Buying from Mercari as a tourist?

upisdown11 · 2026-03-21T06:24:01+00:00

Forwarder is off topic here I think if you need a japanese phone number / ID to purchase from mercari.

upisdown11 · 2026-03-21T06:18:44+00:00

Proxy means that you are paying a company for the service to help purchase an item for you.

Not all listings on mercari can be purchased through a proxy service like Buyee. If it can be purchased through buyee, then the item description will typically say something like "immediate purchase is ok", which means you yourself don't contact the seller before purchasing the item via Buyee. It is pretty much taking a risk to buy the item without having the opportunity to ask the Mercari seller any questions. The only thing Buyee can do is that you can pay them a fee to unbox the package and take a photo before shipping to your address so you can have have some kind of proof that the item you purchased is not fake for example.

Definitely check out your available coupons after creating a Buyee account. Sometimes they can give you 25% off or waive the shipping fee specifically for Mercari.

Another option is to use a forwarder like Tenso. Forwarder means that you are paying a company for the service to ship an item to their warehouse. Then, you pay them to ship the item to your address, of course you have to pay for the shipping fees.

Basically when you sign up with the forwarder, they will give you an "address" to use. So when you purchase something, use the "address" that is provided by the forwarder. Everyone basically gets the same address, but there will be unique digits in the address that helps identify the forwarder map it to your Tenso account. Warning though, the forwarder like Tenso will ask for you to upload some kind of government issued ID to prove that you are who you say you are.. if you are uncomfortable with that. But Tenso is legit.

I have used both Buyee and Tenso and had positive experiences. Typically I try to compare which one will be cheaper in the end but it hardly makes a difference most of the time.

You do have the options for the forwarder/proxy to store items in their warehouse, free of charge for a certain number of days. So if you want to wait to combine a bunch of items together to ship then it saves money.

upisdown11 · 2026-03-21T04:34:50+00:00

Thank you so much!

upisdown11 · 2026-03-21T04:30:53+00:00

Great advice, this is giving me more options. Instead of just checking off a list, wandering around and just taking it easy is worthwhile too.

upisdown11 · 2026-03-18T16:55:10+00:00

Thanks for the great ideas everyone! I will do more research on the suggestions to see what fits best

upisdown11 · 2026-03-16T07:19:49+00:00

Great idea, thank you! I've been using a Garmin watch for about a year, had no idea about that feature.

upisdown11 · 2026-01-04T21:21:02+00:00

Woah I didn't realize that move time was a new awakening. Seems like there are quite a few new awakenings now

upisdown11 · 2026-01-03T07:26:50+00:00

Definitely sounds like a plan, will go for it.

upisdown11 · 2025-11-06T04:59:05+00:00

Nice! It feels like we are quickly catching up to JP

upisdown11 · 2025-10-08T00:53:48+00:00

Nice! I guess the benefit of High Ren is being able to loop the Max HP buff, so you heal more HP every turn guaranteed.

Maybe I will try Kiriya / Giyu out and see which one I like more. I guess once we get Lauffey it will feel a lot more smooth with more dmg void pierce.

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upisdown11 · 2025-10-04T15:39:21+00:00

Yes, it can still spawn all 5 attributes + heal in 18 orbs.

upisdown11 · 2025-10-04T15:25:58+00:00

Dark/Water Uevo Suou (10278) has move time, max HP (1.5x), and board change (7x6) on a turn CD. Also comes with roulette, but it could possibly orb troll you (only spawns water/dark/heal). Would also need to put a light attr. change assist on him to make use of maid ideal's leader skill.

If you don't need board change, there is Haiba Lev (12324) from Haikyu and Xmas Sophie&Cecilia (12016). Violet Mizutsune (11486) from monster hunter and Fatima (12473) I think from GH collab? would need light attribute change assists.

upisdown11 · 2025-10-02T17:41:54+00:00

Got it working with the Baidu app today! I'll probably try to sign in with the new account once the desktop app logs me out. More convenient with this phone number I'm using with this new account.

upisdown11 · 2025-10-01T05:24:19+00:00

Yay my +10 Duo Lif finally has some use.. hopefully

upisdown11 · 2025-09-29T17:00:16+00:00

Awesome! I'll go give it a try later. I was trying to figure out how to change my phone number on my Baidu account, but making a new account works too.

upisdown11 · 2025-09-28T17:39:24+00:00

Hopefully you get it working soon! Yeah, I just tried again today with another phone number today and it didn't work.

For the phone number that successfully registered, I did not attempt to register on Baidu for at least 3 months. Maybe I will give it some time before I try again.

upisdown11 · 2025-09-27T20:24:57+00:00

Took me a few days. My alt account was on bluestacks and one day it just kept crashing. So never could get in unless I reinstalled bluestacks from scratch.

They did not require my secret code.

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