Has anyone ordered NEXT LEVEL (USB Version)?

[TeeMo]

Nope. I have no money to buy it...

[aura~]

I emailed YA, this is their answer:

Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for shopping at YesAsia.com!
We are sorry to inform that 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.

Is not a negative answer... I ask for a replacement of the USB because a lot of peopel have bought it only to resale them for an indecent amount of money and fans who want to have it for themselves can't...

Avex wants money, and this SB will bring them a lot... it has been sold out a lot before the release date... so I think they will put more... It's true it's limited edition... but maybe they didn't expect this masive wave...

Well... the only thing we can do is to wait and put atention to YA, CDJ and such sites and buy it fastly...

(********** *******!!! I even hadn't see it in the page!! I was 4 days in other city and couldn't have the oportunity!... T___T)

[Lady_Eowyn]

I still have hopes :

(Enviado: lunes, 16 de febrero de 2009)

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for your support with YesAsia.com!

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.

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

Regards,
Cherie Baluyos
Customer Service Department
YesAsia.com

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Lady_Eowyn

I still have hopes :

(Enviado: lunes, 16 de febrero de 2009)

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for your support with YesAsia.com!

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.

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

Regards,
Cherie Baluyos
Customer Service Department
YesAsia.com

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!!

[aura~]

Waaa!! Why YA answer in different ways? If they would answer me this way I would feel better!! I felt like they didn't say me anything new... XDD

thanks for posting it!! Now i have hope!! i'm happy, please!! put it again!! i'll be every day checking YA every minuuut!

[Blasterion]

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

[Choyan]

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

[aura~]

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

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by Lady_Eowyn

I still have hopes :

(Enviado: lunes, 16 de febrero de 2009)

Dear Valued Customer,

Thank you for your support with YesAsia.com!

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.

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

Regards,
Cherie Baluyos
Customer Service Department
YesAsia.com

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!

[~angel*ayumi~]

Originally Posted by LacusClyne

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.

[v3lun420]

Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

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

I am more convinced now that YA never had that USBs. They put Out of Print on USB Version the moment they posted NEXT LEVEL. That's what I read somewhere here in this forum. Probably AVEX only give this limited qty USB to online company inside of Japan like CDJ, HMV, Mu-Mo and amazon.jp. YA is not based on Japan, neither is Play-Asia ne?

edit: Sorry, can this be considered double post? Please mod combine this post with my previous one... thx n sorry

[ALPHY]

C'mon avex. Do something! XD

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

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

[Raleigh]

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.

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

Originally Posted by Demure_Dusk

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

[Raleigh]

Originally Posted by SURREAL__RAINBOW

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.

[Raleigh]

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

[kendelle]

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...

[jbrat2219]

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.

[KarenPang]

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

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