Is BUYEE.JP a Scam?

Again, I would like to clarify, this video is not intended to slander buyee's name or reputation. It's purely to share my experience, open the conversation with other's experiences and hopefully educate or make other's weary of the risks!

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[bathingtiger]

Hidden fees, ridiculous wrapping, consolidation charges, useless stuffed crap to make the box heavier. They're becoming so expensive and shady too. It was my second and last time using them. There are other proxy companies that do the job for less

[odachi-dev]

Ive order 2 sets of center caps and it was a great experience. Im sorry to hear about your time with it.

[FuzzInators]

Having some wheels imported currently via Jesse Streeter through DHL. Jesse is always super friendly, helpful, and best of all is responsive. Paying invoices is easy and he will handle the entire YAJ bidding/shipping/handling for you. His quotes may seem high but in my experience he will overestimate the quote (probably so he doesn’t underestimate and have upset buyers when the price is higher) and the actual price is usually lower than the estimate. Great dude and great service if you are trying to get stuff from YAJ.

[CorwinCh]

Jesse Streeter is 100% the only way to go for importing anything from Japan. Have personally gone through him so many times.

Buyee is just crap, and overcharges crazy amounts for shipping, especially big parts like skirts or bumpers.

[philipamthor]

So it doesn’t sound like a Scam per say as in I feel you will eventually get you product just like you did the Magazines BUT I feel that they are VERY UNPROFESSIONAL & VERY UNRELIABLE because the sound of the run around is ridiculous and I would probably stay away from working with them direct or even at all...I would definitely find another source!

[koksik]

Im using buyee for years now. Never had a problem, they are very fast all the time. Basically from the beginning magazines - You used sail shipping, which takes months (1-3months + even more as covid), ems was suspended but usually 5-7 working days.
Side skirts - they are too big (length no more then 1.5m long for most options ems, fedex, airmail, only dhl I think can ship bigger stuff)
How You know that seller in japan sent them as one piece, not 2? I wouldt be suprised if he did.
Im avoiding buying bumpers, side skirts etc as they are hard to ship, but as I said, till today im using them for any smaller pieces and works great and very fast each time.
Its weird really situation

[serhiymarchenko]

The only good thing about Buyee is that their delivery is pretty reliable (never had issues). But they tend to use ridiculously huge boxes, which often forces you to use the most expensive shipping option (DHL), and if you want to consolidate, they literally put their already huge boxes into even bigger box. And the biggest problem - support is non-existent. It’s like talking to robots (they just send you their prepared standard replies and if you ask for more details, they just re-send previous reply). To be fair, this is happening not on every transaction (I had examples of good sized boxes). That is the only reason I sometimes taking a risk to use their services.

[tomsilverthorn]

I had a similar issue with them as well. I purchased a set of shortened knuckles and 2 full sets of 326 wheel nuts under the illusion that i could consolidate. I applied and they refused without any reasoning besides the fact "it did not meet their requirements". This left me stuck as I had already purchased all of the items so I had to purchase postage on each individually which made it loads more expensive than originally anticipated.

[kingcarl]

I'm from the uk and I brought some 3 piece weds from buyee and had no issues. Sorry to hear this man

[PhantomEyce]

I've abandoned my package after misleading an shipping an extra 30 dollars after they claimed free from winning it off bids.

[miataval]

i’m just gonna go through streeter for my vs6. multiple friends with nothing but positive experiences w having him as a middle man.

[bitlord]

i had no issues, ordered led tails for my nissan stagea, no problems work well and all that, i dont think they are scammers.

[Titodublot]

What about Paypal insurance on everything bought on Buyee?

[IntegraDIY]

I wanted to buy something on there for a model car, just a small car part..it cost like $22 usd, shipping directly to me would’ve been almost $70 total. Seems like a scam to me

[theturbomullet]

I got rammed in the ass by Buyee on my blitz 03’s. It was under $600 for the wheels, then $2200 to ship and they lost 2 wheels. Soooo I had to make PayPal claim to get my money back. It was the worst experience

[cammiddlemast]

Went through Jesse streeter for all my parts from Japan and was a pleasant experience

[bay]

Bought a pair of side skirt 10/15/2, it was shipped out as a pair $278 DHL + $111 for the winning bid. Recived 1 week later. Ok not bad so i decided to bid on a pair of fender. Won the bid at $805 listed as left & right (pair), it arrived to the warehouse now they are charging me 2 shipping prices. Charges are $908 & $1028 wth???? Im not paying almost 3k just for 2 fender. Why cant they ship both fender at once, and alone almost 1k for shipping is ridiculous. They are not responding and im jist gonna get my bank involved. Im done with buyee i say stay away and avoid headaches.

[nathanhawkins]

would anyone know any importers for Korean parts? as in kdm parts for genesis n what not

[endarior]

Not a car parts story but I did buy camera gear from Japan from what seemed a reputable seller but there was some issue with shipping which never got resolved. A few weeks of messages back and forth to get it shipped but they eventually stopped responding. Other photogs had the same experience, but only when there was a problem. If the shipping had no issues they got the gear no problem. Sounds obvious but I guess it meant to the company in Japan that any issues weren't worth the time, so they just didn't and who cares if they lose a few random western customers. All my other JP experiences have been great but maybe it was the same for your seller.

[cameronbrown]

I bought a spec d front bumper from buyee. Spec b bumper with optioned lip and fogs. Rare spec. Bought it it got shipped to buyee. And they where trying to charge me 2 grand extra for shipping so I canceled order and haven’t used them sense