When I one the sticker from Cd Japan they sent me a letter to let me know I won Although I don't know how it was for Guilty since I didn't win =P

I'm just saying it'll be nice to get AT LEAST a sticker. Or a tissue packet with A Complete cover printed on it. Something small that doesn't take a whole factory to manufacture. Of course, the main thing would still be the album lol... But ain't cheap thrills great. Just 1 puny sticker. Good luck y'all.

Well, we already have first press bonuses, so we should be happy with that.

I'd say that the tissue packet thing is a really bad idea, as those are generally looked down upon in Japan [I think] as a really cheap and last-ditch-effort sort of way to get promotion. It's like, if one artist does it, then every single artist would end up doing it.. and it all really adds up. avex can't be making tissue packets for like every single release.. that'd be insane! Consolation prizes aren't needed with this sort of lottery especially when just about everyone who orders it in Japan gets a prize anyway [since tons of different shops probably stock Ayu]. Overseas fans should just be lucky that we even get a chance to win anything, you know?

Nah I dont think they should put in more prices in or on every copy. I think its good as it is. I dont expect to get any. Thats all. I mean, there are very few who will get a price and it will probably wont be anyone overseas. Thats what I think anyway. And IF I would get something I would get superhappy cuz its so hard to win a price. Isnt that how there kind of things works? You have a veeeery little chanse to win but if you do you would be superhappy. :P

Shipping Process doesn't mean it's already Shipped, right? On the customer support of YesAsia it says you can cancel only unless it's shipped. It doesn't say anything about being in shipping process, as I think that takes a while for them.. But it's still tricky business to pre-order two and cancel one if you didn't win, as you don't really know for sure when they'll ship and such.

The good thing i can say about this campaign is that it's unnecessary. As in it's a little extra something for 250 fans. Some of you are contented enough with the way it is. I say it can be improved but that's just me. Give me a yard, i demand a mile. And give the humble tissue paper a break. I don't think it's tacky. If you look at no way to say PV, their tissue papers are packaged really prettily. By the way, kingdom promotion had tissue packets. Just some trivia. This is all in good humour by the way and not intended to offend.

I assume that those who pre-ordered before this thing was announced are entered in the 'raffle' (or whatever it's called?).

I pre-ordered within 24 hours it was announced on AHS so...

I think whoever pre-orders is up for a chance. When it was announced, i think it said that those who pre-ordered BEFORE it's announced also stand a chance. Otherwise, they'd be shortchanged.

We've already had this sort of raffle twice in recent years [they also did this for A BALLADS, RAINBOW, Duty, and A BEST to name a few older ones]~

I'd say that they have the money in their promotional budgets to supply dozens [if not TONS] of stores with a bunch of free goods to give out. I mean, do you see many other artists doing this sort of thing.. for FREE? A lot of the time, artists have goods that are related to the album release that you have to pay for..

I know what you're saying, really. Alot of visual kei stuff comes with this kind of deals. It would be NICE. Who wouldn't want freebies. It's great they're doing this. As a customer, you don't care how they do it, you just care they are doing it. And it's alright to want more. I'm not going to drop this in a suggestion box because i know it's not really valid but it's fun to talk about what you want and go beyond the realm of the possible. I hope this doesn't deflate the excitement of the draw and i don't think anyone's going to work themselves into a frenzied state of disappointment.

i hope HMV also participate!! I asked them and now waiting for answer)

I think probably only the HMV branches in Japan will participate =( Hope u get a positive reply.

yayyyyy i've pre-ordered mine!!
i hope i can get something!!

i want a ayu jigsaw XD but i really doubt it's an international lottery

i remember when Guilty was released, i bought my copy from tower records retail store...and i got to pick a lottery from a box and the guy at the counter looked at it and said i won a poster and i got to choose.

is this the samething?

Yes, this is the same thing.

The presents are always great, but the disparity between their value always amuses me. I mean, the difference between something like a towel/poster and a mere sticker :laugh

http://avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/080801.html

The "WE <10th3 AYU" bag is kinda ugly. I wonder if it looks better in real life. [this is for TeamAyu ONLY.]

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/3113/totebagyy1.jpg

^

Haha the 10th in the heart is awesome

hoahhhhhhh want that bag..wahhhhhh~~
so cute bag...

u think it's ugly?? how come?

That's why there're only a few towels and many stickers. Was Lchang_87 really lucky to get the poster? I wonder what the ratio in the store will be like.

I really hope that I get something i don't care what. The puzzle seems interesting but I want the poster the most. I was so disappointed when I didn't win anything for GUILTY.

i don't really love that bag.

aiiyy how come it's very bad.. I dont like the bag

Aaaaah thats soooo cute!!! WANTS! ^^

From : HMV

Header : Product Informationinquiry / Reply

Message : Dear Customer,

Thank you for your e-mail.

http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2765118

Unfortunately, we have not got any information about lottery for this item.
We apologise for the inconvenience.

