• Jauce

Jauce

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Overview

Jauce has a rating of 4.4 stars from 222 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Jauce most frequently mention great service, perfect condition, and fast delivery. Jauce ranks 11th among Auction sites.

  • Service
    44
  • Value
    42
  • Shipping
    44
  • Returns
    19
  • Quality
    43
Positive reviews (last 12 months): 100%
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Positive highlights

  • Prompt reply, excellent customer service, highly recommend!
  • Great service, fast shipping packaging is excellent!

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How would you rate Jauce?
Top Positive Review

“Many fees for an efficient solution”

Francesco G.
6/24/23

The platform is clear and perfectly working. The communication, even if overseas, is quick and responsive. I would like to use it again (especially for Yahoo Japan Auctions) but, although there's an expenses calculator, I've noticed many fees aftewards the auction was won. The final amount was a little bit more consistent than the expectations, especially the 10% fee that Yahoo Auctions took was not mentioned on the FAQ i previously read. Anyway timing, packaging and the product I bought were exactly as I supposed to be.

Top Critical Review

“To many fees and terrible packaging”

Reubin S.
1/4/21

They have way to many different fees there are cheaper options out there, and there shipping is terrible to much paper fill that collapses and it makes the package much larger then it needs to be and just cost you more money, items arrived ok but it did not need that much wasteful fill material I will never us there service again there are better options

Reviews (222)

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Thumbnail of user reubins
3 reviews
11 helpful votes
January 4th, 2021

They have way to many different fees there are cheaper options out there, and there shipping is terrible to much paper fill that collapses and it makes the package much larger then it needs to be and just cost you more money, items arrived ok but it did not need that much wasteful fill material I will never us there service again there are better options

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Thumbnail of user jimc1195
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 26th, 2021

I really wish I could report that my experiences with JAUCE have improved. They haven't. Still lame. Still surprise fees (The latest was a surprise 'domestic' shipping charge that was 8 times! What I paid for the item... and was hidden from me when bidding BTW. Of course, JAUCE Customer Service is again, simply non-existent for the buyer. Very poor experience. My recommendation? Make sure you know precisely the Domestic Shipping charges BEFORE bidding on any item. You have to look after your own interests... DO NOT expect JAUCE to help.

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Thumbnail of user michaelz484
1 review
7 helpful votes
May 5th, 2020

They are very misleading and charge a LOT for their unnecessary services. They will not help you with importing at all, and will actually encourage you to bulk ship which ends up costing you. Find your goods elsewhere! I bought a used item from them and by the time it got here, cost me hundreds more than had I bought it new. They were rude, and completely unhelpful throughout the whole process. They charged several hundred dollars just for their own service, which was nothing the seller couldn't do, like on eBay.

Thumbnail of user jamesc1243
1 review
2 helpful votes
May 15th, 2019

I have used JAUCE before, so I'm familiar with all of the criticisms (Hidden fees, stacking' of charges) However, what I was not prepared for was getting ripped off: Paying JPY 20,000 for a worthless photocopy of an item advertised as original (I was not the only bidder on this auction btw) No help from the Service Desk. Avoid. This Site is rubbish, and many of the Sellers misleading.

Thumbnail of user rodrigom111
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 14th, 2021

I saw a product and use the estimated delivery fee that they provided me in the website to calculate if it really worth it. Then I bought the product and ask a order to ship it to my country. Then it came a surprise. The item is prohibited and nobody told me anything about it. Now, they say that the deliver fee is 7 times the one they gave me before! Yes, just to you have an idea, the delivery fee is 5 times the products I've bought. Note that it can be done with virtually any product that you buy, since it is only a estimator, and they could argue that even if the item is not prohibited the delivery method that you saw before is not available anymore for any reason. And then, you have already payed for the item and have to decide: throw then away or pay much more to have them.
Don't take the risk!

