Well I did win the auction on this bass, it's on it's way to me via EMS, hopefully will arrive by the weekend. Since I didn't get any answers on how to do it directly thru Yahoo, I ended up having to go thru a bidding service (
http://www.kuboTEN.com). I had never used one of these before. They charged a service commission of $53.47 (10% of sale price+ $10). The only thing that was a bit screwy to me is the lower exchange rate, which in essence got them another additional $31.47-- so you could say their "total fees" were $84.94. Add $23.54 for shipping from the seller to kuboTEN, then add $125 for EMS shipping to me, and my total cost comes to $645.
So how does this kuboTEN deal compare with any other option?
Here's how all the costs broke down:
Winning Bid: $412.25
kuboTEN commission: $43.57 (10%)+$10 USD
Japan Shipping & Sales Tax: $23.54
Exchange Rate reduction: $31.47
(Their exchange rate is typically about 3% under the actual rate you'd see on a currency converter. According to them it’s derived from their credit card processors rate).---------------------------
Total Price: $520.83
International Shipping : $125.00
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Total US Dollars Paid: $645.83
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Anyway, even though I paid more than I would have liked, I'm really looking forward to finally adding a lefty SB series bass to my collection- I already have a TSB-650 and an RSB Deluxe II Black n' Gold, I only wish I could find a SB1000! Can you guys that have SBs give me some idea what to expect from this bass?
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. I'll try to do a cut n paste explanation over the next few weeks for all.
