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Recommendation: best place to buy Hetalia stuff
Ah this is the first time I post here,
please tell me if this is not allowed!
I know a lot of you guys want to buy Hetalia stuff, especially when it comes to new books, CDs, DVDs, etc
so I wanted to make a recommendation on which site is the best place to buy from~
I personally think HMV.co.jp is the best place to buy stuff
site : http://www.hmv.co.jp/
0) good price
- they are official japan retail price so it doesn't have any added price like some private stores do
sometimes they are on sale so cheaper, if anything
1) good security
- you are allowed to track process of your item(s) AND track your shipment
- HMV is known world-wide as a music, cd, and dvd retailer.
- if your item is damaged or lost or anything, you can contact HMV and they will either give you credit or give you the same new item, for free
(they dont even ask you to prove it by photo or anything)
- you can know the process of your item by going to "My order" -> "track orders" to see if it's dispatched etc
2) fast, secure shipping
- HMV only allows EMS for international. however, from my experience,
it costs about 1200yen for 2 items which gives you insurance and fast shipping (3 days shipping to international), which is not bad.
- oh yeah and they do international shipping
3) it helps Himaruya-sensei.
Oricon is known for drawing its data. Buying from HMV = it counts towards oricon sales
which means that it'll help Himruya-sensei
4) various items.
not only do they have CDs, they have books, goods, and DVDs, etc
5) English version.
If you see the right side top of the screen, there is "English" - which gives you option of viewing the HMV japan in English and makes life easier for us.
(if you can't find it, search the page with word "english" by ctrl+f and it'll highlight it for you and you can click it)
or here's the url: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/
6) special points
there are special points at HMV. whenever you order, they give you points.
one point is equal to 100yen! :-O
so usually, when you buy one book = one point = 100 yen!
which is so awesome because that means you can buy free stuff with it XD
7) pre-order
you can pre-order itmes so as soon as it comes out, they'll send it immediately when you pre-order it~
the only negative side might be the payment...you can only use credit card. no paypal...
that's about it. if you guys are interested in buying hetalia items, especially the new items like BIRZ magazine and all and want fast shipping, i recomment HMV. i've been using it for more than 6 years and had no problem with it.
i don't want to sound like i'm giving a sales speech but I thought I would introduce this site bc a lot of ppl dont seem to know about it (I know HMV bc i love j-pop music so i've been using HMV and amazon, but amazon's shipping, packaging, and service is terrible in my opinion :-(
and it's safe, secure, and good place to buy new stuff and you don't need to go through services and pay service fee and wait long time and all
good luck guys :D
btw I recommend searching by japanese keyword ヘタリア because it usually shows more results
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/search/index.asp?keyword=%83w%83%5E%83%8A%83A&site=&target=SEARCH&type=sr
please tell me if this is not allowed!
I know a lot of you guys want to buy Hetalia stuff, especially when it comes to new books, CDs, DVDs, etc
so I wanted to make a recommendation on which site is the best place to buy from~
I personally think HMV.co.jp is the best place to buy stuff
site : http://www.hmv.co.jp/
0) good price
- they are official japan retail price so it doesn't have any added price like some private stores do
sometimes they are on sale so cheaper, if anything
1) good security
- you are allowed to track process of your item(s) AND track your shipment
- HMV is known world-wide as a music, cd, and dvd retailer.
- if your item is damaged or lost or anything, you can contact HMV and they will either give you credit or give you the same new item, for free
(they dont even ask you to prove it by photo or anything)
- you can know the process of your item by going to "My order" -> "track orders" to see if it's dispatched etc
2) fast, secure shipping
- HMV only allows EMS for international. however, from my experience,
it costs about 1200yen for 2 items which gives you insurance and fast shipping (3 days shipping to international), which is not bad.
- oh yeah and they do international shipping
3) it helps Himaruya-sensei.
Oricon is known for drawing its data. Buying from HMV = it counts towards oricon sales
which means that it'll help Himruya-sensei
4) various items.
not only do they have CDs, they have books, goods, and DVDs, etc
5) English version.
If you see the right side top of the screen, there is "English" - which gives you option of viewing the HMV japan in English and makes life easier for us.
(if you can't find it, search the page with word "english" by ctrl+f and it'll highlight it for you and you can click it)
or here's the url: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/
6) special points
there are special points at HMV. whenever you order, they give you points.
one point is equal to 100yen! :-O
so usually, when you buy one book = one point = 100 yen!
which is so awesome because that means you can buy free stuff with it XD
7) pre-order
you can pre-order itmes so as soon as it comes out, they'll send it immediately when you pre-order it~
the only negative side might be the payment...you can only use credit card. no paypal...
that's about it. if you guys are interested in buying hetalia items, especially the new items like BIRZ magazine and all and want fast shipping, i recomment HMV. i've been using it for more than 6 years and had no problem with it.
i don't want to sound like i'm giving a sales speech but I thought I would introduce this site bc a lot of ppl dont seem to know about it (I know HMV bc i love j-pop music so i've been using HMV and amazon, but amazon's shipping, packaging, and service is terrible in my opinion :-(
and it's safe, secure, and good place to buy new stuff and you don't need to go through services and pay service fee and wait long time and all
good luck guys :D
btw I recommend searching by japanese keyword ヘタリア because it usually shows more results
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/search/index.asp?keyword=%83w%83%5E%83%8A%83A&site=&target=SEARCH&type=sr