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Thumbnail of user hanak19
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 11th, 2021

This platform is very hard for beginner user and a slow website when doing the auction, and I live sendico or buyee better! This platform sucks! In the end, I lost my ******* yen worth of money due to accidentally pressed button due to the slow website loads

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Thumbnail of user taurr
1 review
5 helpful votes
April 19th, 2020

Used exactly twice, and they lost the second item in Japan and didn't provide any reasonable way to recover it. I'm glad it wasn't extremely expensive. 50% rate of failure is absolutely terrible. I'd rather pay $700 and fly to Japan to ship things myself than use this service.

Thumbnail of user niallm18
1 review
4 helpful votes
June 2nd, 2019

I purchased off the auctions with no issues.
No issues with shipping etc.
The package arrived tp my house and has visible damage/tears/breaks in blue cabling.
I Inspected the package closer and noticed that where the damage/tears had occurred to this package, one of the wheels also had considerable damage to a lip.
This damage was not present during the auction period/auction photos.
The wheels in question have a polished lip, which may cost me a considerable amount of money to fix.
To say im frustrated and disappointed is an understatement.

Thumbnail of user valentinal6
1 review
4 helpful votes
May 10th, 2019

Recently I bought from Jauce 3 items and finally got the package at home today.
After all the taxes from the website I ended paying the triple of the original price of the items and ended up paying taxes to customs as well.
If all of this wasnt enough today when opening the package I saw that the 3 items weight in total 600 and something grams and the package had 1,2kilo.
I paid DOUBLE of shipping price for empty space on my package.
Terrible website, it's like they are messing with our faces.
Last time using this.

Tip for consumers:
Just dont use it

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Thumbnail of user philipa136
1 review
6 helpful votes
August 1st, 2020

Do not use this site. They have a ton of extra fees and slam you with shipping costs. Stay away just use Ebay japan or Ebay.

Thumbnail of user johns3501
1 review
6 helpful votes
December 17th, 2018

Auction won at 1200 yen,

Final price of 8500 yen

Weighs less than 2kg. There is no reason for this markup.

Thumbnail of user subeerv
1 review
2 helpful votes
July 21st, 2018

The item was brocken when i received. Please pack more safely with bubble wrap and thermocol. Sometime your packing is good. But when keyboards are packed please take more care.

Thumbnail of user igorb62
1 review
3 helpful votes
September 21st, 2020

Bad idea
Bad idea. Unfortunately in my case Jauce made a huge mistake not sending the invoice correctly as required by DHL and that provoked a serial increase in legal taxes plus additional fees. To solve I have to hire a customs office and pay a lot of costs, what made 5x higher the total bill value. When I asked for help in customer service they deny to make any refunding option and as you are not in Japan, there is nothing you can do except pursue DHL locally to have part of your money back as they accepted the incorrect invoice. A lot of time wasted and also a lot of waste of money. I am still having issues to try to have at least part of my money back.

Please. Do not do it to yourself

Thumbnail of user avoidj
1 review
7 helpful votes
May 13th, 2020

BEWARE!

How this company is able to trade legally is astounding.

You will...
- Be mislead.
- Discover the hidden charges that lurk behind every single transaction. Be it: depositing money, charges on bidding for items, charges for winning items, processing and anything else they can stitch you up with before the monstrous hidden import charges.
- You WILL pay 3 x what your final winning price for an item is. Win an auction for 10,000 Yen - You'll pay 30,000 with these charges.
- Have the worst customer service imaginable.
- Rather than attempt to correct an issue, they will STEAL money from you. As it stands after having an issue with this company and trying to sort it out amicably and fairly, they closed my account with 15,000 Yen in it. It's theft.

I'm escalating my case with them. Do yourselves a favour and DO NOT USE this company.

Thumbnail of user lakiss
1 review
6 helpful votes
June 29th, 2019

You decided to ship the 2 (two) 7'' vinyl records (17x17) that i had ordered by using a huge box, that would normally contain 2 or 3... 12'' records (30x30). This, of course, increased SUCH the shipping cost for the packaging AS the amount that i was also later on charged by the Customs! This was obviously done on purpose and i honestly find it very hard to trust your webpage again for my future purchases.

