Noppin’s Auction Service

Yo ho ho~!

I’m back, with a topic that is still in line with the topic in my last post.

Few people been asking me about how Noppin’s auction service works, and I think to myself, “Why not write it out so I don't need to explain it again and again for number of times?”

This is going to be a short explanation, but I still hope it’s going to be helpful!

• Deposit some money first. Before you can bid on an auction, you need to deposit some money first on Noppin. With this deposit, you can know the limit of your bidding, which is three times bigger than your deposit. For example, if you deposit 2000 yen, you can bid until 5000 yen. If you won an auction, this deposit is untouched.
• Pick your desired auction. You know what this is.
• Set your bid limit. Set your bid limit for the auction. For example, the bid starts at 1 yen, and you can bid until 10000 yen thanks to your deposit but you only want to pay up to 2000 yen because it’s desirable but ain’t that worthy, so you can set your bid limit to 2000 yen.
• Let Noppin do their magic. Noppin works with auto-bid, which means if someone bids higher than you, they will automatically bid higher yen by yen—as long as it’s still below your bid limit.
• Know your position on the bid. There’s the whole explanation at Noppin’s page. This update will let you know if someone outbid you, too.
• And finish all the remaining process. Since the deposit is untouched, you need to pay for your item(s).
• The deposit could be refunded. If you want your money back after winning an auction and finishing your transaction, Noppin can refund your deposit (in the exact same amount as you pay them OH MY GOD). 

So, no worry!

Noppin: A Review

Yo ho ho!
After receiving my package from Noppin, I think it's fair to write about Noppin and their awesome service!

First thing first, what is Noppin? To cut it short, we can use Noppin to buy many things from Japan, especially the rare one since they support Yahoo Auction~ You can also use Noppin to buy many things that is not auction-ish with their Shopping Service.

Long story short, I won an auction of some NEWS goods from a 2012 concert called Utsukon, and by 13/4 Noppin shipped my package with SAL (I requested it, their main shipping method is EMS but dang EMS is too expensive).

10 days later, I received my package <-- for those who aren't sure with SAL, trust me it's awesome. I never lose my package, and their arrival is not that long either (tested Registered Airmail once, they come after a month or so. But with SAL, it's always 10 to 13 days). 10 days for much cheaper shipping cost is awesome.

And so, what's so awesome about Noppin?

• Cheap. Than the other Auction Service that I used, Noppin is much cheaper. Their service fee is fixed, and it's only 500 yen (FUCKING 500 YEN) for every auction up to 4000 yen. More than that? You can check by yourself.
• Various shipping methods. I tried another auction service once, in the Dark Ages aka when I don't have PayPal, and they only want to ship using EMS and they costs me about 10.000 yen for my super heavy package (I won the auction for 1500 yen, but the shipping costs 10.000 yen. What a life). BUT NOPPIN, you can choose your shipping method! 
• Auction storage. After paying for the item you won (14 days deadline, otherwise charged 300 yen a day. Better be fast on this), you can store your items in Noppin's storage for 60 days. So, you can ship some items together!
• No rush to pay the shipping fee. After deciding you wanted to ship your item, you will be charged with shipping fee of course. But no rush, after the fee is all fixed, you got 25+ days (I forgot okay) to pay it. So, if you're tight on money, you can still save your money before paying it (aka me, aka the life of a student). There's a countdown on the web, check it to make sure how many days you have left (sounds scary).
• Fast response, kind Customer Service. Their CS is super kind, I swear to God. My questions are super silly, but they kindly answered all of them. 

So, I'd rate them: 10/10

Yes, I have no regrets nor any complain. Noppin is awesome and I will keep using them for my fangirling needs.

xx,
Zara