tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post2538724947326336906..comments2024-01-25T15:49:41.150+09:00Comments on Famicomblog: A Minor Quibble with the Festering Cesspool of Racism that is Japan's Yahoo AuctionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-40552510995115349122022-12-17T18:02:59.105+09:002022-12-17T18:02:59.105+09:00This is not stunning, this "irony" is gr...This is not stunning, this "irony" is grasping at straws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-4656024577218928992022-12-17T18:01:53.363+09:002022-12-17T18:01:53.363+09:00I had the same experience with this seller before ...I had the same experience with this seller before I found your blog.<br />But there's a different perspective I can add, that other people here cannot:<br />I have sold on Yahoo auctions myself for years and know how the system works.<br />Unless "shop" accounts have different tools available, you cannot see any information about a user before they win the auction.<br />In my case I was blacklisted before the auction ended. They would have had no way to know I was not Japanese. You can click a bidder's username and check their public account (which has no info), but that's it.<br />Likely the reason for them blocking me was their asinine crap in their asinine description, cuz on Yahoo Auctions, apparently you can just make up your own rules (not entirely true, but kinda true nonetheless):<br /><br />"Those with an evaluation of less than 10, those with an evaluation of 0.7% or more of the total (excluding the evaluation at the time of sale), foreigners, vendors, those thought to be agents, those with a history of cancellation, and those whose most recent evaluation was less than 6 months ago. Bids from the above will be cancelled and registered on the black list. We have no choice but to cancel bids from first-time bidders right before the end of the auction because we cannot check their evaluation."<br /><br />At the time of bidding, I had 85 good reviews and 2 bad reviews (this is my buyer account, my seller account has hundreds of transactions). Also my last purchase was more than 6 months ago. These people (and I noticed the following pattern a lot in Japan), love making up rules that they THINK will help, without having ever measured or quantified their results. Blocking people with good reviews that have not bought things for a few months is completely irrational.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-8057835530091701982022-12-17T17:52:05.388+09:002022-12-17T17:52:05.388+09:00If you think Japanese people don't exhibit &qu...If you think Japanese people don't exhibit "real racism", then maybe you should indeed go home to China.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-31890077036080763372022-12-17T17:51:10.482+09:002022-12-17T17:51:10.482+09:00You alright?You alright?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-11739639921319439062022-12-17T17:50:34.065+09:002022-12-17T17:50:34.065+09:00There is no reporting option for being racist, and...There is no reporting option for being racist, and no custom option either. Yahoo doesn't care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-67082827785738750822018-04-03T17:20:57.239+09:002018-04-03T17:20:57.239+09:00So wait, this guy is being racist, and at the same...So wait, this guy is being racist, and at the same time is using Yahoo!, a service created by... oh, what's that? Yeah, that's right. Americans. Foreigners. Whatever you wanna call 'em. I don't care if it's the Japanese branch or not, it's still a joint venture with an American company and also happens to bear its name.<br /><br />The irony here is absolutely stunning.DJSAM123https://www.blogger.com/profile/08494928174158271967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-57145498489041281742018-02-14T14:38:10.752+09:002018-02-14T14:38:10.752+09:00Thanks!
