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Old 18th January 2008, 04:00 AM
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Question 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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Old 18th January 2008, 04:06 AM
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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!
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Old 18th January 2008, 04:31 AM
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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!
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Old 18th January 2008, 04:38 AM
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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!
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Old 18th January 2008, 04:43 AM
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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
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Old 18th January 2008, 04:47 AM
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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

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Old 18th January 2008, 05:26 AM
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Almost all mine CDs and DVDs I ordered in CDJapan
It's best place for me
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всё что у меня есть, было заказано там, ни разу не возникло проблем, всё чётко, как часы. Там есть система поощерений чтоли, за покупку они дают поинты, иногда дают купоны с поинтами, которые можно при следующей покупке включить в стоимость и на пару монеток станет дешевле. Всегда использавал EMS, всё дошло нормально, 10-14 дней и прямо на дом. Кстати, если ты не знаешь, то карта (VISA, MasterCard) должна быть не дебетовой, должен быть 3-значный номер (CCV2), на обратной стороне карты
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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!
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Old 18th January 2008, 05:57 AM
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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 ^-^"
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Old 18th January 2008, 06:04 AM
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Here about 4 or 5 members from Russia who posted regulary
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Дебетовые карты не принимают для интернет платежей, они только для оплаты в магазинах и через банкоматы, кредитные карты - это другой уровень, например ты можешь оплатить, не имея достаточных средств на карте, то есть банк тебе даёт кредит и ты его должен в недельный срок кажется погасить, а в остальном также как и дебетовая, то есть ложишь свои деньги на карту и пользуешься. На дебетовых картах нет CCV2
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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...
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Old 18th January 2008, 08:24 AM
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^and all of them from Ayu-mi-ss
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Ну так это же специально для оплаты через интернет, если тебя не смущает, что ей нельзя пользоваться нигде, кроме как в сети...я такие карты не пробовал

Я имею ввиду дебетовые карты такие, как MasterCard Mass или Visa Electron
У меня например Visa Classic, откуда только не заказывал везде работает
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Old 18th January 2008, 10:26 AM
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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HMV price appear to be higher, but when you add in the shipping and the discounts, it's cheaper. Especially for pre order stuff, they will have the lowest rate when the cd just release.

i had been using HMV for a year, and i love them.
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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 ask

Please, Taki, because you live in Russia your piece of advice will be most helpful!
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Old 21st January 2008, 05:19 AM
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English of cause...credit card holder...shipping address...all in english
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На почте некоторые умеют читать по-английски...чуть-чуть , правда поизвращаются немножко над твоей фамилией, не забудь написать свой номер телефона, если будешь выбирать доставку EMS, чтоб приехали, когда кто-нибудь будет дома, чтоб потом самому на почту не топать
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Taki, domo arigatou!
Now everything is almost clear!
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