Buying CDs at bookoff

[truehappiness]

Indeed.

When I went the guy at the counter wasn't even speaking any English XD Maybe some broken English, like 'one dolla!' or something. I think the same thing happened when BanFan went. There's also like a dozen or so people standing and reading the material in the store [cheapos lol j/k] who're ALL JAPANESE. I bet people stared at BanFan when he went in LOL.

Originally Posted by Celaphorce

I don't think that's very smart, if they really want Japanese music to be more widely known I would at least put more stores in unknown cities too so that those people reccomend it and it spreads faster through more unknown cites, usually the more popular cites, just spread everything else on to more popular cities.

They don't really want it to be widely known HENCE THE REASON OF STICKING IT IN AREAS OF HIGH JAPANESE POPULATION. Ew, caps. I mean, can you imagine some random westerner owning a ton of J-pop CDs to sell to some store? I'd bet that if a BOOK OFF were placed in some weird populated area in Texas, the most business that they would get would be from manga or something.. :/ J-pop still hasn't hit in 'oo everyone has it' sort of thing. XD It's still being 'discovered' in the U.S. in the form of Tofu Records and stuff.

[Xianghua]

hey, do you think I'll find magazines there? like cawaii and vivi and stuff?

[truehappiness]

Yes. BOOKOFF sells old magazines for cheap.

You can find ViVis.. everything XD But you probably might not find what you want.. or you probably will. Best chance is to just go and look :p

[Xianghua]

yaaaaaay! n.n

[realize_!]

can anyone list store locations? seeing as I'm going to New York next month, I've never heard of bookoff... but reading the prices is making me go excited!

[Xianghua]

here are adresses in new york:
1) 14 East 41st Street New York, NY10017 (this one is in NYC)
map on website: http://www.bookoff.co.jp/shops/kaigai02.html

2)1-15 North Central Avenue, Heartsdale, NY10530 (this one is in a town called heartsdale, about a 40 minute drive away from the city.)
map on website: http://www.bookoff.co.jp/shops/kaigai05.html

Yeah, go to the one in NY. They have a really cute oniisan that works there. He's very tall and thin, and chatty. I always talk to him. Hahahaha <3

For visual purposes, the street that Book Off NYC is located on is across from the New York Public Library. Where 41st and 5th intersect, there is a Sean John store. Book Off is sort of in a little nook on 41st, you'll walk by a Subway Restaurant and a couple other doors on the way.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by evolusean

Yeah, go to the one in NY. They have a really cute oniisan that works there. He's very tall and thin, and chatty. I always talk to him. Hahahaha <3

You player. XD Too bad it's usually just old guys/women at my BOOKOFF ;[