Ah, can't say I'm surprised to he...Thanks!<br /><br />Ah, can't say I'm surprised to hear that he is still at it, once an ass hole always an ass hole. I've stumbled across a few more guys like that over there on Yahoo Auctions in the last 3 years, its always frustrating when I do. <br /><br />And thanks for reading! Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-10859037783393130742018-02-14T11:00:25.654+09:002018-02-14T11:00:25.654+09:00Heh, just stumbled upon this 3 year old post and i...Heh, just stumbled upon this 3 year old post and immediately recognized the seller name. Tried to buy a few games from him just a couple of weeks ago (a boxed FC copy of DuckTales among other things), but despite placing my bids less than 10 minutes before the end of the auctions they all got immediately cancelled and I was blacklisted.<br /><br />Many of his auctions seem to go for cheaper than the market rate but I guess that's just because he intentionally drives a large portion of his potential customers away.<br /><br />Fantastic blog you have here, by the way. Great fun to read about the adventures of a fellow gaijin game collector. Have spent a good couple of hours here today (slow day at the office).zaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07301137936617035287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-61178299566801576672018-01-22T12:40:54.951+09:002018-01-22T12:40:54.951+09:00You just troll the internet for 3 year old posts o...You just troll the internet for 3 year old posts on random blogs to vent? Surely you have better ways to use your time. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-50050063921202895742018-01-20T12:42:55.177+09:002018-01-20T12:42:55.177+09:00Ah boo hoo now ya know what us Japanese/Asians fee...Ah boo hoo now ya know what us Japanese/Asians feel in the US etc.. Hint. Nothing any of you say or do would ever change peoples private views and no matter what the fucking govt or some company rule.<br /><br />Like with all the PC crap here in the states which have done shit for racial problems. For fucks sake its a damn ebay trader for a stupid whatever the hell a famicom is on the god damn internet of all places..Move the hell on you white/non asian sissy's.. Racial shit where you dweebs live is a 1000% times worse than Japan so stfu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-87381945794219191902017-07-13T16:53:08.001+09:002017-07-13T16:53:08.001+09:00To be honest, racism is another face for being a p...To be honest, racism is another face for being a prick.<br />So how is that ever right?<br /><br />But being totally honest, if a seller was racist the way you pointed out, you were lucky - you avoided dealing with an individual like that and that is a red flaq all around.<br /><br />and yes, yahoo should curtail their auctions that have that behavior, but not until after you can weed out who you should not buy from first lol :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-63553866470247775812017-07-13T16:49:13.662+09:002017-07-13T16:49:13.662+09:00Why do they not give free tissues to gaijin?
clue...Why do they not give free tissues to gaijin?<br /><br />clueless hereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-39321254120203394702017-01-26T05:04:25.794+09:002017-01-26T05:04:25.794+09:00Probably because gaijin like me would shit in thei...Probably because gaijin like me would shit in their precious Yamato tissues and force them to eat those.Sardugnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609745821794707393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-43724724360185057192015-09-11T18:12:22.327+09:002015-09-11T18:12:22.327+09:00If you can't figure out why they don't giv...If you can't figure out why they don't give free tissues to gaijin then i feel sorry for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-43531099137388466232015-06-15T20:19:30.898+09:002015-06-15T20:19:30.898+09:00Some people in business just don't like money ...Some people in business just don't like money that much.EriChanTheRetroGamerNerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862547154849146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-32705263871242331772015-06-15T20:17:14.607+09:002015-06-15T20:17:14.607+09:00Try putting up a blurb in Japanese about it to cat...Try putting up a blurb in Japanese about it to catch searches in Japanese?EriChanTheRetroGamerNerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862547154849146963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-66977340439284593342015-04-26T06:55:47.947+09:002015-04-26T06:55:47.947+09:00Yeah it doesn't matter if there's worst ca...Yeah it doesn't matter if there's worst cases of racism, it shouldn't be tolerated or allowed anywhere in the world. If he wont sell to non Japanese he may as well stop going to Mc Donald's and stop eating pasta and bread and all the other things that isn't considered Japanese. I'm being a little silly here but I'm not wrong am I? We're not moving into his house, if we pay him for the games he should have no rights to complain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-28826180377393503882015-04-02T17:11:04.537+09:002015-04-02T17:11:04.537+09:00The point you seem to be making is that since ther...The point you seem to be making is that since there are worse instances of racism out there this instance of racism is OK. I don`t really accept that in principle, though I acknowledge that you being told to go home to China is way more egregious. I also acknowledge that I am a white male who never experienced racism of any sort before (and of course that white males in general have heaping racism on others in horrible ways for centuries).