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Thanks for explaining that. Is this a Japanese phenomenon or are others doing it? I don't see sellers in US functioning this way.
There'd be no purpose to operate this way from the US or elsewhere as eBay sells stuff worldwide by default, while Japanese do not. Not 100% sure on this but I don't think it's even possible to complete a transaction on Yahoo Auctions if you're not in Japan (preferred method of payment over Yahoo Auctions is very often a direct bank transfer, preferably with paper trail or something antiquated like that lol).
Either way, vast majority of Yahoo Auctions sellers flat out refuse to ship internationally so hiring a middlemen shipping service is mandatory for most anything you wanna get across.
But these proxy services like Buyee are widely used and are very reliable nowadays and they allow all kinds of payment methods so it's really as simple as buying on eBay. Just that there are still people who don't know about it, same as there are people who aren't aware of just how massive the heritage market is on Yahoo Auctions and all the treasures it holds and since it definitely won't pop up in your search engine, eBay is all there is.