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This may be old news for a few of us, and not relevant to everyone, but it's still pretty major! Especially if you're using the service in question.
FromJapan, the cheapest deputy service out there, has recently made doujinshi the hardest thing to purchase.
They no longer accept any orders from Toranoana, due to "copyright issues." Worse
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Which is great if you only need one or two books-- and usually the exact value if only one, actually. But if you want any more, you might as well be using ebay.
That's pretty much why I'd said no LJ users, in the post. Western sellers include shipping from Japan in their base price. Which is completely understandable, and the only way to not lose money when selling. Everyone does it, even me. But. Yeah. It's painful when it adds up.
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In general actual Japanese shopping services confuse me. They all have really confusing site layouts and Engrish-y explanations of things. All of the ones I've seen, anyway.
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I just specified "No LJ users" since I don't want this thread turning into people advertising themselves or friends. xD
That and, idk, while her doujin store orders are nice and cheap, her YJ charges are even higher than Crescent... It's a feat I never knew was possible before.
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Aaah, I never used her for YJ auctions and she stopped doing them, so I wouldn't know there.
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Mandarake made their policies harder to since they won't let you buy anything adult with a credit card.
Mitarashi Dango said that they're probably be back this month. Hopefully before Super Comi.
So we're out really (I refuse to buy anything from miharu_hana since that fee is way too damn high).
This really sucks. It's either wait out on Mitarashi or a group order if you want the bang out of your buck.
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But fff doujinshi's too addictive.
From what I've seen, miharu_hana looks cheaper than MitaDango, actually. For a single doujin, she's cheaper than FJ too... But maybe it's just because none of my friends have ever had a good experience with MitaDango.
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I will say that it's not normal for Mitarashi to act slow like that. I used her 5 times, but the last one her partner was really unusually slow. But I'm willing to let go because the first four times the service was really good, and they did compensate me for the wait.
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I'm researching now.
This really, really blows.
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The only service I've liked before FJ, Crescent/Noppin, charges 2000 yen per order, for stores. That's like. A single 400 yen doujin on Tora would be 3000 yen for charge one D:
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D: It might not be too likely again.
At least some people in Singapore do it at rare times; 900 yen is all EMS to there costs, I think. But. ;n; I've paid $80 to ship 6 books from Singapore before. It's a little too scary of a thought...
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But is that for auctions or store orders?
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;n; But. Hm. 1,000's definitely cheaper than 2,000. .__. But it's still a little much if it's not being used for a group order...
My room's way too much of a mess right now to fit more bubblemailers. xD I guess I can't do one.
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