Woooo I might be getting it
I found a "middleman" that buys the items and ships them out to you. He sent me this:
Yes, I bid on and ship items to people who cannot participate in Yahoo Japan.
I charge a flat 1000 yen per auction plus 10% of the winning bid. You will also pay for shipping within Japan, a 250 yen bank transfer fee, and shipping from Japan to the UK.
If we will use Paypal I have to add 4% to the total.
So if I were able to get the Pata's Bootleg VHS for 1500yen, I would charge you:
1500 yen winning bid
250 bank fee
390 shipping within Japan
1000 fixed per auction
150 10% of winning bid
3290 total without shipping to the UK.
900 yen shipping to the UK of 1 VHS tape by regular airmail
or
1500 yen shipping to the UK by EMS
So depending on your choice of shipping method, the total price will be 4190 yen regular mail or 4790 yen EMS
If we will use Paypal, the total will be either 4357 or 4981 yen
So it'll cost me about 3 times the price of the video but it'll be worth it
! I've asked him if he could email the seller and ask them to relist the item. If the seller does, i'll soon be the proud owner of this baby
:D:D