<br /><br />That said, my personal experience is largely irrelevant - the racism I am complaining about doesn`t apply just to white males but to all foreigners resident in Japan (the vast majority of whom are not white males).<br /><br />You note the intention of the guy as if that was somehow important. It is totally irrelevant. If some Australian business refused to serve people who looked Asian not out of personal hate but simply out of concern that their English might not be so good and banning all of them "streamlined the process" would you accept that? If not, why do you think foreigners in Japan should?<br /><br />But even if we were to accept your suggestion that it wasn't about hate, you have the problem that contrary to what you suggest, everyone who uses YAJ has to speak Japanese so language isn`t the problem. Nobody is trying to message back and forth with sellers in English or any other language (the whole website is in Japanese and just signing up for the account, not to mention using it, requires a fairly decent command of the written language). <br /><br />So your example about the roles being reversed is a misleading comparison. When I sell stuff in an English language website (as I sometimes do) I naturally expect to be communicated with in English. For the same reason I don`t expect YAJ sellers to communicate with me in anything but Japanese. What I don`t do as a seller is pre-emptively ban everyone who has a name that doesn`t sound English from doing business with me. You know why? Because I`m not a racist prick like this guy, that is why.<br /><br />Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-83529482459168714202015-04-02T16:14:00.042+09:002015-04-02T16:14:00.042+09:00I don't see any problem with this, I'm pre...I don't see any problem with this, I'm pretty sure that it's just a hassle dealing with foreigners when Japanese isn't their first language. Unfortunately it's just a bit of a blanket rule probably to streamline the process. It's not like they hate you. I was born in Australia and I'm not Caucasian, I've lived with REAL racism all my life. I know no other language other than English but because of my appearance have been told to my face to 'go home to China' numerous times. Firstly I'm not Chinese and secondly all I had to do to score the nasty comments was to just exist. If the roles were reversed and you were the seller, would you really want to keep communicating to Japanese customers that communicated only in Japanese and kanji? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-19398578895343036052015-03-22T22:01:29.320+09:002015-03-22T22:01:29.320+09:00but there would be no problem that a japanese buys...but there would be no problem that a japanese buys him cheap and fucks off some people on ebay later... (especially when it's some koreans (who were supposedly hated by japanese..) whichs makes the fuck. it's a gay orgy thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-26768411725168615572015-03-21T04:29:54.302+09:002015-03-21T04:29:54.302+09:00Man, that is some bullshit. Like Candiman asked, h...Man, that is some bullshit. Like Candiman asked, have you reported this guy (or anyone else with similar nonsense on their shops)? If so, what was their response?Blue Shoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474339066187087545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-80909699048587760722015-03-10T11:26:50.989+09:002015-03-10T11:26:50.989+09:00That is crazy. Yahoo Auctions really needs to ins...That is crazy. Yahoo Auctions really needs to institute some sort of rules/buyer protection system - it is a total free for all out there and while most sellers are perfectly fine there are enough bad apples like this guy out there trying to ruin it. Not sure what can be done, other than of course putting up blog posts like this (would obviously be more efffective if this blog was in Japanese but I guess its a start). Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681778110046124243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-34064379401477203382015-03-10T08:28:55.233+09:002015-03-10T08:28:55.233+09:00I found your blog after googling that seller and h...I found your blog after googling that seller and had a similar experience over a PS2 game bundle (I can probably find elsewhere, but that's beside the point)<br /><br />No reason was given. My bid was removed and I was blocked from all communication and bidding with him.<br /><br />Here's the thing. *I am a naturalized Japanese citizen* it's pretty crazy. If he didn't block everyone he thought was foreign his rating would be a lot lower. Is there anywhere else online to complain about sellers like that? Yahoo Auction is unwilling to help.seishinbyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276846500007600766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-82657914803680247342015-02-24T02:22:00.666+09:002015-02-24T02:22:00.666+09:00so racism, much wow
seriously. why!? there needs ...so racism, much wow<br /><br />seriously. why!? there needs to be more strict anti racist polices on auction sites, that's why I never use them, along with ludicrous shipping charges and scammersMr.Xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6892786114932769023.post-43410534960507341192015-02-20T01:41:43.702+09:002015-02-20T01:41:43.702+09:00So what about proxy companies. Do you think they r...So what about proxy companies. Do you think they run into these type of issues? I rarely buy stuff off Yahoo! Auctions these days, but when I do I use a proxy company like Rinkya.flywheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404740580161509052noreply@blogger.com