You Will Have Bad Luck with Glass This Week . . .
For anyone out there who got this message in a fortune cookie last week, never fear! It was meant for me. ^______^
Seriously, I broke two glass cups last week. Two! I never break dishes. So, I'm feeling a little clumsy now. Aaaaaand . . . it was from a set of four cups. *nervous laughter*
Moving along . . . have you guys seen the new Yahoo! Japan International auctions yet? Frankly, they're useless. When you try to sign up for a premium membership, it just directs you to the Japanese language credit card form. They still don't accept non-Japanese credit cards, by the way. Which begs the question: what's the point?
I emailed the English speaking staff, asking if there was any other way to pay for premium membership if you have American credit cards and an American bank account. Because seriously, if you can't bid more than 4,999 yen, there's really no point in having an account. You might as well use a deputy for all of your transactions, because you won't come across enough you want below that to justify the pain in the butt it is to deal with begging to bid, mailing payment, etc. If you know enough Japanese and can bid whatever you want, then you can basically cut deputies completely out of your life. Most sellers are willing to ship internationally if you seem to know what you're doing, and can communicate acceptably in their language.
So, I ended up having to reactivate my account with my deputy this weekend. Blegh.
Seriously, I broke two glass cups last week. Two! I never break dishes. So, I'm feeling a little clumsy now. Aaaaaand . . . it was from a set of four cups. *nervous laughter*
Moving along . . . have you guys seen the new Yahoo! Japan International auctions yet? Frankly, they're useless. When you try to sign up for a premium membership, it just directs you to the Japanese language credit card form. They still don't accept non-Japanese credit cards, by the way. Which begs the question: what's the point?
I emailed the English speaking staff, asking if there was any other way to pay for premium membership if you have American credit cards and an American bank account. Because seriously, if you can't bid more than 4,999 yen, there's really no point in having an account. You might as well use a deputy for all of your transactions, because you won't come across enough you want below that to justify the pain in the butt it is to deal with begging to bid, mailing payment, etc. If you know enough Japanese and can bid whatever you want, then you can basically cut deputies completely out of your life. Most sellers are willing to ship internationally if you seem to know what you're doing, and can communicate acceptably in their language.
So, I ended up having to reactivate my account with my deputy this weekend. Blegh.