Hi guys,
I've been looking at the Yahoo auctions Japan site (http://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/) a fair bit lately as I have a friend who was living over there for a while and I'd noticed a few nice parts for my Z. Turns out that most of the Japanese sellers won't ship internationally.
My idea would be to act as a proxy bidder and international forwarding service for anyone wanting to buy from Yahoo auctions Japan. On a customer's request I would place the bid, win the auction and have the item received locally in Japan. Then it could be forwarded anywhere in the world. I know there are some people out there doing this already (mailorderjapan, etc) but perhaps I could specialise in hard-to-get, JDM or just *nice* parts for Z's.
Or maybe this is just a dumb idea?!?!? Are there people on this site doing this sort of thing already? Is there enough demand for these items and would people be willing to pay a premium to get them? I'm not sure if I'd be allowed to advertise on hybridz or any other forums either... not sure how I'd go about marketing the business and keeping the runnning costs down.
These are all just VERY VERY noisy thoughts. Check out the links below and let me know what you think of my idea. I've included some pics from various items on the site.
Thanks, Chris
S30Z - 240Z, 260Z, 280Z
http://page16.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/u30558542
http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k105618190
S130Z - 280ZX
http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b92365074
(Not sure why this shows up under S130Z... but anyhoo)
Z31 - 300ZX (83-89)
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e83413056
Z32 - 300ZX (89-96)
Z33 - 350Z
http://page3.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/c184727372