pink_chocolate Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 is it safe?I wanted to place some orders from this site. but is it safe? Rakuten.com. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamaneko Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Rakuten is like Gmarket or Taobao, but it's the Japanese version - there are different users selling items in their own shops - so it varies between items. I know that some known companies like Liz Lisa sell their items on that site too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miz Valeer Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I shop online a lot. Haha. As for Rakuten, I've bought from them 3 times. Generally, the shops ship within Japan only. But, if you're not located in Japan and don't want to pay the commission fee for a shopping service, then Rakuten has an international page. That way, shops will ship directly to you, even if you don't have a Japanese address. C: I've used both the Rakuten international shipping service I just mentioned, and separate shopping services. All of them were fine, but of course, using Rakuten's own international page is cheapest. C: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JaeFuma Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I have and it was great. Got an external hard drive and a poncho with great speed. I was in Japan at the time, but I was surprised at how easy it was. I love that site. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pandaluv Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 I shop on there regularly. Its safe and reliable. But if youre international please note that a lot of shops don't ship overseas and you'd have to use a shopping service. Also, they only ship by EMS which is pretty pricey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest c0lap1nada Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 A lot of people do. I find their shipping too expensive so custom orders are the way to go. Find the right peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kellog Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I ordered from them. They are pretty reputable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nameless Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I shop online a lot. Haha. As for Rakuten, I've bought from them 3 times. Generally, the shops ship within Japan only. But, if you're not located in Japan and don't want to pay the commission fee for a shopping service, then Rakuten has an international page. That way, shops will ship directly to you, even if you don't have a Japanese address. C: I've used both the Rakuten international shipping service I just mentioned, and separate shopping services. All of them were fine, but of course, using Rakuten's own international page is cheapest. C: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anli Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I've bought from Wanboo (secondhand clothing) via Tenso. When you use the global site, you can only shop from stores that ship to your country, so you'll have to change your settings to say "Ship to Japan (or worldwide through forwarding)" instead of "Ship to United States/Canada/etc." If you click on a store that doesn't ship to the country you've specified, you'll get a message like "The shop [shopname] does not ship any items to [your country] currently" and you can click on [your country] to set it to Japan.Tenso is easy to use and they're currently running a shipping promotion through Rakuten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kellog Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 I've bought from Wanboo (secondhand clothing) via Tenso. When you use the global site, you can only shop from stores that ship to your country, so you'll have to change your settings to say "Ship to Japan (or worldwide through forwarding)" instead of "Ship to United States/Canada/etc." If you click on a store that doesn't ship to the country you've specified, you'll get a message like "The shop [shopname] does not ship any items to [your country] currently" and you can click on [your country] to set it to Japan.Tenso is easy to use and they're currently running a shipping promotion through Rakuten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zantac_2 Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 rakuten international imo has a very flawed structure. it is basically a half richard simmons translation of its own website with very little sales processing. you are still directly doing business with the stores in rakuten which limits communication if only english is used. i think at the very least the payment process should be handled by rakuten. charge their stores a small fee for handling international payments if they want to do business worldwide.im currently experiencing a problem where the store has asked me to pay via bank transfer instead of my credit card due to i guess security concerns. im sure many stores in rakuten are wary like this. they are simply not ready for international customers. now i can do a bank transfer very easily, but i have no idea what the other end will charge me for an international funds transfer. theres still too much guesswork at play where both sides have little confidence.for a company as large as rakuten, youd expect a more polished way of doing business. why not adopt a model similar to shopping services? if you want to purchase something off rakuten, id say just pay a little extra and use a shopping service. it will make life a lot easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happygal2011 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 rakuten international imo has a very flawed structure. it is basically a half richard simmons translation of its own website with very little sales processing. you are still directly doing business with the stores in rakuten which limits communication if only english is used. i think at the very least the payment process should be handled by rakuten. charge their stores a small fee for handling international payments if they want to do business worldwide.im currently experiencing a problem where the store has asked me to pay via bank transfer instead of my credit card due to i guess security concerns. im sure many stores in rakuten are wary like this. they are simply not ready for international customers. now i can do a bank transfer very easily, but i have no idea what the other end will charge me for an international funds transfer. theres still too much guesswork at play where both sides have little confidence.for a company as large as rakuten, youd expect a more polished way of doing business. why not adopt a model similar to shopping services? if you want to purchase something off rakuten, id say just pay a little extra and use a shopping service. it will make life a lot easier. Bank charges should be around US50 - US80 so be sure to add that as part of your cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lovercase Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 At the first time you can buy a cheap item to test the safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest serenaclinton Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 i didn't agree with lovercase you can buy a cheap item first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest travisd Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Yes, they are safe and a good company. I've been using them for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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