HOW TO BID ON JAPANESE AUCTIONS AND GET GREAT DEALS ON VIDEO GAMES! | Sendico Tutorial | Retro Renew

In today’s episode of Retro Renew, we're going to take a close look at the website Sendico and how it can help us bid on Japanese auctions to hopefully get great deals on retro video game consoles! Sendico is a proxy service that helps you purchase Japanese goods from Japan. I’ll go over my tips and tricks to help you find exactly what you are looking for as well as share 3 awesome consoles that I bought using Sendico’s service, one of which I am very excited to check out.

Lastly, I will breakdown all the costs associated with using Sendico’s service and see if it’s actually worth it. So sit back, relax, and let’s find out what bargains await!

So here's what you will find in this video:
► 0:00 Intro
► 1:09 What is Sendico and what makes them great?
► 2:15 How to add funds to your Sendico Account
► 3:05 All costs/fees associated with using Sendico
► 4:30 How to use Sendico and bid on Yahoo! Auctions
► 9:15 UNBOXING My First Sendico Package!
► 17:31 Detailed Price Breakdown of Everything I Ordered
► 23:49 Conclusion

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DISCLAIMER: This video is only for entertainment purposes. Any injury, damage, or loss that may result from improper use of tools, equipment, or from the information in this video is the sole responsibility of the viewer and is to be used at the discretion of the end user/viewer and not Macho Nacho Productions or Tito Perez. If you are uncertain about any step of the process or feel unsure about your skill level, seek a more authoritative source.

[Cheesehead]

I just came here, a year later after I left my first comment, just to say thank you. I'm about to have some extra money, and I'm looking to get a few things I've wanted for years at this point. Very rarely have I ever bought games online through ebay or the like, my entire collection basically is just from thrift store finds and what not. However, in the past like 6 years or so finding ANYTHING at thrift stores slowly became next to impossible. It's just so cool to me that because of this it seems like I'll actually have a shot at investing in some of this stuff at a price that wouldn't be flat out unreasonable. Good luck to everybody else on getting your dream consoles/games, and once again thank you, if I hadn't been binging your videos this method probably wouldn't have even been something on my radar.


Edit: I now have a Japanese virtual boy in beautiful condition, along with Mario Clash, teleroboxer, vertical force and galactic pinball. Everything, shipping included was 192 dollars. I couldn't be happier with this first experience.

[stuartcole]

“Junk” can also just mean untested. Your excitement when your realised it worked fine was cool to see!

I remember at the end of the life of the Gameboy micro, there was a department store near me clearing them out for about $50Au (~$35US) and they had a massive pile of them. If only I knew how the price would go through the roof.

[ianfairbanks]

Here's the thing about these Japanese import websites, you pay shipping twice and it is CRAZY expensive. Macho Nacho went through with this but had the shipping covered. Me, however, using Buyee, scored a 60 can BOSS coffee flat for 32usd (loved this stuff when I was in japan). Free shipping to the warehouse. Here's the con- What they don't tell you is you won't know the shipping until AFTER you've bought the product. Shipping to the States was $81.00usd. So much for that nice deal. I went though with it just because I wanted to taste BOSS coffee again, But pretty much anything you're buying is going to be a waste of money if you can get it from somewhere else in the world. Until the import delivery fees come down, this is still not a good deal.

[theclaudfather]

Your expression of joy upon seeing the PC engine GT actually turn on an function was pure wholesomeness. Thanks for being such a positive and well spoken figure on YouTube. We need more influencers to be like you.

[matmcpaul]

I ordered from Sendico after watching Elliot do it. Good god. I couldn't believe how much extra I had to pay for shipping to and from sendico. I felt like I got a decent deal and I have another giant package on the way with a gold 64, white saturn and DMG cib. Your stuff is awesome man and I wish it got more exposure. Keep it up dude. I'll definitely be watching.

[LandmanEDC]

Tito, seeing your excitement was worth watching this video. Thanks for going through this tutorial but also opening up those awesome items!

[JuicyJakeRepairs]

finally a decent guide on how to do this hahaha

[RonyIsaPony]

I see people making videos or leaving poor reviews on Sendico because they didn't realize that shipping is not cheap or they bought a couple items, then when they see videos like this they say "Ohh they have special Youtuber Privileges ". I don't condone none of that stuff and I think its wrong that they assume there's a conflict of interest. This is a great video and has informed me a lot on buying through proxy services. I definitely will give Sendico a try and that's thanks to you!

Edit: Also you refer to North American stuff as "American" I'M

[Cheesehead]

As somebody that never thought about this, browsing the website actually blew my mind. I knew a lot of retro stuff was cheaper there, but Holy hell, they're practically giving away stuff that would be sold for an organ here. The only thing that's holding me back from trying this is the international shipping fees, but man I want to try this at some point if not just to get a PC Engine.

[jadenBerr]

I LOVE Sendico! I can't wait for the video! I'll make sure to be there!

[retroeff]

Thanks for a video with so much detail, I knew about Sendico thanks to The Retro Future but your advices have been great and I was already planning to pick some stuff, so now it's time to go shopping :D

[JonathanOrtiz-qqnj]

Thanks for clarification. Very much needed because other videos about sendico didnt explain this deep. Thank you. Ill try it.

[the_peefster]

Sendico feels like a cheat code for retro gaming collecting.

[JeffDvrx]

Second time watching this video, I just realized you mentioned an option to adjust the item value. This is HUGE for me since the piece of crap country I live in murders you with rates, you end up paying twice as much as whatever you bought cost you after 50usd. I repair old cameras for fun, and the Japanese old camera market is the biggest anywhere in the world. Glad I decided to rewatch it after a few months lol

[thiago]

Hi Tito, I'm came from the future to say that this helped me in 2023 :)

[maxi_mage]

I wish I had found this video before I went into Sendico... A rabbit hole that is costing me a lot of money! Now I know what to do! Thank you. :)

[SpikerDragon]

With Sendico I buy a parts catalog for a cab over truck we own in my family as well a japanese PSP and by god it is cheap AF, really happy with the results

[Deniki]

Oh God I've known of sendico but it was always so intimidating. This makes it a lot easier.

[greggperez]

Great video as always! Thanks for the info. Im definitely gonna try to pick up a couple of items. Keep it man!!

[MrAgentEcho]

You can also have them order things for you from Japanese websites and companies. I’m going to have them order me a bunch of Pokémon plush.