Need YOUR HELP with ordering AYU's discs in JAPANESE INTERNET SHOPS
 

Ohayo, minna-san!
Good morning, dear forummates, dear forum-chans and forum-kuns!:)

Unfortunately I had a bad luck to born in Russia... While my body is still here, my soul for about 2 years wants to fly away to Japan:) Till now still unsuccessfully:(

So...

Recently I decided to start buying Ayu's discs in Japanese Internet Shops. For this purpose I ordered special Visa e-c@rd in VTB24 (one of russians banks).
Then the question "what online shop should I choose?" appeared.
So actually what shop to choose to buy high quality Ayu's discs?
CDJAPAN?
Play-Asia?
YesAsia?
Give me the peace of advice, please!
What I need from the shop?
-Availability of Ayu's discs,
-availability to order them from Russia and to get it here from there,
-reliability in case of shipping my orders and accurate billing,
-trustworthiness.
In other words what shop can offer the highest quality with the lowest price?:)

So I wish those who has such an "ordering experience" will help me and give their piece of advice! What shop to choose? What problems I can encounter? And etc. Arigatou!!!

Oh! And if you are from Russia your experience and help will be priceless for me!:)

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Okay, I'd like to recommend HMV, they usually have good discounts for recent items and stuff (for example GUILTY CD+DVD being at 3000 yen!) and they have a really good selection of ayu stuff :)
I've ordered quite a few stuff from them in the past and the service has always been really good, with the delivery taking 1 week-2 weeks usually, and I'm all the way to Mexico!

Cdjapan is quite good too, but I've switched to HMV due to the discounts I mentioned, but from the times I've ordered there, I've never had any trouble, and everything has been top-notch.

Yesasia, is good if you're buying OS stuff, but I've had 3 broken cases in my previous orders, so I've stopped buying from there altogether.

Hope that helps!

orochicloud, really helpful!!! Thank you very much for such an instant and helpfull answer!!!

And some questions.
What shipping method do you choose? And with card of what payment system do you pay your orders?

Yes, I've already heard about broken cases in YesAsia orders! No YesAsia;)!! Understood!
And thank you for your critics to CDJAPAN!

So...
What do we have now?
HMV... Oh! Could you give me its direct address?
CDJAPAN.co.jp
PLAY-ASIA.com

And I'm still waiting for your ideas;)!

Glad to hear I helped :)
I choose EMS, and I pay by credit card directly.

http://www.hmv.co.jp/ is the direct link.
By the way, play asia is the same as yesasia.
Happy shopping! :)

Oh, orochicloud, thank you!!!
And for the link too!;)
The same?.. Interesting:)

Ohayo gozaimashita!
hello to everyone! My name is Aliya and I am for the first time here. By the way about ordering the discs you can find all the information concerning the procedure of purchasing them visiting google

I really enjoy being here,because as you all I like not only her songs but her personality. Frankly speaking?this was the first thing that I liked in her , though I heard songs before knowing anything about her. Now I can say that I really respect and appreciate what she ia doing

Taki, thanks!!! Nice to meet you! It's always a great pleasure to meet a somebody from the motherland country;)
Thanks for your advices very much!
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For Taki: мне этот ресурс тоже приглянулся, даже цены в рублях есть:) Про поинты тоже видел:) 10-14 дней - супер! Мне из Москвы заказ курьером с ozon.ru дней 20 шел:(! Правда, наверное, в Европейскую часть России будет дольше идти...
Про трехзначный код знаю. Что непонял, так это почему карта должна быть НЕ дебетовой??? Т.е. обязательно кредитная что ли, где не свои деньги размещены, а деньги за счет кредита банка? Просто с дебетными проще - загрузил СВОИ деньги и пользуешься, ни у кого не занимая:) Проясни, пожалуйста, ситуацию!

Actually I never got broken or even scracthed CDs from yesasia and I ordered from them a lot XD
I think they break stuff exactly like CD Japan, HMV etc.
I'm always satisfied with yesasia ^-^"

Yes, I've seen 4 at least:)
Thank you for your guide;)!
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For Taki: странно, принимают же дебетовые вроде! По крайней мере, меня в этом убеждали сотрудники ВТБ24. У них есть специальная карта специально для покупок в интернет - Visa e-c@rd - так он дебетовая, именная и с кодом. Вот ссылка, дабы я не был голословным: http://www.vtb24.ru/personal/cards/visa/ecard/ Друг пользовался такой же для того, чтобы открыть аккаунт PayPal, и через него он оплачивал что-то в каком-то британском веб-магазине. А то, что ты описываешь, это скорей всего дебетовая карта с овердрафтом, так она дороже стоит:( У меня была кредитка (и есть) MasterCard Electronic, с кодом и прочее, но ее как раз не хотел принимать к оплате интернет-магазин...

Yes:)
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А, ну, да:) MasterCard Mass и Visa Electron для работы в сети не подходят... Maestro тоже практически нигде не работает. А вот Visa Classic - эта да:) Так она может быть и дебетовой, и кредитной.

I use CDJapan and I haven't had any problems with them yet.

I can't use HMV because they don't ship to my address (which I find really weird) but anyway, you could try YesAsia but what I like about CDJ is tracking :P

I'd just like to state that I have never received a broken case for YesAsia. When ordering, be sure to note "Please handle with care." in the comments section to ensure that your package will arrive unharmed.

Ive used CDJapan, Yesasia and Play-Asia and they are all fantastic. Ive never used HMV but there prices are higher when compared to the other three anyway.

Albagira, nice to meet you here;)!
ayumisrael, criminal, thanks! Thank you very much!
LacusClyne, thank you for helpful analytics! And I like your pic with Johnny Depp very much!!!;)
micster, thanks for sharing your experience!

So while I'm waiting for my card be emitted new questions rise:)
How (in what language) should I fill my address and contact data for delivering in the forms of the online shop? In english, I think? But how will my local mail service recognize it? Or it's no problems? I live in Russia that's why I askhttp://img441.imageshack.us/img441/2451/smilemn4.gif

Please, Taki, because you live in Russia your piece of advice will be most helpful!

Taki, domo arigatou!
Now everything is almost clear:)!