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^ from November to Feb/March, it's usually super slow for me, sometimes over a month.. The rest of the year it's okay though, from 6 to 14 days.

^oh wow. only time i have problems with the mail being super slow is usually in or around December during the whole Christmas/New Years season. However i find that applies to anywhere I shop from during that time. Even companies in my own country. Only way to get stuff fast that time of year is to use Fedex or UPS. Even EMS around Christmas will still take like 2 1/2 weeks for some reason... -_-

Anyhoo, off-topic from that, but i just ordered some 2NE1 stickers, DAI's X album CD+DVD and Mika Nakashima's Real album+poster. :D

finally received this before the impending long Chinese New Year kicks in this coming Sun

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...I/IMG_5719.jpg

BREAKERZ LIVE TOUR 2013 “BEST” -HALL COLLECTION- gachagacha (capsule machine) sticker strip (DAIGO)

:love

A few more BREAKERZ gachagacha (capsule machine) goodies will arrive next week & my copy of Mika's REAL album (Taiwan press , CD + DVD) already arrived in customs today but I wouldn't receive it til next Wed onwards since next Mon & Tue are public holidays here damn

^Nice. :D

hey question for everyone, my YesAsia order shipped last night from HK. However the holiday doesn't start til like Sunday, so will it make it out of the country before then? Or will it most likely be held up til the Chinese NY's over?

Oh and anyone who bought Mika Nakashima's Real already, CDJapan mentions a First Press thing but doesnt say what it is. What is the special thing about the First Press of Real?

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Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence (Post 2973130)

hey question for everyone, my YesAsia order shipped last night from HK. However the holiday doesn't start til like Sunday, so will it make it out of the country before then? Or will it most likely be held up til the Chinese NY's over?

http://www.yesasia.com/global/custom...n/section.html

At least it's not so bad , Taiwan is having a very very long public holiday , from 9th - 17th Feb :dead2

It means that I will not get my copy of LOVE again (CD + DVD) + the free poster from 5music until late Feb if not early March but it's ok cos this means I will be billed much later from 5music since 5music only accepts credit card payments ahaha

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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2973137)

oh that sucks. I just thought that since it left last night theyre still running the mail at the moment, so it could possibly get on a plane and leave the country before the holiday sets in... -_-
Also i dont fully know all about the Chinese NY, so i really dont understand why its like a week long. :(

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Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence (Post 2973139)

oh that sucks. I just thought that since it left last night theyre still running the mail at the moment, so i could possibly get on a plane and leave the country before the holiday sets in... -_-

Also i dont fully know all about the Chinese NY, so i really dont understand why its like a week long. :(

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Oh and anyone who bought Mika Nakashima's Real already, CDJapan mentions a First Press thing but doesnt say what it is. What is the special thing about the First Press of Real?

Utena told me the 1st press aspect is a bookmark but it's also given in the CD + DVD of REAL

And I did wanted to advise you not to get the Korean press of REAL (CD only) + the poster since I'm very sure YesAsia will list the poster separately to be sold from the album but since I don't know if your higher priority was for CD only or CD + DVD of REAL , I didn't want to say anything

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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2973141)

Chinese New Year is a big thing for us Chinese , that's why for countries such as Taiwan , Hong Kong & China , the public holidays are extremely long

You have to factor in the time & other aspects into the picture . Just imagine people who work in 3 countries but are working in the main capital financial district & were born in the rural outskirt village

Naturally , moving from the village to the main city takes a lot of time & everytime once a year during around this time , Chinese New Year is a big significant event as how often do they see their loved ones ? the answer is probably not if not never so frequently

that's why the Reunion Dinner is so important if not hold big importance to us Chinese . I don't think non Chinese will understand but the principle works almost the same as Christmas even though by right I don't celebrate it but I like to think it as so

Probably some application card that only can be used in Japan ? doesn't seem to be a photobook since the CD sleeves for both CD & CD + DVD are the same :O

And I did wanted to advise you not to get the Korean press of REAL (CD only) + the poster since I'm very sure YesAsia will list the poster separately to be sold from the album but since I don't know if your higher priority was for CD only or CD + DVD of REAL , I didn't want to say anything

The poster is sold separately on like ebay but even the sellers want more than doing what i did. Plus i dont care about the DVD for the album. I love Mika, but i'm not nuts over many of her MVs. The poster i really liked and i had coupons so i didn't technically end up paying for the poster anyways. I honestly only have the DVD included with a few of Mika's albums cause YA didn't have the CD Only in the OS Press when I bought them.

As for Chinese NY, i guess its so different here. I've never even been outside my country except for once when I went to Newark to go see 2NE1 in concert. I can't imagine having so many family in other countries. However i still live long distances from most family members... but unlike many, i also don't talk to or keep in contact with most relatives. Sadly, I don't get along with many of them. Even my sister completely ignores me and will hang up if I call. :(
Also i didnt know about things like a Reunion Dinner and such. Thats interesting. :yes I actually found out a lot i didnt know with that single post you just made.

