CDJapan vs Yesasia.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

Ok for starters , both pros's part for both sites is that whatever jpop stuff you ordered , it's counted towards Oricon .

That didn't happened for YesAsia in the past just recently this year but anyway

CDJapan

Pros

- 4 shipping methods to choose from

- various payment methods other than PayPal & credit card

- fast , reliable . Customer service's good

- For 1st press items , they state on their website if it's available or not . So if you were to preorder early or later , should the 1st press's stated on the website , there's no need to worry on it

- the packaging that they used's great & solid . They don't fold posters . They used a big box & they packed it together with your CD

Cons

- shipping's quite expensive . Like you have to pay 650 Yen for a CD single & then it adds on 300 more yen if you buy 2 copies

- only Japan press items are sold , no OS presses's involved

YesAsia

Pros

- various payment methods other than PayPal & credit card

- their customer service's friendly I feel

- availability of OS presses

Cons

- shipping's SLOW (to me) . The last time I used YesAsia , it took me 13 days to get my stuff from them @_@ & their headquarters's in Hong Kong & not in the North/South Pole T_T

- In order to get free shipping , you have to spend US$39 & above . If not you have to pay shipping

- they sometimes can take FOREVER to source out for items that you order

- no guarantee of 1st press items . It's logical & understood that the earlier you order ,the better but sometimes depending on your luck , you might get it later on

- after a while , they tend to jack up the prices of some items on their site . Like for ayaka's History 2006 - 2009 , the 2CDs limited edition with photobook . It was initally priced at US$40+
now it's US$49.99 which's no doubt ridiculous

I basically agree with all that Karen said. YesAsia parcels usually take from 12-14 days to get here (and I live in Europe and considering what Karen said, I am starting to think they really ship the cds from North/South Pole lol).

The free shipping is not available in a few countries (like here where I am, even though it used to be 2 years ago). I think YesAsia is even worse when it comes to shipping prices as it's usually around 11-13$ for 1 CD and takes nearly two weeks, while somehow they want 50$+ for the express shipping which no sane person would ever pay for. CDJapan was usually fast and I never had to wait for more than a week or so.