Collector's talk! - Page 21

moonmm · #**401** 6th July 2009, 06:42 PM

Who is mindofjapan :O I want to order from him? :O CAn anyone pm me a reply because i dont check the formus often!! thanks

LacusClyne · #**402** 7th July 2009, 11:51 AM

well, my advice is don't buy those mags from japan. the shipping costs a lot, as they are quite heavy, even Crescent/CELGA won't be any better....

oh, but TA mag is okay, as they are very light. I only buy TA mags from YAJ, as for those fashion mags, i buy them locally, although they cost like SGD$5 more, but it's still way cheaper then getting them from japan.

astameth · #**403** 8th July 2009, 07:34 PM

Yup, magazines have been my nightmare.

I remember when I used SAL, to reduce the shipping cost, 2 parcel of 5kg (the maximum for printed matter.) almost all of them were damaged.
I also used surface mail (sea mail) for a 3kg parcel, arrived in good condition, but I had to wait 12 weeks..
thus I used EMS since then, but when I had to pay more than 200€ of shipping..

I have ~60 magazines, and 75% of the cost is shipping fee.
For most the time, only few ayu pages.

LacusClyne · #**404** 9th July 2009, 06:11 AM

i'm curious, normally what will you guys look for, at Yahoo auction japan?

i find it a challenge to get good deals there.
As a lot of people wil get tempted by the low bidding price, but did not check the shipping rates on the listing(some sellers charge a lot for shipping in this case). Then if you are living out of japan, you will have to use a middleman serice, so there's a fee depending on your item. Lastly, the shipping to your country, ho ho~~

After a while, i had learn to find those in massive deal. Like instead of buying separate stuff, it will be more worth to get them in a pack. Especially ayupans and the cd, since you will be saving more shipping fees and the middleman fee.

I normally go to YAJ for ayupans as they are much more cheaper, compare to ebay. or those fanclub and older concert goodies, these will costs a lot at ebay.

critter333294 · #**405** 9th July 2009, 08:08 AM

^^^I have yet to try a middleman service to get things from YAJ. The whole process seemed confusing to me, and I don't have the money for it right now. I tend to stick to ebay (mostly Dora's store). Although he usually has the same stuff, once in a while he gets some rare things in which I always try to get, like the 3" singles, or the other side remix singles (which I won 3 of from him recently).

pchan1986 · #**406** 9th July 2009, 04:40 PM

ordering from a middleman site is very pricey but it has its pros and cons. i agree with lacusclyne, buying in packs, its much more cheaper than buying items individually. i would buy ayupans (only in groups), books in packs, magazines in packs (warning=expensive), concert goods. i havent bought cds or think i will since dora sells them for cheap ^^

kendelle · #**407** 9th July 2009, 04:45 PM

Dora is pretty good. I don't think he knows what he's selling sometimes! I got a FP copy of F&E and then another time I got just regular pressing. It's a bit strange that he didn't advertise it, he might have got more if he listed it as FP!

NintendoHTF1242 · #**408** 9th July 2009, 05:17 PM

^ He once sent me ayu-mi-x II version US. Because it wasn't in my last order, but turns out the disk was ayu-mi-x II version JPN and the back insert was ayu-mi-x II version Acoustic Orchestra. I was expecting him to send it back for free since I don't know how that happened, but he told me to buy something else from the shop.

Dora is a great seller, just I don't know what happened with that ayu-mi-x II version US ordeal xD

pchan1986 · #**409** 10th July 2009, 04:38 PM

i have a question regarding the ayupans. are the hi-chew and the sega ayupans smaller than the normal ayupan?

Corvina · #**410** 10th July 2009, 04:58 PM

Hm, I love bidding on YAJ and I did it quite often now and never take notice of the shipping prices inside Japan, but I never get fooled so far.
I use http://www.shoppingmalljapan.com/ and I'm satisfied with them. Their fees aren't too high, they're ok and they're fast on handling your bidding, paying and sending your package out. You also have to choose and say how and when you wanna be your items send to you, that's a good service, you truly have control over everything.

~angel*ayumi~ · #**411** 10th July 2009, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchan1986

i have a question regarding the ayupans. are the hi-chew and the sega ayupans smaller than the normal ayupan?

The Hi-chew ayupans are smaller.
For the Sega ones... the keychains have smaller ayupans, but the 4 ex ayupans are bigger than normal.

LacusClyne · #**412** 11th July 2009, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pchan1986

i have a question regarding the ayupans. are the hi-chew and the sega ayupans smaller than the normal ayupan?

yup. the hi-chew are much smaller. i have one

Meat Pao · #**413** 11th July 2009, 07:37 AM

I never liked buying from Dora because I'm always scared the CDs would have something wrong with them (cracks and such) and most of the time there really are cracks! In fact there was this time I bought & from him and the whole thing shattered to pieces except for the booklet, disc and disc tray ._.

pchan1986 · #**414** 11th July 2009, 08:08 AM

thanx angel ayumi and lacusclyne, um i wonder can i see a pic in comparison to an ayupan. im planning it get it cuz i think their cute for some reason

id really appreciate it. o ive looked at the eneabba site but it didnt show how small they were to the ayupan

~angel*ayumi~ · #**415** 11th July 2009, 08:14 AM

eneabbe does show it.
http://eneabba.net/ayu/ayupan/ayupan-other25.htm
Just scrioll down. The example is with the Ta Ayupan in black shirt^^

pchan1986 · #**416** 11th July 2009, 08:16 AM

o ha my bad thanks ^^

~angel*ayumi~ · #**417** 11th July 2009, 08:23 AM

btw I just bought the last Hi-Chew Ayupan I´m mising on ebay.
It was hella expensive (but I got a good deal on the rare Limited TA Ayupan with the huge wide dress some time back, so I can spend more on this^^) but I was sick of not having the last one from this set and not finding it as single one on yahoo XD

pchan1986 · #**418** 11th July 2009, 08:31 AM

o i saw it the $45 one?(hi-chew) ugh i know. these ayupans are expensive, im not trying to rush to get them but their so tempting ^0^ im trying to get the 8cm cds but i keep on looking at other things *ashamed* lol

~angel*ayumi~ · #**419** 11th July 2009, 08:54 AM

You looking for the 8cm CDs sealed?
If yes prepair to spend alot XD I saw a set going for 24000 yen few days ago o.o

LacusClyne · #**420** 11th July 2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meat Pao

I never liked buying from Dora because I'm always scared the CDs would have something wrong with them (cracks and such) and most of the time there really are cracks! In fact there was this time I bought & from him and the whole thing shattered to pieces except for the booklet, disc and disc tray ._.

i think you are just being unlucky, maybe it's the shipping process that got it crash.
A lot of people had bought from him, and the discs are fine.