''<br/>⋜¥40,000: '''12.5%'''<br/>&gt;¥40,000: '''¥5,000+7.5%rem'''
| {{Ok}}
| {{Ok}}<br/>(Paypal required)<br/>$<br><br>Required for auction bidding
| No
| {{Ok}}<br/>$,¥
| {{Ok}}<br/>$,¥
| No
| -
| {{Ok}}[http://www.crescent-shop.com/shipping/shipping02.htm]
| Opt.
| AirMail, SAL, Surface Mail, UPS, DHL
| No
| Age check, provided meets import regulations
| -
| Bidding requires a deposit, payment deadline is 7 days. Extra fees may apply (size/weight, disposal, Yahoo final fee).

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!style="background:#00FFCC;width:6em;"| [http://www.akibado.com/ Akibado]<br/><br/>Broker<br/>Auto-Bidder<br/>self-bid with [http://www.akibado.com/selfbid.html restrictions]
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[http://www.akibado.com/personalimport.html]<br/>⋜¥6,000: '''¥1,200'''<br/>⋜¥10,000: '''¥2,000'''<br/>⋜¥15,000: '''¥3,000'''<br/>⋜¥20,000: '''¥4,000'''<br/>⋜¥25,000: '''¥5,000'''<br/>⋜¥30,000: '''¥6,000'''<br/>⋜¥35,000: '''¥7,000'''<br/>&gt;¥35,000: '''20%'''
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[http://www.akibado.com/auction.html]<br/>Bank fee (¥200)+Minimal per-seller fee (¥500)+<span style="color:red">per item</span><br/>&lt;¥2,500: '''¥300''' (except first item)<br/>⋜¥10,000: '''¥500'''<br/>⋜¥15,000: '''¥900'''<br/>⋜¥20,000: '''¥1,400'''<br/>⋜¥25,000: '''¥1,700'''<br/>⋜¥30,000: '''¥2,200'''<br/>⋜¥35,000: '''¥2,700'''<br/>⋜¥40,000: '''¥3,300'''<br/>⋜¥45,000: '''¥3,900'''<br/>⋜¥50,000: '''¥4,500'''<br/>&gt;¥50,000: '''+¥500 per ¥10,000'''
| {{Ok}}
| {{Ok}}<br/>(Paypal required) 3.9% fee<br><br>Requires half-deposit for auction (48h)
| {{Ok}}<br/>half-deposit for auction (48h)
| {{Ok}}
| {{Ok}}<br/>+¥2,500 fee
| {{Ok}}<br/>¥
| -
| {{Ok}}[http://www.akibado.com/shippinglist.html]
| No
| AirMail, SAL [http://www.akibado.com/help-g-shipping.html]
| No
| Not for self-bid auctions
| -
| Bidding requires half (Paypal, WU, 48h deadline) or full deposit (7-day deadline).

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=See Also=
*[http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=442 The "Where do I buy..." Thread], AnimeSuki Forums
*[http://forums.visualnews.net/showthread.php?t=7001 What business act as middlemen for Japanese stuff?], VisualNews Gemot Forums
*[http://forums.visualnews.net/showthread.php?t=7051 online shop, shipping worldwide], VisualNews Gemot Forums
*[http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30394 Yahoo Japan Auctions], JREF Japan Forum
*[http://www.ffmusic.info/yjtutorial.html Daryl's Yahoo Japan auction tutorial]