Thumbnail of user billbobj
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 2nd, 2016

I recently bought several cheap items with jauce shipping cost more than the items, their fees cost more than the items, processing cost more than the items, customs tax + clearance cost more than the items, the only thing that didn't was the currency deposit fee. Spent £180.00 in total and items only £38.00 sorry but not impressed will be sticking with Amozon and eBay

Thumbnail of user kenl293
1 review
7 helpful votes
August 14th, 2020

I do not understand the delay. Poor communication. I was informed my purchase item arrived in 5 Aug. I immediately ordered a shipment paid and deposited by PayPal. Now August 15, no news, no email, no status, nothing to inform of there was a delay. The only thing is "shipment processing" in the status of item page. This is ridiculous. Jauce charges a lot of extra for the services, I expected better service. I am a prompt payer. EBay USA was always reliable and others. This is my first and last time. I had paid almost USD500 in total for a pair of running shoes I expect it to come quick. Caution everyone who wants to try this.

Thumbnail of user louist31
2 reviews
19 helpful votes
January 5th, 2018

I have made a lot of purchase from them. But most of the time, it arrived damaged. They charge you extra cost for safety packaging but everytime when i received the parcel, either the outer box of parcel was damaged or there is no bubble wrap at all inside. I have emailed them multiple times and ask why do you even charge me if you dont do safety packaging. They just ask me to go through the damage report and send it back to them.

I have send them back and now its nearly 9 months, still no compensation. Even i pay for the insurance already when order for shipping. I have ask them and they just reply me ' they are contacting japan post and waitin for reply'. And after 1-2 weeks, they close the ticket of your enquiry and never reply you.

Totally not impressed and will ask everyone avoid them!. Way too expensive cost and not doing their job at all!

Plus, if you are asking them to consolidate your parcel, you will expect to wat for 3 days at least to pack it and 2 days to ship it even it is ready as shown.

Thumbnail of user pinal1
1 review
8 helpful votes
July 30th, 2019

There are too many hidden costs, a purchase of 1000 yen will end to cost you 5000! I would like to know why Jauce hides the real extent of all the the fees before you make a purchase and you can't cancel it anymore. It was very disappointing having to make a deposit at least three times before my items were to be shipped. You pay pay pay but they have never enough! Very disappointing first time. I won't deal with the anymore. I always thought Japanese people are very honest and correct, "thanks" to jaune, my opinion is quite different now.

Thumbnail of user alenr12
1 review
4 helpful votes
July 16th, 2018

The shipping cost is UNBELIEVABLE, and all that after paying lots of other fees. Will never order again

Thumbnail of user martiny7
1 review
4 helpful votes
April 26th, 2017

Rediculus international shipping cost, also charge me parking fee, even though it said at the their web site free storage up to 60 days. Evertime deposit money there is 40 yen + 3.9% charges, what this mean the shipping fee and all charges also need to add 40 yen + 3.9 %. Do avoid at all cost.

Thumbnail of user aried8
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
September 29th, 2018

Beware!
Auction costs 2000 JPY.
Final costs: more than ******* JPY
Item weighs approx. 2 kg (not mentioned in the auction)
Destination: the Netherlands

Thumbnail of user nikolap6
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 26th, 2018

60e spedizione ma daii non e coretto non po costare 60e una spedizione mi siete pressi2400jeni 24 e per spedizione perché devo pagare altri 26 euro

Thumbnail of user darrellt9
1 review
3 helpful votes
April 27th, 2016

I recently made a few purchases from Jauce.com, I requested them to combine shipping, they acknowledged it and confirmed it by email. However they did not combine ship and decided to charge me the extra shipping fee. In addition when I queried the issue, they decided to close my account, despite the fact that there was a balance sitting in my account. I am now in a dispute with them through paypal.

Once you have deposited funds into your jauce.com account there is a chance that you may lose all your deposit.

You have been warned. Stay away.

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Jauce is an auction & shopping service for buyers from outside Japan. Buy from Yahoo Japan Auctions (Japanese equivalent of eBay), Amazon Japan and Rakuten by using Jauce, and have them shipped to you internationally.

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