Thank you for visiting HMV.co.jp.
We look forward to your next visit to our website.


Best regards,

HMV E-Commerce Customer Service
Rina Miyata

It wouldnt be cool if ayu did this - because it has been done already... yes?

Ayu's work has such an allure to it because it mostly comes from left field. Of course some things smell a bit like other things but mostly it is not so ^^ or this i believe

That sounds interesting!!! I want the poster T_T

Ayumi lover, I think it's still worth it to buy from HMV, based on the 700yen discount. If you ordered from say cdjapan, you'll stand a 250/i dunno, 1000? chance in getting something and even if you do, odds are it'd be a sticker. Not saying HMV is a better option, just that the discount is really kinda appealing.

^yeah!! i'm happy that doing it with HMV)) anyway)


P.S. I've got 900 yen discount!!!!!!!! YAY!!(still happy)

I´ve won everytime this far. I hope my luck won´t change. I´m happy with any extra thing I get.:)

The mirror and magnet are the ones I'd most like to have.

^Erm blue bird, besides Guilty and A Complete, how many other similar campaigns have there been? But Japan really rewards the early bird. If u want a j-press album, might as well get the 1st press. I learnt that the hard way when i bought gackt's single compilation late. My friend got the first press with extra photos and stickers. Yeah i kinda have an issue with stickers.

Ayu's had a campaign for the following albums:
A BEST
Duty
RAINBOW
A BALLADS
A BEST 2
GUILTY
A COMPLETE

I'm pretty sure there were more like I am... and stuff, but I don't have any proof that such goods exist..

I don't know how I feel about that We <10th3 Ayu bag....I love I <3 NY stuff, but I think it only works with things that are two letters, not three letters like Ayu's name. Idk, just looks a tad off to me ^^;;

well nice to see that cdjapan is in the campaign and that its been announced...wonder if yesasia are...for my part its not important if i win or not....i ordered the cd and im happy to recieve just that ^^

But you get bragging rights and an instant freebie. There's no limited stock for TA members right? I wonder if it's big enough to bring for grocery shopping.

Technically it's not a freebie since TeamAyu membership costs 4000-6000yen a year..

i want TeamAyu worldwide. They always have some special prizes, but it's always girlish(((((( and that's bad(((

nice to hear that there will be presents!

Only for the lucky 250 from CDJapan and even then, it may only be a sticker.

^yee... but I know girl, who has a Guilty poster

I have! ^^ :heart

if you want details about the campaign on CDJAPAN

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/rcms/jpop/ayu_campaign.html

you have to buy before SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

there are no infos about it on YesAsia :shrug :(

I have a GUILTY poster. Ahaha. Granted, my boyfriend bought me the album when he was in Japan, but I still have one. :love

I have one too. :) Which one you have? I have jacket B version.

http://www.yesasia.com/global/a-comp...0-en/info.html

Yesasia is now giving prizes automatically to anyone who orders.

One free gift before August 31st. Go go go.

^ah man, I guess I should've ordered from YA then :(

You can still cancel from wherever you bought it from and get it at Yesasia.

Weeeeeeee.
Sorry cdjapan... but ya'know.. I'm a sucker for presents XD
*runs to cancel*

XD

ROFL CDJapan must be hatin' YesAsia for stealing their customers LOLOL.

>:O Can't believe yesasia Everytime I don't order from them Ahhhh well. I'll stick with Cd Japan :) Good for everyone who ordered from yesasia <3

Personally, I think anyone who really REALLY wants a prize should cancel their CDJapan / HMV orders and just order at YA asap. lol.

hmmmmm would i be taking a chance on risking first press if I cancel CD Japan and go to yesasia?

^ yes asia still has first press o-o

I just ordered from YA~ I'm hoping for a mini towel ;3

You would not be, I believe..

I don't know anyone that's preordered Ayu CDs and not gotten a first press version..

Ah Okay ^_^ Thanks I'm off to switch orders lol

I want Large Poster ))

*waiting for my YesAsia order*
I want every presents out there. how greedy ;)

Order placed at YesAsia! I'd like the poster or the mini towel, hmm.

I sorta wonder if Yesasia would give you all the different prizes if you preordered that many A COMPLETEs. Unlikely though, since it's.. Yesasia.. lol.

AHH! I need to order quick! I need to get a freebie~ :P

Ugh I just might need to buy this now. I'm really only buying it for the DVDs considering I own all of her albums. But these presents are really tempting :)

so yesasia is automatically giving away the presents while cdjapan is just giving them to only 250 customers?!

Yes. This is how it's been done in the past, I think. This is the first time they've given us a number though.

