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.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by oneheart

So it would make more sense to order from CDJapan and pay the price for Shipping. Especially since...

http://www.yesasia.com/us/ayumi-hama...0-en/info.html

and

http://www.yesasia.com/us/ayumi-hama...0-en/info.html

well it depends on you at the end of the day

if you're the type of person that has a lot of patience & CAN WAIT , then go for YesAsia's offer since you don't need to pay for shipping if you buy something that's worth more than US$39

if you're like me then stick to CDJapan LOL

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

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.

LOL & you imagine , it's a 5-6 hours airplane ride to Hong Kong from Singapore seeing that their headquarters's located there so it really makes me wonder why it takes SO long for me to get my items from them

For CDJapan's case , I know that if you were to choose EMS , you sometimes can get your jpop stuff a day early or on the actual day itself when the single/album/DVD's released in Japan

if not I will usually choose airmail & my items will come a mere 4 days from them