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For collectors, sometimes finding the item is only half the challenge. The other half is actually getting it. That was exactly the situation with a recent Okaimono Proxy order for a client in the UK who was looking for the Michael Jackson HISTORY: Past, Present and Future, Book I 3-LP set on Kleinanzeigen. They found the listing. They wanted the record. But there was one problem: the seller did not want to deal with buyers outside Germany. For many international shoppers, tha

Sometimes, international shopping is more than clicking “Buy Now.” Sometimes, it means getting on a plane. And sometimes, that plane ticket is for you and a saxophone. 🎷✈️ This is the story of a saxophone we found on Kleinanzeigen—and the lengths our team went to make sure it reached our client. It started with a saxophone on Kleinanzeigen Our client was interested in a saxophone listed on Kleinanzeigen in Germany. The problem? The seller did not ship to addresses. Normally,

Some proxy shopping requests require a little more than clicking a button. Sometimes they require patience. Sometimes they require coordination. And sometimes, they require 5 hours and 3 minutes of driving. This vintage Singer sewing machine head was one of those requests. It started with a Leboncoin listing Our client found the item on Leboncoin and sent us the link. There was one problem: the seller didn't ship. And honestly, we completely understood why. This is a heavy, d

Sometimes, a proxy shopping request looks simple. A client sends us a link, we purchase the item, the seller ships it to us, and we take care of the rest. But sometimes, the real work begins after the purchase. That was the case with this rare Seiko watch. The problem: pickup only Our client sent us a listing for a watch they really wanted. We checked the listing and discovered that it was pickup-only. The pickup location was around an 8-hour drive away. At Okaimono Proxy, we

Sometimes, a proxy shopping request is more than simply clicking “Buy Now.” Some purchases become a real adventure—and this Buffet Crampon baritone saxophone was definitely one of them. An Inquiry Just Before We Went Offline One evening, we were just about to go offline when we received an inquiry from a client in the United States. They explained that they had found a Buffet Crampon baritone saxophone being sold by a French seller, but there was a problem: they had been tryi