Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
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Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
I'm going to be in the market soon for a Tele and am considering options. One is a MIJ TL62B-TX in 3TS.
Has anyone had much experience buying from Japan? Is Ebay a rip off? Am I better to use the Ishibashi type shops?
And what's the deal when you see the same guitar available from two different sellers? Is it still legit?
Exhibit A: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Japan-T ... 3012474987
Exhibit B: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Japan-T ... 3974949014
Same guitar from two diferent sellers.
Has anyone had much experience buying from Japan? Is Ebay a rip off? Am I better to use the Ishibashi type shops?
And what's the deal when you see the same guitar available from two different sellers? Is it still legit?
Exhibit A: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Japan-T ... 3012474987
Exhibit B: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fender-Japan-T ... 3974949014
Same guitar from two diferent sellers.
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Re: Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
Japan has a lot of middle-men, consolidating bricks n mortar shops offerings and presenting them on eBay. So yes, the same guitar might be listed by a number of people...shop carefully though, the prices can be very different.
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Re: Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
And freight prices too!GrantB wrote:Japan has a lot of middle-men, consolidating bricks n mortar shops offerings and presenting them on eBay. So yes, the same guitar might be listed by a number of people...shop carefully though, the prices can be very different.
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Holy shit, freight prices seem to be getting crazy these days! Recently I've had quotes from US sellers ranging from US$250-$850 to ship a guitar to NZ.Terexgeek wrote:And freight prices too!
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I suspect a level of "margin propping" with freight and also there's a lot of third party freight providers reselling other's capacity and aggressively promoting themselves to retailers as being easier to deal with than directly to a freight company.Conway wrote:Holy shit, freight prices seem to be getting crazy these days! Recently I've had quotes from US sellers ranging from US$250-$850 to ship a guitar to NZ.Terexgeek wrote:And freight prices too!
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Re: Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
I used to buy a lot from Japan. But prices have gone up and the exchange rate (last time I looked ) made things less attractive.
I liked j-guitar for browsing for bargains. (The Japanese site ans use Google translate... That adds to the fun)
The other way is to use yahoo auctions (the Japan eBay basically).
I liked j-guitar for browsing for bargains. (The Japanese site ans use Google translate... That adds to the fun)
The other way is to use yahoo auctions (the Japan eBay basically).
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The other thing, you can't bargain /haggle at all. That's just not part of the Japanese culture. The price is the price.
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I have only purchased three guitars from Japan. I spent a long time sussing price ranges and freight costs over a wide range of sellers first. There were bargains eventually.
A Yamaha SA800 I was out-bid on but got offered the instrument three weeks later for less than I was prepared to pay when original buyer turned out to not have the cash.
The Japanese service I have found to be very fast, they communicate well, even on Sundays and there's a chance you will have the instrument before it could travel from the North Island to the South Island.
A Yamaha SA800 I was out-bid on but got offered the instrument three weeks later for less than I was prepared to pay when original buyer turned out to not have the cash.
The Japanese service I have found to be very fast, they communicate well, even on Sundays and there's a chance you will have the instrument before it could travel from the North Island to the South Island.
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Oh yeah, and I purchased when the currency was stupidly high!
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Yeah x-rates are not kind at present.
Just can't find what I want in NZ at the moment.
Bit worried about the rosewood boards - anyone had any hassles bringing in a guitar with RW fingerboard?
Just can't find what I want in NZ at the moment.
Bit worried about the rosewood boards - anyone had any hassles bringing in a guitar with RW fingerboard?
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I find some of the prices coming out of Japan can be a bit random at times. Or maybe slightly inconsistent is more what I mean. I’ve brought a few things over, and was slightly burned once (which can obviously happen anywhere) but other than that it’s been good.
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Re: Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
I’ve purchased a few jap hats via ishibashi and it’s Ubox 2nd hand online store. They’ve always used EBS for shipping.
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Re: Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
Kasa?Kev77 wrote:I’ve purchased a few jap hats via ishibashi and it’s Ubox 2nd hand online store. They’ve always used EBS for shipping.
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Re: Buying Fender Japan, from Japan
Same here. Ishibashi provided a good experience - they were great about providing additional information via email queries. Two guitars they described as used with normal wear arrived in what I would describe as new/mint condition. Speedy delivery etc. Both were a couple of years ago now so before the CITES rosewood thing.Kev77 wrote:I’ve purchased a few jap hats via ishibashi and it’s Ubox 2nd hand online store. They’ve always used EBS for shipping.