Return, Bidding, and Ordering Policy
All items bid on and ordered through SMJ are to be assumed "as-is". Auctions and Web Orders cannot be returned, replaced, or refunded for any reason. Please be sure the amount you wish to bid on an auction and/or the order you want to place is accurate. Also, it is wise to research the product, translate it to the best of your ability, and always check an auctioneers' feedback prior to bidding.

All bids and orders placed are final. Bids can only be raised, they cannot be lowered or retracted. Orders cannot be modified or canceled. In the event only part of your web order can be filled, the items available will be ordered and processed as normal.


Late Fees
After you receive an invoice you will have 14 days to pay for those items. Detailed payment instructions will accompany every email invoice. A $10.00 fee will be charged on each auction if it is not paid for on time, and another $10.00 every 14 days. If the item is still not paid after 3 late fees per auction have accumulated, your credit card will be billed for the full amount, or your deposit depleted to pay it off. Additionally, these items, whether paid for, partially paid for, on not paid at all, may become the property of Anime Chaos / SMJ and resold to make up for lost time and money at a managers discresion.

Foreign Sellers (outside of Japan)
Sellers from outside of Japan such as China, Korea, and many other non-Japanese sellers often provide more hurdles to conduct business with on average. Products from regions other than Japan do not benefit from our batch shipping procedure and may be shipped direct to the customer from the foreign seller. The customer will assume all risk.

How do you know if its a non-Japanese seller or not? Its usually pretty obvious from the item description or even the item itself. However; whether or not the seller is known to be from outside Japan or not, the above rules apply.

Fragile & Difficult items (ship-at-your-own-risk)

Due to the nature of some items they are more easily subject to damage in shipping, at no fault of SMJ or the postal service. They are simply fragile, or very difficult to ship securely. Typically this is limited to a very few number of items such as large instruments like guitars, glass frames, ceramics, or very delicate electronics.

Because of this the post office rarely accepts insurance claims on these items as most of the time there is no visible damage to the container. Although SMJ packages every customers items with care and the upmost security in mind, unfortunetly, we are unable to eat the cost of such goods in the event the post office denies our insurance claim.

These such items are "Ship-at-your-own-risk." Meaning we will package them the best we can, but in the unfortunete occurance damage is done to the item, you will not be reimbursed for the damaged good if the insurance claim is not accepted by the postal facility.

If you suspect your items may fall in this catagory please feel free to email us and ask.


Customs Value and Declarations
All items shipped direct from Japan and outside the USA may be subject to duties imposed by the importing nations postal and customs agencies. SMJ is in no way responsible for these fees under any circumstance. Its recommended that all customers do a bit of reseach into their countries' laws to have a better understanding of what to expect. All shippments from SMJ must be declared at an accurate actual value in order to apply full shipping insurance. Items shipped from the US office to US residents are not subject to customs duties.

Restricted and Disallowed Items
Things such as automobiles, appliances, real estate and other items that are very difficult or impossible to ship and simply not allowed by SMJ. Rule of thumb, if the USPS or normal government postal services will ship it, we'll handle it.

Automotive releated items can only be bid on if you signed up for an automotive account when you register, however; those already registered can request to have their account changed to an automotive one.

Other restricted catagories include arcade cabinets, home furnishings, ticket auctions, and others. Most items in these catagories can be bid on via the manual bid form. These are restricted due to some of the contents in the catagories, tickets are restricted because our Tokyo staff must review the sale prior to bidding.


Customer Responsibility
Shopping Mall Japan is a deputy service, or middle-man, to help you obtain goods from Japan. Or responsibility is to pay for and deliver to you the item(s) in the same condition that we received them from the sellers in Japan. Most of what can be found on YHJ are used items very similar to the type of items found on Ebay.

We do our best to deliver the product to you in the same condition we received it, and as quickly / efficiently as possible. However; we are not responsible for any misrepresentation, damage, authenticity, functionality, or overall quality of the item as represented by the thousands and thousands of sellers on YHJ. Even in the unfortunate occurrence that an auctioneer not follow through with a transaction or even prove to be a scamer, the customer is still responsible for the costs incurred by SMJ.

Do your best to research items, and always....ALWAYS check a sellers feedback rating. If they have very little or no feedback at all, its usually best to avoid the auction completely. If its too good to be true, or you have any suspicions, please use your common sense and avoid those kind of auctions or purchases. In reguards to web orders, we allow ordering from any site that will take a common wire as payemnt (normal in Japan), however; its best to order from well constructed and larger company sites. We will order from nearly any retail site as requested but the customer assumes the risk.


F.A.Q.
For a list be sure to read the F.A.Q.. It contains a lot of info that you may need to be aware of! It also contains helpful hints, and explanations to make using our service that much more easier!

*Information on this page may be updated, changed, or amended without notice.


 
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