Published on November 1, 2008
in Manga.
I mentioned not too long ago that I’m dying to read Bloody Monday, and the only way I could do so was to purchase the manga itself. There were 2 options; Amazon Japan and Kinokuniya.
I did some calculations, and even if I get 2 to 3 people to share the cost of the standard book shipping fee, which is a flat 1900 yen, it’ll still be slightly more expensive to purchase the manga from Amazon Japan as compared to getting it directly from Kinokuniya, even with just the regular 10% member discount. It seems that Kinokuniya doesn’t adjust the prices of their stock even with the fluctuation of currency, and that’s a good thing in such times.
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This happened to be my first Amazon Japan order using my own money, and also the biggest package I received from Amazon Japan too.
Before this, I had to approach my parents each time I wanted something from an online store. It was really inconvenient, especially since there was the possibility of them rejecting, saying “Didn’t you just order something recently?”
A peek at the loot right after the break.
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Published on April 29, 2008
in Geek and News.
The Japanese Otakus have once again proven that they are the Spartans of the consumer world.
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Published on January 13, 2008
in Geek and News.
Unless you have been living under a rock without any internet, you would know of the popular online shop named Amazon. We, anime fans should know it exceptionally well, as Amazon Japan is one of our few sources which we can obtain our limited edition Region 2 DVDs, as well as our anime soundtracks. Too bad they don’t ship games or figurines. If they did, I would be frequent their services.
Anyway, that’s not the point of this post. The main juice is stated in the title. In all of Amazon’s entire online business history, do you know where is the furthest destination they have shipped to, and what was shipped? Since this is an anime blog, this piece of news has definitely a link to anime. <hint>It’s a DVD</hint>
Try guessing, but if you still don’t know, you’ll find out after the jump.
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