Yesasia obviously wasn't getting many preorders compared to CDJapan, so they're trying to reel people in with this.

HAHAHA YES!!! I ALWAYS pre-order from YesAsia! (Did so a week ago!) I have for YEARS! It finally pays off!!! I'm so freakin' excited to be getting an Ayu present!!!!!!! *dances*

I didn't plan on this, but preordered the CD only on YesAsia in addition to the CD+DVD on CDJapan, since I was one of the first to preorder there and want to be guaranteed first press, not to mention that I wouldn't mind two special prizes.

woooooooooowww. I might cancel my order from CDjapan..
thanks for the info..
we'll get one of them directly,right?

And clearly, just looking at the AHS fans, its working. ^^

LOL at the end yesasia will fill people with the 10th anniversary stickers :P

I have doubts that everyone will get something..

Or everyone will get the cheapest gifts - 10th anniversary stickers =P

^ better than nothing though :P

Well good for everyone who bought it at YesAsia ^__^ I bought it at CDJapan, but maybe I'll be lucky.

It's just a bit hard to believe YA. Does anyone know how many copies of A Complete have already been pre-ordered at YA? They'll need to have more than that amount of goodies to supply everybody with one. And CDJapan only got 250 goodies? Sounds a bit fishy to me. But we'll see of course!

I'm sure they have enough things, at least for those who preorder.

I'm pretty sure everyone who at least orders before the 30th will get something. [It's not like 200++++ people are gonna go running to Yesasia, right?]

but why would the Chinese distributor get a lot more prize sets than major Japanese shops?

Well, that's assuming that they get over 200-300 preorders..

I imagine that they weren't getting many at all [because of CDJapan announcing it before they did.. way before they did] so they probably did this as a last ditch thing.

They could've done it in a lottery style, but I'm sure they have something up their sleeves.. [or maybe in the past, they didn't have as many gifts to give out as now..]

I'm hoping I will actually get something...this is the first time I've pre-ordered a new Ayu release from Yesasia -.-
I feel so dirty.

Or maybe cdjapan has more than 250 presents to give out.The cdjapan website does says: "Prize details are subject to change"

Well, they only put that at the end because obviously, if something does happen, they can't be blamed for it..

Like so people won't be like "LOL U DIDNT WARN US Y NO DISCLAIMER!?"

i hate this condition,

very confusing

LOL ^_^
i did preordered with CDJapan, and using paypal,
and i doubt that i can cancel my order with CDJapan, since i use Paypal.

then...YA announce this.

i hate YA, because previously I asked them before I preorder to CDJapan, and they were responsed that they don't have such promotional products.

^_^
well just wait from CDJapan then.

^ you can cancel your order even though you used paypal because I did. I just preordered the album again and I'm just wondering is it going to be first press?!

How did yesasia get enough stock for this campaign? Wow so if say 1000 people order before 31 august, they would have enough prizes? I wonder if there's some underground thing going on :shakehead

No, they wouldn't, because they explicitly state this:
It's not as though YesAsia actually sells 1000+ copies of Ayu albums/singles though usually.. unless they do. [which I doubt]

^ yep so did I. Just hoping to win something at CDJapan ^__^

Besides, the only gift I'd REALLY want is the poster, and it's VERY unlike I'll get that, even at YesAsia.

wow I would like to have gift A B E

I'm just gonna stick with CDJapan... next thing you know I cancel at CDJ and could've gotten something big, and get a sticker from YA.

(And I can't bother with canceling and all that... though I was tempted to get the CD-only from YA, but I won't go crazy with my wallet just yet... *thinks about happy box 2008*)

^You may also get a sticker from CDJ. If that's the case then why doesn't Yesasia just state the stock they have and say limited to the first ## people who pre-order before 31st august or something? That's just unethical. Subjected to changes bah...

Well, they don't know for sure how many people will be purchasing from them.. so they have to have a disclaimer that at least says that circumstances can change if something comes up.

how many jackets are there? a and b?

There's the special CD+DVD which is first press, a regular CD+DVD that will be out after first press, and a CD only.

is the one at yesasia right now the first press cuz they didnt mention.

Probably. They cannot assure you, but it's probable that you'll get first press.

Very rarely do preordered albums/singles end up not being first press..

If you have a doubt, check CDJapan if they still have it.

i dont know if this has been posted but cdjapan now has 500 gifts to give away instead of 250 ^__^

OMG you're right! it says on the front page "500 lucky customers.." now! :D I'm happy! it doubles my odds of getting something!

thanks for the heads-up ^__^ wouldn't have noticed soon otherwise probably lol.

no problem, i hope all you guys who ordered from cdjapan win something ^_^

YAYY!!!!! 500 PEOPLE!! Thank god i preordered at CDjapan (Well i'll never order at YA ever again anyway LOL)