Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - Has anyone ordered NEXT LEVEL (USB Version)?

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haha, I'll keep on checking YA, CDJ and so on daily.. I'm still hoping Avex will release some more..

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Originally Posted by Lady_Eowyn (Post 1828762)

:D

I still have hopes :D:

(Enviado: lunes, 16 de febrero de 2009)

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With reference to your enquiry regarding the item "Next Level (USB Memory Stick)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)" we apologize that the available quantities have already been sold out as confirmed by our suppliers.

However, the item may be available for ordering again in our website but will depend on our suppliers confirmation as no definite date has been provided yet. Rest assured that we will update our website as soon as the item is open for ordering. Feel free to further check with us regarding this item within the coming days.

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THERE'S HOPE! \^0^/

I'm going to email YesAsia myself to see what kind of reply I get... no doubt this same question is flooding their inbox!!

if YA does restock XD someone please let us know asaP!!! XD

we can bomb YA and CDJ with lots of e-mails to put preasure... XDD

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Originally Posted by Lady_Eowyn (Post 1828762)

well you know guys, after this incident. i have a strong feeling that yesasia could be buying from cdjapan, then when they got the stocks, they send it out to their customers.

reason 1: Cdjapan ships before the release date, thus they could get it before/on the release date as YA's head office is in hongkong. that's why yesasia always ships on the release date or sometimes a day or 2 after the release date.

reason 2: the USB was NEVER AVAILABLE at YA. this lead me to think they fail to get any from cdjapan. cdjapan was sold out within 2 hours, and i bet even yesasia never expect this overwhelming interest, so they had not even placed their order there. that's why when they put the link up at their site, it was immediately under 'sold out'.

reason 3: why cdjapan? coz they had been known for the fastest EMS shipping and receiving items BEFORE release date. yeah, their shipping is expensive, but if company like YA order A LOT, it will be soooo much cheaper.

the outcome, seeing their reply above only make me think that
-they will buy from others and resell(at a much higher price)
-get someone to buy at japan stores(since it was stated to have a casing like a regular cd case for displaying IN STORES, so i assume there should be some in stores) on the release date.

but no matter what, even if yesasia DO gets it, i'm 99% sure that the price will be higher then cdjapan/hmv. For those who wants it, just save up!

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Originally Posted by AyumiBest (Post 1824947)

you guys are REALLY lucky! They should seriously sell those as just plain USBs. No data in them just a blank USB thing. lol

I totally agree! They can sell it cheaper and you would have 2 separate products. I know i would buy both if that were the case. Now i'll just get the overseas Next Level. The price of the USB is too high.

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Originally Posted by LacusClyne (Post 1829038)

reason 2: the USB was NEVER AVAILABLE at YA. this lead me to think they fail to get any from cdjapan. cdjapan was sold out within 2 hours, and i bet even yesasia never expect this overwhelming interest, so they had not even placed their order there. that's why when they put the link up at their site, it was immediately under 'sold out'.

YA has put up the sold out for the usb at least half an hour before it went out of print at CDJ.

C'mon avex. Do something! XD

should we fight for the ones that YS will probably bring?? lol

their answer is kinda useless... i hope they aint giving hope because they wanted to... pfft

stupid re-sellers of Ebay, they can suck on a cactus

Even on Yahoo! auctions there are a lot of USBs on sale already. I'm guessing some people are trying to make a profit off from it.

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Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk (Post 1829632)

Even on Yahoo! auctions there are a lot of USBs on sale already. I'm guessing some people are trying to make a profit off from it.

theyre pigs

i hope AVEX could do something about the re-selling thing... is not fair for them and for the fans

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Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW (Post 1829636)

theyre pigs

i hope AVEX could do something about the re-selling thing... is not fair for them and for the fans

Well I doubt avex knows or cares. However it's to be expected. Whenever a limited Ayu item gets sold a lot of people try to make a profit from it. Which is to be expected since she's so popular. The only thing avex can do is produce more USBs.

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Originally Posted by ALPHY (Post 1828234)

^ The exchange rate isn't making things better for us, eh? I have a feeling that pre-orders will be up again in a few days. Has anyone tried emailing CDJapan or YA about it?

YesAsia

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Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for shopping at YesAsia.com!

We are sorry to inform that our supplier confirmed the "Next Level (USB Memory Stick)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)" has been sold out during the preorder period.

Your understanding would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your continued support of YesAsia again. We look forward to be serving you again soon.

Best regards,
Inez Wong
Customer Service Department
YesAsia.com Ltd.

CDJapan

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Hi,

Thank you for contacting us.

This item is limited, therefore there are not so many nubmer will be made.
And as you can see, it's already sold out for the pre-order at CDJapan.
There is no informaion so far that we will have more.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Should you require any assistance, please feel free to contact us again.

Best Regards,
Yukari Hashimoto
www.cdjapan.co.jp

It's SOLD OUT not OUT OF STOCK, there won't be more :shakehead

I'm just curious... if everything is sold out while pre-order period (let's say not only at YA, CDJ etc. but also in regular japanese shops) than will this item be ever available to buy after release date? They made from it something super rare so how they gonna promote music on such kind of media type if only a couple of ppl is able to get it?

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Originally Posted by Baernash (Post 1829643)

They made from it something super rare so how they gonna promote music on such kind of media type if only a couple of ppl is able to get it?

That's a very good point.

^ I agree. Or maybe they didn't expect many fans to get it since it had a high price tag o.O

This USB saga is a real rollercoaster of emotions!! I really hope there are more copies found/made once Avex realises how much we want it but I probably won't hold my breath... :(

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Dear Person,

Thank you for shopping at YesAsia.com!

Regarding your recent enquiry, we are sorry that item "Next Level (USB Memory Stick)(First Press Limited Edition)(Japan Version)" is out of print and we cannot source it anymore.

Once again, thank you very much for your continued support with YesAsia.com.

:weep

if it's true on what LacusClyne / Genie said about the thumbdrive , then I wouldn't be surprised

YesAsia's notorious for jacking up the prices of the Japan presses of stuff that they sell .

I was told by Hazuki that after all 3 Japan presses of limited editions of KAT-TUN's DON'T U EVER STOP were restocked , each of them cost US$30 which's INSANE & that price was the same one that ll moments ll paid for 3 editions of it before that happens :thud

Despite this , all 3 of them still went outta print after that O_O

I can imagine how much the thumbdrive will cost should YesAsia be restocking in the near future or not

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Originally Posted by Baernash (Post 1829643)

They made from it something super rare so how they gonna promote music on such kind of media type if only a couple of ppl is able to get it?

I was thinking about that too, and maybe they can't make a lot of them because of the Ayu logo. A lot of regular USBs can probably be made easily and cheaply, but it might be more expensive to make these special ones with logos so they can't make many of them.

Nope. :no

Thinking about preordering a regular version, though... :D