...if a deputy is handling it...what is the 
problem? The language barrier is gone, and they 
are shipping to someone in Japan. It is as if the 
deputy is their highest seller, and then the 
deputy is selling to someone in the US at 
cost...the YJ seller doesn't have to deal at all 
with the US bidder -.-;; In this case, the US 
bidder even wrote IN JAPANESE and said 
basically "someone else is handling my business, 
you will be shipping within Japan"...

...so I understand what all of you are 
saying...but I don't think it applies here. You 
are saying why some sellers do not put up 
international auctions, which is understandable. 
But not selling to a deputy, which is the same as 
shipping within Japan and dealing with a Japanese 
bidder...is a different animal.

-Misha