Parted with my PSP years ago, but I still have a working Vita sitting in a drawer somewhere. Reading this made me get up, dust it off, and put it on the charger. Looks like the Vita's going to own my weekend.
I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan
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#22I don't know if the author just writes like this, or if the text was put through ChatGPT, but it sets off my slop alarm: "Running a PSP the way Sony intended, but with a modern jailbreak in place, feels like the best of both worlds. You keep the original hardware, the original screen, the original ergonomics, but you reduce the friction. No UMD juggling. No region limitations. No locked-down firmware. Just drag, drop, and play."
Now, downvote away.
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#23Yup that's about the best case for buying from Japan. Also big is anime, high end fishing gear (reels and lures are perfect because they're so shippable) also golf clubs (length can be a shipping challenge). Also look into zenmarket.com for a proxy buyer / forwarder
It being a proxy buyer means they don't really support you with issues (at least from my experience using it once). I purchased a guitar for several hundred EUR (before shipping and taxes), and it was described as functional. It arrived relatively quickly and was extremely well packaged. However, the seller either didn't know or hid an issue. Zenmarket provided 0 support. I think they just google-translated my messag…
That's rough, it's not what I would expect because I've mostly heard good things about their support.
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#24Buyee is great! Bought a lot of stuff through them. Electronics, clothes, blurays, even food lol (shio kombu is still not very common outside of Japan). Never had a problem! The only downside if you buy electronics with batteries: Buyee strictly enforces a maximum 2 batteries per package rule. So for example a Nintendo Switch would be shipped in 2 package because it has 3 batteries, 1 in the tablet, and 1 in each joy…
Just tried it. Pretty much anything in electronic measurement equipment comes with this red banner:
“This is a prohibited item. Therefore, it is unavailable.”
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#25After buying several used goods in Japan, my impression is that junk simply means the seller does not want to hear complaints over old items, so they sell it at a lower price. I have bought many perfectly working items sold as such. Of course buying old stuff requires some ability to do simple repairs. That’s part of the fun.
Contrast that with my personal experience of items from the UK ( specifically the UK , my experience is different elsewhere) where “untested” almost always means “I tested it and I know it’s broken but I want to try to get a better price anyway”. Especially when testing would involve plugging it in with the adapter it comes with and seeing that it doesn’t light up, for example.
A whole lot of these bulk electronic sales seem to be "Here's all the stuff I couldn't fix". Either water damaged or the repair was botched. I can't imagine too many normal situations someone has 15 of the same game console they are selling in a bulk lot.
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#26I used to have that; it was a better GBA than a GBA itself, and I could even play Nethack on the go.
WIth a custom CFW you OFC could play Nethack at 50MHZ (With a MIPS CPU even 25MHZ would suffice), where I was more hooked than with Castlevanias...
Oh, and Scummvm, too with Broken Sword, Future Wars and the like. And ScummVM still makes releases so you can totally play Blade Runner in a PSP (and far more).
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#27I love my PSP but even with a new battery... it dies after 24hrs off ... not sure why.
Reflash the CFW.
Re: I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan
#28After buying several used goods in Japan, my impression is that junk simply means the seller does not want to hear complaints over old items, so they sell it at a lower price. I have bought many perfectly working items sold as such. Of course buying old stuff requires some ability to do simple repairs. That’s part of the fun.
Contrast that with my personal experience of items from the UK ( specifically the UK , my experience is different elsewhere) where “untested” almost always means “I tested it and I know it’s broken but I want to try to get a better price anyway”. Especially when testing would involve plugging it in with the adapter it comes with and seeing that it doesn’t light up, for example.
I've had good luck from "vibe checking" the seller based on their other listings, it's usually obvious who's trying to make a profit vs who's just trying to clear out their unused personal stuff. The latter is often priced down too, for a quick sale. I'll only buy from a commercial seller if they explicitly describe the fault(s).
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Any tips for using it? Maybe I am trying to find the wrong things but every time I have tried to browse it confusing. Should I be looking Amazon.jp and then buying on buyee?
Buyee is mostly used with Mercari https://jp.mercari.com/en You can use it with Amazon.jp but most of the time Amazon ships directly to everywhere, no proxy needed In fact you can use it with any japanese store that has a link to a product, the inquiry is free itself and Buyee reports back if they can buy it for you or not If you use Discord then the Buyee server is very helpful https://discord.com/invite/YRg3DgkBpS
Thanks for the advice.
Re: I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan
#30I don't know if the author just writes like this, or if the text was put through ChatGPT, but it sets off my slop alarm: " Running a PSP the way Sony intended, but with a modern jailbreak in place, feels like the best of both worlds. You keep the original hardware, the original screen, the original ergonomics, but you reduce the friction. No UMD juggling. No region limitations. No locked-down firmware. Just drag, dro…
There were a couple of other LLM-isms that think mainly served to pad the length for no reason. I found the article interesting. Just not real concise.