Issues with Akiba Games

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Jeez, between this and Bold, you have been having a string of shit luck with ebay.

Nah not all is bad. I have been buying from some other fairly good sellers as of late also.

[tknjin]

I am surprised that is going on, but I cannot say I have had issues with him in the past.  If all else fails  I can recommend you some of the other ebay sellers such as 199963wands, Steve666b, ryoplanshop(he or she includes bags of tea with your purchases), garakuta1028, japan_4_you, retrogamecity.  I have shopped with these guys before and have never had any issues with my purchases.  Hopefully this helps. 

[mickcris]

I have bought a few things from them in the past, from their website.  prices are pretty reasonable until shipping is included.  but it seems all shipping from japan is expensive.  and they definitely do not clean anything before they resell it.

[Digi.k]

Unfortunately you have to deal with crap every now and then. 

I recommend you use this stuff to clean the contact points.  Use a q-tip too.  Just make sure it's fully dry before you put it in and switch on. 

[ProfessorProfessorson]

WD 40 will destroy pcbs, so I prefer to not use it on any electronics. It breaks down the bonding in the layers of the pcb. Seeing the damage it can cause first hand, I'd rather just avoid it all together. Also, concerning 199963wands, I just put in a order with them yesterday!

[Bloufo]

I am surprised that is going on, but I cannot say I have had issues with him in the past.  If all else fails  I can recommend you some of the other ebay sellers such as 199963wands, Steve666b, ryoplanshop(he or she includes bags of tea with your purchases), garakuta1028, japan_4_you, retrogamecity.  I have shopped with these guys before and have never had any issues with my purchases.  Hopefully this helps. 

Retrogamecity is nice and all until you bring up any sort of complaint.

I used him for years until one time he sold me an N64 adapter. It was just a plain pass thru device to allow JP games on a US N64 console. I mean it literally takes a few minutes for you to achieve the same thing by doing the "mod" yourself, but I bought his product because it was cheap and he insisted (in the item description and via communication) that this would allow for PAL games to be compatible/playable as well.

I still left him positive feedback but the mere fact that I even brought it up that the item description was not accurate, he has since (going on 3 years now, lol) found a bunch of highly original excuses why shipping to my location is "weirdly problematic at this time under current eBay guidelines"  ahahaha

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Just an update on this, ebay forced a refund, including partial shipping cost. Akiba never responded to the dispute, so that is on them. They do that too often and they will eventually lose their selling abilities. Pretty stupid over all.

[MotherGunner]

Great to hear you recovered most of your money.  The frakkers...

[Black Tiger]

ryoplanshop does not combine shipping.

[MotherGunner]

robocop does not condone shoplifting.

[esteban]

I'll buy that for a dollar.

[tknjin]

ryoplanshop does not combine shipping.

That's not true, he has most definitely done combined shipping for me before.  Unless I am just a lucky because I have definitely dealt with this seller more than once.

[Black Tiger]

ryoplanshop does not combine shipping.

That's not true, he has most definitely donye combined shipping for me before.  Unless I am just a lucky because I have definitely dealt with this seller more than once.

It may not currently be the case with each transaction, but I got screwed twice. The second time I had forgotten the seller's name. Each time I requested a combined total invoice and at least one of the times sent a question after pointing out that shipping wasn't combined and they simply said that the individual shipping prices combined on any amount of items are what I must pay. They may have since adjusted their prices to make legit profit instead of gouging on shipping.

[cr8zykuban0]

damn, that sucks to hear about your items. i'll be sure to avoid this seller.

[sirhcman]

ryoplanshop does not combine shipping.

That's not true, he has most definitely done combined shipping for me before.  Unless I am just a lucky because I have definitely dealt with this seller more than once.

I messaged him the other day when I inquired about some saturn games and he told me he does..