Bought a Fender using Buyee: Have I been scammed?

Just need some advice on whether I am being scammed or not :-(

A couple of weeks ago I bought a front fender for my 348 using the Buyee proxy bidding service for yahoo auctions in Japan ( ?Buyee? "Buyee" ???????????????????????? ).

Before I bid on the item I used their simple estimation tool to estimate the shipping cost to UK which came out at around 10000 yen which seemed ok.

All went well at first, the fender was a buy it now so chose that option. Buyee sent me an invoice for the purchase cost, their fees etc which I paid immediately.

Item arrives at their warehouse a few days later and they tell me that the fender needs repackaging to send it internationally so I agree whereby they send me a further invoice which i again pay immediately.

Next I get an email saying that the parcel is now oversized so cant send it by normal methods so the new cost of sending the parcel is 71,892 yen!!!! (approx £525/ $700) which is about 3 times the cost of the fender.

I've told them I'm not prepared to pay that much and have asked them to repackage it (I measured the fender on the car and its approx 14300mm long but after tgheir repackaging has now become 1600mm wich is over the 1500mm maximum). Theyve refused to do this so we are now at an impasse. Thinking of just putting in a paypal claim but ideally would like the fender if they stop messing about.

Any ideas on what to do? Anyone any experience of shipping items from Japan? Ive had car seats, wheels and all sorts of large and heavy stuff sent before by another company and the cost was nowwhere near what they are asking.

For reference they say the parcel is:

Weight: 4,720g
-Size: 740× 250 ×1600mm ( height + width + length)

 

"Their" estimate of shipping which i relied upon before bidding
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I received the following this morning after giving them an ultimatum

So I expect another invoice to arrive for repacking. Depending on the amount and the new charge for shipping Ill either swallow it or go straight to paypal claim.

Really don't recommend this company :-(

 

I've told them to go ahead and repack it.

Just for the record I've imported items to UK in the past such as car seats, sets of wheels etc and a car seat which is not only larger but many times the weight was only about £100 to UK

 

They've replied this morning saying theyve repacked it and the new delivery price is 22,854 yen (£174) which is much more like it.

I've paid it - lets see what happens next...