Buying ViVi issues

[fuawas]

I have a question about buying ViVi issues...
is there any cheap way of buying them? I mean, I tried buying old issues through Amazon JP but I have to pay 40€ in shipment fees... and the shipment fees in CDjapan are also really high. I also tried to ship everything to Tenso since the the shipment is free in Japan, but the Tenso fees are even higher... >.<
Is there any website with cheap issues or I'll have to pay that much? hahaha

Thank you so much in advance!

[Midori-chan]

^ I don't know any cheap way to buy this magazine (or any other Japanese magazines!).

Normally the magazines are quite cheap compared to the shipping costs. But if you really want to have them, I guess there is no way but to deal with it...

[nanakopy87]

i bought TW version.the contents are more or less the same,except the text is all in chinese XD
it is usually cheaper if its old issue.i bought it for less than USD3
but after added S&H,i believe the cost is triple than the cost of the magazine

[pommy48]

^ The TW version is like...half of the JP version
They take out a lot of the pages~

And they really are that expensive since they're so heavy

[nanakopy87]

Originally Posted by pommy48

^ The TW version is like...half of the JP version
They take out a lot of the pages~

And they really are that expensive since they're so heavy

really?i didn't notice this!

[jbrat2219]

Hmm, I don't know honey. I use to buy them at this Japanese website but they only take subscriptions now... Now I buy them at a bookstore in NYC called Kinokuniya... Maybe there's one in Europe?

[sugarbasil]

I only buy them if I'm at a Japanese book store, otherwise they're too expensive.

[emi♡]

^yeah....even at kinokuniya I'm like "eh...."

so I just...download...lol

[kendelle]

If you have an anime store in your town, ask if they can get in the issues each month. As they buy in bulk they'd save on shipping so it may only cost you 2-3x the price of the magazine instead of 5-6x lol

I have to pay about $23 for each SCawaii issue that my anime store gets in, although it'd be a few dollars more if I got it online, so I just read them online/download and buy only the best photoshoots *__*

[pommy48]

If you have a copy of the JP version, then you can definitely see the difference just by comparing the weight of both versions.

[fuawas]

Thank you guys for helping! I guess I'll have to pay the high YA prices or just wait and see if some store sells them near I live (which I highly doubt).
Anyway, a friend told me that there's a store in London called Japan Centre where they sell japanese magazines and as I'm going there on April I think I'm gonna take a look and see if they also sell old issues.
Thank you again!