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Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence (Post 2973151)

Yeah it's a rip off because by right , the poster is supposed to be free when you purchase a single or an album but it's business at the end of the day so :shrug

And sorry , my mistake , the 1st press aspect of REAL is a bookmark but it's odd that CDJapan only cited it for the CD only cos both CD & CD + DVD's of REAL comes with it

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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2973158)

Thanks for telling me. Wonder if the Korea Press will include the bookmark or not. And I agree about the posters. Just like they're doing with Namie's new concert release. However i noticed even CDJapan will add a bit of extra shipping cost if you order first press with a poster being included in the item. My guess is to pay for having to ship it. U should see shipping costs in Canada. They're much higher than over there. One poster can easily cost $12CDN to ship by regular airmail even within my own country. Makes it really hard to sell any of my stuff. Anyways, i'm glad i had the coupons, so at least it cut that cost out.

I don't know for Korean press since I don't own anything made in Korea but the general assumption is that for Taiwan/Hong Kong press of stuff , the record labels will keep/made all the 1st press bonus items that the Japan press have & leave them intact as so

And to me if you're getting a poster that comes free when you purchase something but if you have to pay extra cost for a postage tube or something , that's still OK

It's not ok when a (free) poster becomes chargeable prior to paying extra postage costs & worst still , you have to pay even more extra/higher cost in total which's a super big rip off :eviltongu

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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2973169)

Yeah i do agree. Just being where i am, it's so difficult to have a ton of options when it comes to Japanese stuff really, which unfortunately sucks. Bit off-topic, but what did surprise me is ALL the CDL 12-13 tshirts (except Grey,Med) are now completely gone on YA even though they were charging $54.99US each on them. I've never seen the tshirts go so fast at YA's inflated early first prices. I was planning on waiting til the prices dropped and grabbing a White one... oh well. :(

Oh and i saw YesAsia has a Korea Press + Poster option now for Ayu's Love Again too. Doubt i will, but what does the Love Again poster look like? I hate when like more than half of them are taken up by A TON of text, so the picture of the artist is like less than half the poster itself.

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Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence (Post 2973182)

Oh and i saw YesAsia has a Korea Press + Poster option now for Ayu's Love Again too. Doubt i will, but what does the Love Again poster look like? I hate when like more than half of them are taken up by A TON of text, so the picture of the artist is like less than half the poster itself.

The record labels usually will use the CD + DVD photo for the poster , since that's the most recent for what they did for the LOVE & again posters

Although an exception was made for A SUMMER BEST which the 2 CDs cover was used for it but for LOVE again , they should be using the CD + DVD photo

Even the current promo pic of ayumi being used for her upcoming ayumi hamasaki ARENA TOUR 2012 A ~HOTEL Love songs~ DVD + Blu-ray , CDJapan is using the LOVE again CD + DVD promo pic before they include the DVD & Blu-ray covers in due time

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Originally Posted by KarenPang (Post 2973185)

I more so just wanted to know if the Ayu poster's really badly covered in all that text or not. The one for Mika's Real isn't, which is why i decided to go with it. It's nice with only a little text stating the album title and tracklist but its not cutting her off in anyway, which i like. Also i dont always like that they use the CD+DVD cover for album posters all the time. Like i loved the CD Only cover of FIVE much more than CD+DVD. Would've loved a poster of the cd only cover. oh well.... :(

Today arrived from 5music:
http://i.imgur.com/v6DNB1F.jpg

Spoiler:

Rainie Yang - Love Voyage (CD+DVD+Photo Album) (Concert Deluxe Edition) (Preorder Version - LED glow stick x2)

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Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence (Post 2970566)

Anyways, here's my current CDs/DVDs/Blurays Collection. I still gotta go through all my merchandise stuff and get a lot sorted out, so I'll post that stuff later. :D

COME TAKE A LOOK :D

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Amazing collection!! You're really lucky!
And by the way, a question: didn't you use to have Rina Aiuchi albums? I am just curious to know...

@Mary-Tina Very pretty. Not a fan but the design is lovely. :)

@Karori Yes i did. However i dont know why but her voice started hurting my ears a short while ago and i knew someone who liked her but didnt have any of her CDs so i sold them to him. :(

I found hitomi's "SELF PORTRAIT" at a local store! For only 6 bucks too! Amazing!

^did u buy it? :)

Also I found this while going through my room today. :D
Haven't laid eyes on it in awhile and feel bad for treating it that way. :( *HUGS IT*

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...54625298_n.jpg

And these are some Ayu cushions on my bed :D

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...69322930_n.jpg

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Originally Posted by SoldierofSilence (Post 2973738)

^did u buy it? :)

Bought it on impulse! Although I'm sad her song, "WISH" wasn't included. I LOVE that song. But hopefully this album gets me more into her music. I used to listen to her on and off two-three years ago.