Hey, does anyone tried out the new RHD bid website yet? How's the experience? what are the things we have to pay attention?? Please advice........

Here is the website:
www.bidjdm.com

 

It just came out so I don't think anyone has any experiences yet.

thewird

 

I had a quick look at it but I haven't really gone into any depth of it.

 

Yeah, me either, so let's see how it goes........

 

I have bought a few parts last year from Japan2la who owns the site. Nice guy very professional quick response etc. I would try it if they had something interesting. Hope that helps a little.

 

Sorry, not my website..

 

So.......... has anyone tried out buying or bidding things on the new RHD bid website? It's alot cheaper, since we are buying it directly from Japan. I read the rules, we kinna have to pre-pay first, if we lost the bidding, then full refund is back to us or something........ Anyone tried it before? Reliable? Suggestions?

There is the site again:
www.bidjdm.com

 

Sounds like a good way to lose money, or make money... depends which side of the ocean you live on ;D

 

Ive never been to a meet before, I might swing out there from shilo just to for fun.

 

I want to buy some items from this new website, but don't know how reliable it is. Any suggestions??

 

This website is now in Alpha version, it said, i dunno if it's safe or not........ but those JDM parts are to tempting.....

 

come on, be our test mule

 

Yeah, who wanna test the water?

 

I saw some FD parts really cheap in this bidjdm.com website, anyone try it at all? Since it's a RHDjapan company, I think it should be fine right? Any ideas??

 

Go a head and let us know :P

 

That site is unbearable! It takes forever to load the page, I can not understand the adds they post even with the translator on, the pictures are horrible, and its obviously risky.

 

I bidded in this website, but at last I got outbidded..... since the ending time is like 11am here in North America (I was at work, not near the computer at that time) So I still haven't successfully win or purchase anything from this site yet......

 

I attempt to try to bid for the second time in this site. anyone successfully purchase from this site before? I believe this site is the same company as the http://www.rhdjapan.com/

 

Not sure if they are the same, but Marco is organizing a group buy from rhdjapan.

 

true
and to much japanese words
really hard to figure out

 

It is run by the same company. Basically its just Yahoo auctions translated and taken care of by rhd.

It's not the same Joe. I almost got pricing finalized. Too bad I can't post about it here >_>

thewird

 

I've ordered off BIDJDM a few times. They've changed over to PayPal subscriptions -- you won't need to make a deposit to bid on an item, but your PayPal will be charged when you win. Don't go bid crazy unless you mean it.

They'll hold items 5 days for free, then you'll pay storage for 5 additional days, then pay again for a final 5 days, for a max of 15 days storage. Storage varies based on the item. I've held out to day 15 before shipping them to the US to make one big package.

Shipping was reasonable. Largest package I won was a set of sway bars -- shipping and handling was $250.

Navigating the auctions takes some getting used to. I mainly use BIDJDM to get in the right category, move to YJA for more searching, then copy the auction back into BIDJDM for more bidding.

Overall, a painful experience for the wallet, but I got my JDM goodness!

 

Yeah, I know Marco is organizing a group buy from RHDJapan, but that site doesn't have the parts I want, so....... I go check out the bidjdm.com instead~

 

Thx for the detail explanation. I use Paypal, and when I bid last time, it seems that I have to make an "Agreement" or something first, in order to bid. I got outbid at last, so never won any bidding so far. Also, when i read the payment instruction and Blog section in that site, it seems to have a 20% bid fee or something. Here is the sample from the site:

Sample price breakdown of prices in Japanese yen.

Final bid price: $119,999 yen
Final bid fee (20%): $23,999 yen
Handling fee: $2,370 yen

Air shipping to customer's door: $26,363 yen
Total $172,731 yen or $1,877 USD

What is the 20% bid fee though? And when you bought your sway bars, did Canadian Custom Department charge you import tax or sth? (Usually have to pay it when picking up the parcel at Canada Post or sth)

What is the 5 days holding fee? I am confuse. They hold your item for 5 days for free. So that means I have to make all the final payment within first 5 days, then they won't charge us extra, is that what you mean?

 

Sounds like they charge you 20% handling fee to take care of the purchase for you.

Ka Kui, what exactly do you need from them that you can't get anywhere else?

thewird