Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Bankruptcy beckons.
Rinkya.com is one of those sites that make you say you "wished you'd thought of that". It makes it possible for non-japanese speaking gaijin to bid on japanese auctions. You register, then peruse auctions.yahoo.co.jp at your leisure, but with handy overlaid translations of auction descriptions. Then you bid, in yen, via your Rinkya account, and if you win, you get the item shipped to you via the Rinkya warehouse in Japan. They take their cut from a 25% premium on shipping costs. The whole site would benefit from a redesign to simplify navigation, but the idea itself is genius. If you have an unsated passion for bearbricks, tentacle pr0n, or just maybe Nike Air Wovens, then rinkya.com might prove an expensive distraction.
Rinkya.com is one of those sites that make you say you "wished you'd thought of that". It makes it possible for non-japanese speaking gaijin to bid on japanese auctions. You register, then peruse auctions.yahoo.co.jp at your leisure, but with handy overlaid translations of auction descriptions. Then you bid, in yen, via your Rinkya account, and if you win, you get the item shipped to you via the Rinkya warehouse in Japan. They take their cut from a 25% premium on shipping costs. The whole site would benefit from a redesign to simplify navigation, but the idea itself is genius. If you have an unsated passion for bearbricks, tentacle pr0n, or just maybe Nike Air Wovens, then rinkya.com might prove an expensive distraction.
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