Online Shopping Help **READ FIRST**

[ayumi.hamasaki]

How can I order something through HMV when I only have pay pal ?

I want to buy the photo & episode 2005-2009 from ayu

please explain how it could work or offer to buy one for me, too

[KarenPang]

^ HMV HK , HMV Japan sadly do not accept PayPal

HMV Japan has various payment methods though but PayPal wise they do not accept

http://www.hmv.co.jp/help/index.asp?q=024003001

[Suteisi]

Originally Posted by RainyDays

Hey, so I'm thinking about buying You were.../BALLAD CD+DVD Version A but I'm not sure where to buy it from. On YesAsia it's $30, CDJapan and HMV's prices are around $20. What's with the price difference? And if its being shipped to Canada around how much is the shipping? Sorry but this is the first time I am trying to buy something there so I have no idea how it works. Oh, and all those websites include the poster right? Thanks in advance.

Hi n_____n You live in Waterloo? I lived there for 8 months about 3 years ago. Lol I'm in Ottawa now~

I'm buying all 3 versions so, when I calculated:

YesAsia comes to about 88$ for all 3 versions, I get free shipping since the order is over 30$.

CDJapan comes to about 79$, shipping included! I use Registered AirMail for shipping method.

I have ordered from both CDJapan and YesAsia before. Both websites are great, I use YesAsia usually for special goods and/or older CDs because of the free shipping. But it depends, you really have to take the time and calculate, because sometimes HMV Japan can be cheap too, their shipping is a lot cheaper than CDJapan, but they fold the posters, instead of rolling them in poster tubes like YesAsia and CDJapan.

There isn't much of a difference of speed for shipping between YesAsia and CDJapan, I think the free shipping for YesAsia equals Registered AirMail from CDJapan, because I always receive the CDs within about the same amount of time (which is beteen 4 to 7 days).

With CDJapan, if you put all the items you want in your cart, you will have the option to have an estimate of how much shipping is for you. But you must have an account with your address. That's what I did before ordering from them for You were.../BALLAD.

Good luck :3

[ayumi.hamasaki]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

^ HMV HK , HMV Japan sadly do not accept PayPal

HMV Japan has various payment methods though but PayPal wise they do not accept

http://www.hmv.co.jp/help/index.asp?q=024003001

that is a big problem for me now

could someone order this book for me please?

he/she get paiyed from me for book + shipping

[Lanz16]

I want to go for Play-Asia since it has free shipping without any requirements like $30+ purchase.

My problem to it is this: did they had the first press poster like CDJ and YA does?
As much as possible I want save much money from shipping.

My first choice is always CDJ since they had that fabulous freebie.

[nanakopy87]

i can confirm that you wouldn't know if they will give you the freebies or not for pre-ordering you were.../ballad...i did email them and they said they will give it to us FOR FREE if they have the poster.as for others,i think its best to email them and ask.

[waterballoon]

okay I'm also thinking of buying You were..., just the CD-only version... since I'm just buying one item, would HMV Japan be more worth it?

[nanakopy87]

waterballoon,maybe you can try play-asia? please click the link on my siggy,if you want to buy from play-asia
they do not charge for shipping fee

[waterballoon]

But does play-asia give the free poster too?

[nanakopy87]

below are the 2 emails they replied :

Spoiler:

Thank you for contacting Play-Asia.com.

I am sorry that we cannot confirm with you as we still haven't received
the stock.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Spoiler:

Thank you for contacting Play-Asia.com.

You can check with us for the availability of the pre-order gift after the
item is released.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

and also,i got this info frm play-asia fans page @ facebook :

Free shipping is currently only available for some Asian countries.

For destinations far across the ocean, such as Israel, free shipping would be much harder to realize.
Within Hong Kong and to some destinations close by we are able to offer a basic service via airmail for free.
... Read More
Shipping speed and reliability in general depends of course on the shipping method and can differ a lot from country to country. Please keep in mind that the economy shipping options are shipped by airmail, through postal services and are also delivered by your local post.

While the vast majority of shipments reaches their destination relatively fast (5-10 days), delays can happen. There is not much that we can do about it.
We all for sure have experience with a delayed parcel or a postcard that reached the destination month after we were back from the holiday.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

okay I'm also thinking of buying You were..., just the CD-only version... since I'm just buying one item, would HMV Japan be more worth it?

HMV Japan charges the same price for 1-2 singles which's 900 Yen

so it's more worth it to buy 2 singles since you're paying the same exact price as compared to just 1 single

I can't help you for play-asia because I never use it D:

[waterballoon]

Hmm well ACTUALLY I don't mind whether they give the poster or not cos I won't have space to put one up anyway... I care about the first-press changeable covers lol..

[nanakopy87]

i see.btw,i've emailed and posted a note on their facebook fans page.now waiting for reply.will update here once they've reply

[KarenPang]

LOL

sites like YesAsia & HMV Japan are hard to tell for 1st press items but it's always assumed that the earlier you preorder , the chances of you getting the 1st press item's higher

it's not like CDJapan's case where it's stated on their site easily

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3701449

anyway now HMV Japan do state 1st press or no 1st press for each item/product .

like for Mika Nakashima's Nagareboshi , the 1st press of her single comes with a picture labelled disc & HMV Japan doesn't have it anymore - http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3681287

[waterballoon]

true I'm worried I won't get the first press cos I'm going overseas soon and I won't be able to preorder the single until December 2nd or so...

[KarenPang]

1st press editions for her material do not sell out at such a fast pace rate . You still can get 1st press editions of Days / GREEN from YesAsia so I don't think you need to worry about it

but ya the best thing's to do's to preorder it a.s.a.p lah

[nanakopy87]

BUT,you can't get 1st press edition of both Days/GREEN and GREEN/Days since 2 months ago.so,ya...the risk is always there if you are late to order

[nanakopy87]

And,this is the reply from them :

unfortunately we often are not able to guarantee preorder gifts. Of course we try to get them from our suppliers, but it always depends a bit on the distribution channel. For this concrete case we can check with our supplier. It might take a few days though untill we have a confirmation.

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by nemesisyume

didn't work for me took over 3 weeks with fastest...
maybe I was just unlucky all the times tho...

is it? coz when i use EMS at CDjapan, i normally get my preorder cds ON THE RELEASE DATE, or even a day earlier.

Thus, i'm getting a [You Were/Ballad]CD+DVD from cdjapan

[Chiharo]

Hey, guys! Is it safe to buy from Play Asia? I'm planning on buying multiple cds so I'm asking.