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75coupe Grand Master

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Yes I've used them, good communication and supprt, they gave me a refund on delivery charges as their delivery quotes are probably a tad on the safe side so they give you back the difference, fairly good searchable site with Yahoo Jap auctions... Good packaging job..

I actually don't have anything bad to say... although you want good stuff from japan just be prepared to pay for the delivery, but you can find stuff going for real cheap sometimes.

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never used it but must say that its good that we have something like import monster to get stuff for us from yahoo auctions as theres been heaps of stuff i've wanted to get but postage is a tad much.

lol they should really get a better translator for it though cause the net english translator just isn't good enough. funny reading some stuff on it though. my favourite one i read was for a r32 steering wheel "Because in medieval times you slept in the warehouse, there is some scar, but it is thought that there is no problem in use." :)

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Yes I've used them, good communication and supprt, they gave me a refund on delivery charges as their delivery quotes are probably a tad on the safe side so they give you back the difference, fairly good searchable site with Yahoo Jap auctions... Good packaging job..

I actually don't have anything bad to say... although you want good stuff from japan just be prepared to pay for the delivery, but you can find stuff going for real cheap sometimes.

Refund on delivery cost? Wow, how much?

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anyone even thinking of buying something from japan atm must be either loaded or crazy :S

youre not lyin. i live in japan and im paid in US dollars and pay rent in Yen so basically my rent payment in this month alone has swung 100 bucks. and i hear the AU dollar is taking a dump too.

pray for a JDM market collapse.

CRoNic... Grand Master

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never used it but must say that its good that we have something like import monster to get stuff for us from yahoo auctions as theres been heaps of stuff i've wanted to get but postage is a tad much.

lol they should really get a better translator for it though cause the net english translator just isn't good enough. funny reading some stuff on it though. my favourite one i read was for a r32 steering wheel "Because in medieval times you slept in the warehouse, there is some scar, but it is thought that there is no problem in use." :)

It's just the way the Japanese gets translated into English. Happens with Japanese stickers, too. It's not a 'translator' that sits there and types it out.

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lol they should really get a better translator for it though cause the net english translator just isn't good enough. funny reading some stuff on it though. my favourite one i read was for a r32 steering wheel "Because in medieval times you slept in the warehouse, there is some scar, but it is thought that there is no problem in use." :ninja:
It's just the way the Japanese gets translated into English. Happens with Japanese stickers, too. It's not a 'translator' that sits there and types it out.

Machine translations are never ideal. With 2 million auctions on the site at any one time, that's no way known we could translate all that manually. All the auction pages are pulled in live. We have a link above the description for an alternate translation, using another engine which gives different results.

FYI some common translations:

Medieval times = second hand, used

Daily throughput = Nissan

Scenic mountain highway = Skyline

scar = scratch

bruise = dent

You do get used to the Engrish and usually all the info you need is there. Also if you are ever not sure, flick us an email, we have further translating tools available at our end along with Japanese speaking staff who can assist :laugh:

anyone even thinking of buying something from japan atm must be either loaded or crazy :S
my mate has used them plenty, no dramas.

With the ozzy dollar in the pits at the moment you will be probably be paying well overs

We have seen many auctions go for well under what they used to go for, because of a decline in International competition on items. Basically less people bidding from overseas on stuff sees the auctions go for less than they used to, quite often making stuff cheaper than it was before the rate took a nose-dive. I guess like all auctions, you set the price you are willing to bid up to, and not go past it.

Refund on delivery cost? Wow, how much?
ive used them and have no complaints about them

very good with service and communication

Used them too, no problems, top service. Just too bad about the exchange rate now.

Thank you all for the positive feedback, it is appreciated!

Phatboy Mentor

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"Because in medieval times you slept in the warehouse, there is some scar, but it is thought that there is no problem in use." :D

:P

At one of the GMs a few months back the two guys who set up import monster came and talked. They seemed pretty decent, down-to-earth guys. I have never ordered anything off it, but the system they use , apart from the jap -> engrish translator seems pretty reliable and virtually real-time.

As others have said though, only buy if you're loaded or really need the mods. The price of the good stuff from japan is almost twice as much now as it was half a year ago.

Damn Apprentice

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At one of the GMs a few months back the two guys who set up import monster came and talked. They seemed pretty decent, down-to-earth guys. I have never ordered anything off it, but the system they use , apart from the jap -> engrish translator seems pretty reliable and virtually real-time.

That's right, Aaron and myself came out & did a presentation to SAU-VIC :D Other than my Lambo notebook not liking the pics from the most recent DECA day, all went well :P

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