Where to buy Avex Taiwan CDs? - Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai
Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai
· Ayu's Official Site · Ayu's twitter · Ayu's YouTube · masa's translations · Misa-chan's translations ·


Go Back   Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai > Ayumi Hamasaki Forums > Enquiries

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 29th March 2009, 01:05 AM
FIRSTKLAS's Avatar
FIRSTKLAS FIRSTKLAS is offline
P.S II Initiate
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,030
Where to buy Avex Taiwan CDs?

Does anyone know of any online stores that sell Avex Taiwan CDs and also ship internationally? I was thinking of getting the TW press of NEXT LEVEL in addition to some other albums (alan, Voice of EARTH; BoA, BEST&USA, etc.)

I know there a few sellers on eBay but they mark up their prices by 50-100% and I was hoping to pay retail - or at least a more fair price.

Edit: corrected the mark-up amount since I exaggerated a bit. Heh.

Last edited by FIRSTKLAS; 29th March 2009 at 01:20 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 29th March 2009, 01:08 AM
pommy48's Avatar
pommy48 pommy48 is offline
theme of a-nation '03 H-Initiate
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 25,148
Yesasia sell the OS press~

Last edited by pommy48; 29th March 2009 at 01:26 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 29th March 2009, 01:19 AM
FIRSTKLAS's Avatar
FIRSTKLAS FIRSTKLAS is offline
P.S II Initiate
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,030
Yeah, I use YesAsia a lot and I know they sell OS press(es), but it's usually Avex Asia.

I was hoping to specifically get some Avex Taiwan CDs because I've never tried them before and also because, unlike Avex Asia, they have their own standardized catalog numbering system (I'm a bit of a collector so random catalog numbers in my collection is something that bugs me - yeah, I know, I'm crazy. ).
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 29th March 2009, 01:32 AM
Polyrhythm Polyrhythm is offline
Liar Initiate
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 6,650
Taiwan has a white OBI with blue chinese words on it. You should consider that. Otherwise, its pretty close to the original version. I dont think theres any online sites that sell Taiwan...
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 29th March 2009, 01:44 AM
FIRSTKLAS's Avatar
FIRSTKLAS FIRSTKLAS is offline
P.S II Initiate
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,030
Quote:
Originally Posted by xheartstation
Taiwan has a white OBI with blue chinese words on it. You should consider that. Otherwise, its pretty close to the original version. I dont think theres any online sites that sell Taiwan...
The white obi with Chinese words doesn't really bug me; in fact, I think they would provide an interesting contrast with my other albums if I were to ever display them with the obis showing (kinda like books ).

And, yeah, I'm definitely beginning to think that there are no online stores that sell Avex Taiwan CDs: Google doesn't turn up anything.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 29th March 2009, 01:52 AM
jiarongisme's Avatar
jiarongisme jiarongisme is offline
rainy day Initiate
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Posts: 9,759
Quote:
Originally Posted by FIRSTKLAS View Post
The white obi with Chinese words doesn't really bug me; in fact, I think they would provide an interesting contrast with my other albums if I were to ever display them with the obis showing (kinda like books ).

And, yeah, I'm definitely beginning to think that there are no online stores that sell Avex Taiwan CDs: Google doesn't turn up anything.
FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES TAIWAN PRESS OBIS!
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 29th March 2009, 02:00 AM
pommy48's Avatar
pommy48 pommy48 is offline
theme of a-nation '03 H-Initiate
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 25,148
well at least the quality of taiwan press are pretty good

you can find someone on ebay, i know that karenpang have a taiwanese friend who gives her nice offers for TW press
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 29th March 2009, 05:10 AM
jiarongisme's Avatar
jiarongisme jiarongisme is offline
rainy day Initiate
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Posts: 9,759
^ Yup. I got him to buy NEXT LEVEL for me too.

http://cgi.ebay.com/J-POP-Super-Star...4.c0.m14.l1262 (CD Only)
http://cgi.ebay.com/J-POP-Ayumi-Hama...4.c0.m14.l1262(CD+DVD)
http://cgi.ebay.com/J-POP-Ayumi-Hama...4.c0.m14.l1262 (2CD+DVD)

http://cgi.ebay.com/J-POP-alan-Voice...d=p4634.c0.m14 (Voice of EARTH)

Sadly, he hasn't listed the BoA album yet.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 29th March 2009, 06:59 AM
FIRSTKLAS's Avatar
FIRSTKLAS FIRSTKLAS is offline
P.S II Initiate
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,030
Quote:
Originally Posted by jiarongisme View Post
http://cgi.ebay.com/J-POP-alan-Voice...d=p4634.c0.m14 (Voice of EARTH)

Sadly, he hasn't listed the BoA album yet.
Yeah, I've seen that seller before and never really had a problem with his prices till I checked the Avex Taiwan website and saw how much the "retail price" really is.

alan, Voice of EARTH @ Avex TW e-shop = $398 Taiwan New Dollars
alan, Voice of EARTH @ iluvhelloproject (eBay) = $21.49 US Dollars

According to XE.com:
$ 398 TWD = $ 11.7849 USD (approximately)

So that means he marked up the price almost 100%. :S
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 29th March 2009, 10:27 AM
Heavenly's Avatar
Heavenly Heavenly is offline
July 1st Initiate
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: France
Posts: 2,945
yeah on ebay, you can find a lot of Taiwan press, here i bought my COMPLETE all singles, and GREEN/Days - Days/GREEN.
"iluvhelloproject", "undercatdog2" and "artice_ray" are very good sellers =)
__________________

Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 29th March 2009, 05:32 PM
LacusClyne's Avatar
LacusClyne LacusClyne is offline
BALLAD Initiate
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Singapore
Posts: 16,797
Quote:
Originally Posted by FIRSTKLAS View Post
Yeah, I've seen that seller before and never really had a problem with his prices till I checked the Avex Taiwan website and saw how much the "retail price" really is.

alan, Voice of EARTH @ Avex TW e-shop = $398 Taiwan New Dollars
alan, Voice of EARTH @ iluvhelloproject (eBay) = $21.49 US Dollars

According to XE.com:
$ 398 TWD = $ 11.7849 USD (approximately)

So that means he marked up the price almost 100%. :S
the price at taiwan website isn't really accurate(there's shipping to), unless you buy from the avex shop, in the retail stores it's mostly around USD$15. so this price aren't too bad.
__________________

My Instagram

Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 29th March 2009, 08:29 PM
Evolution7/4's Avatar
Evolution7/4 Evolution7/4 is offline
ayu-ro mix 2 Initiate
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,917
Ebay is the only place I can find Taiwan press.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 5th April 2009, 06:28 AM
Polyrhythm Polyrhythm is offline
Liar Initiate
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 6,650
For anyone who is living in Southern California or is visiting, I just visited Life Plaza in Arcadia, and they have an insane selection of Taiwan Press Jpop CD's. I was soooooo tempted to buy Koda Kumi's Moon CD+DVD with the golden OBI for 11.99 but my parents were there and i would get "looks of disaproval"....they had Bold and Delicious CD+DVD...vogue, evolution, Heaven, memorial address CD Only....I didnt get any of them but they were all Taiwan Press. I also saw an Ai Otsuka Album CD+DVD....i think its called Love Piece...it has a puzzle cover...anyway....its a great little store. There was also a TON more Avex trax CD's that I didnt look at...my sister bought 2 dream CDS (amazingly Dream CD's are still sold) and they also had Utada's Dareka No Negai Ga Kanau Koro and Be My Last CD+DVD. Also, the pricing is INSANE. older CD's like vogue and evolution went for 7.99. Newer singles like Heaven were 8.99. The CD+DVD sets were all 11.99. They also had the Ayumix....dunno which one...the silvery shiny one...for 13.99. For anyone who's interested they also had a Jolin Tsai Butterfly thing that came with a shirt....(my mom was like WTHeck is this)...The bad side is...other than memorial address...i didnt see any albums =[ I wouldve totally bought (miss)understood if I saw it. So yeah, anyway, if you really want Taiwan Press CD's, try Life Plaza. Plus...great deal on Boba.

Last edited by Polyrhythm; 5th April 2009 at 08:50 AM.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 5th April 2009, 11:06 AM
KarenPang's Avatar
KarenPang KarenPang is offline
LIKE A CRYSTAL H-Initiate
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: #1 BREAKERZ fan in Singapore ♥
Posts: 108,041
Quote:
Originally Posted by jiarongisme View Post
FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO APPRECIATES TAIWAN PRESS OBIS!


Quote:
Originally Posted by pommy48 View Post
well at least the quality of taiwan press are pretty good
avex taiwan rocks hands down . I love it that they produced OS presses of Johnny's stuff & that goes for avex artistes too & they're not stingy when comes to quality of their items unlike Warner S'pore

Quote:
you can find someone on ebay, i know that karenpang have a taiwanese friend who gives her nice offers for TW press
true

if you want my Taiwanese friend's email contact , just send me a PM & I take care of the rest for you

I bought my Taiwan press / CD + DVD of NEXT LEVEL from him & I got it yesterday

Quote:
Originally Posted by Heavenly View Post
yeah on ebay, you can find a lot of Taiwan press, here i bought my COMPLETE all singles, and GREEN/Days - Days/GREEN.
"iluvhelloproject", "undercatdog2" and "artice_ray" are very good sellers =)
frankly outta the 3 ebay sellers , I prefer the 1st one lmao . undercatdog2 & artice_ray are quite haughty & arrogant to a certain extent

at least iluvehelloproject doesn't charge jack ass prices when comes to shipping

a note regarding YesAsia - not all the OS presses that they sell are Taiwan presses . You have to be careful especially with regards to OS presses of Johnny's items & some OS presses of avex's artistes . Like for GIRL NEXT DOOR , Anna Tsuchiya & alan's , all their albums are made in Taiwan & not in Hong Kong at all

YesAsia tends to put Hong Kong press on their links for practically all OS presses that they sell & etc but in reality some of them are really Taiwan press .

I never seen a HK press of a Johnny's item at all so yeah

YesAsia's not like HMV HK in that for HMV HK's case (www.hmv.com.hk) , they will specify the catalogue & record label no.s .

Like for NEXT LEVEL's eg. , OS press wise :

CD - http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/japanese.asp?sku=431997

CD + DVD - http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/japanese.asp?sku=431335

2 CDs + DVD - http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/japanese.asp?sku=430988

Only the CD only's Taiwan press , the other 2 are HK presses

a key note's that for Taiwan press's catalogue no. , it starts with "AVJ" while for HK press , it starts with "AAJ"

it's unfortunate that you don't get to see that on YesAsia's website
__________________



Dedicated BRZ fan since 2008 debut single ♪ | team brz member ♥ | BREAKERZ BIRTHDAY PARTY 2024 ♥


My JPop Blog | My Twitter | BRZ Thread 47 | BRZ LiveJournal | BRZ Official Site


Last edited by KarenPang; 5th April 2009 at 11:14 AM.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
avex, taiwan

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:09 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.