Anybody used Rinkya or obsoleteguitars.com to purchase from Japan?

Started by Aussie Mark, September 29, 2009, 09:26:57 PM

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Aussie Mark

September 29, 2009, 09:26:57 PM
These are guys who for a fee purport to act as the middle man for Japanese Yahoo auction sellers and guitar shops that don't speak English or won't ship overseas.  Anyone here had any experience with them?
Cheers
Mark
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Aussie Mark

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October 04, 2009, 03:37:25 AM
I guess I'm the first then.  Hideki from Obsoleteguitars.com is buying and shipping this for me .....

http://figaroguitars.com/guitars12/greco87sa%20bass%20sb.html
Cheers
Mark
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Dave W

#2
October 04, 2009, 09:26:12 AM
I don't remember seeing a Greco EB-2 before. Looks nice.

OldManC

#3
October 04, 2009, 12:37:11 PM
If the price for their service is reasonable I can see a great resource there. I've noticed that prices in Japan (and on the Yahoo Japan only auction site) seem usually to be a good deal less than once those guitars end up on Ebay. Replacing the middle man with a more reasonable middle man is a great idea!

Highlander

#4
October 04, 2009, 12:51:46 PM
My weakness...  8)

Beautiful... good luck, Mark...
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Pilgrim

#5
October 04, 2009, 02:14:53 PM
DANG, that's a really pretty bass!!!!!

Envy R'Us in this corner....

What was the price?  Is the website price in Yen?
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Highlander

#6
October 04, 2009, 02:42:44 PM
I guess we should migrate over to Mark's purchased an EB2 thread, Al...
The random mind of a Silver Surfer...
If research was easy, it wouldn't need doing...
Staring at that event horizon is a dirty job, but someone has to do it; something's going to come back out of it one day...

Aussie Mark

#7
October 04, 2009, 03:36:04 PM
Obsoleteguitars charges $95 for his service, plus the Paypal fees (3.4%).  EMS shipping is $130, which is a little less than Ishibashi charges, for example.  When I looked at Rinkya prices they were more expensive than Obsolete.

Total for the Greco EB-Too including all fees and shipping was just over $1000
Cheers
Mark
http://rollingstoned.com.au - The Australian Rolling Stones Show
http://thevolts.com.au - The Volts
http://doorsalive.com.au - Doors Alive

Dave W

#8
October 04, 2009, 04:37:28 PM
In Australian dollars? That's really reasonable compared to what I usually see quoted for what you have to pay there.

Aussie Mark

#9
October 04, 2009, 04:40:23 PM
Dave, that's $US.  Considering that used Korean Epi Rivoli reissues sell for close to US$1000 in Australia, the Greco price was a good one.
Cheers
Mark
http://rollingstoned.com.au - The Australian Rolling Stones Show
http://thevolts.com.au - The Volts
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Dave W

#10
October 04, 2009, 04:42:24 PM
That is a good deal then.
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