Dakimakuras anyone?

Wow! You have 30k worth of items from Amiami? What are you buying from there?! Have they sent you warnings about bailing on their orders?

I just checked on YJA, and there are so many C82 covers up for sale; it is very unfortunate that I can't get any of em.

The Yukikaze dakimakura cover, a few figures, and two doujinshi (one is a 3D book.)

As for warnings, not really. Just the automated cancellation notice with a warning, but I've probably cancelled 4-5 orders in 2-3 years, so... >_>

Oooo, that 3D book sounds interesting!

2-3 years, I guess it is not that bad!

Yeah, though it is fairly expensive: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=LTD-BOK-00058&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dloli%24pagemax%3D100%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

And I'm officially done with all C82 purchases, at least through YJA/SMJ. Used up the rest of my limit to pick up the awesome Clesta Horizon stuff; tapestry and a deck or ero playing cards. http://clesta.net/com82info.htm

Gothic lolita... Pretty cool book!

YOOOOOO!!! Theres a cl-orz 24?!Is it too late to for me to order the tapestry? D:
While we are on Clesta as well, I'm still waiting for the rest of that new trap book. I can only find half of it on t3h int3rw3bz; it is taking forever!

Here's the relevant search term: http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF+c82&auccat=&aq=-1&oq=&ei=UTF-8&slider=0&n=100&tab_ex=commerce

Same seller as the one I had for both items, though he jacked up the price of the tapestry by 1500.

God dang... I was hoping I don't have to go through YJA. D: Thanks for the link, though. :]

Yeah, it's stuff that may pop up on Mandarake eventually, but other than that, YJA is your only option. At this point I've spent about 67k on everything: Kimi, the Fatalpulse cover, a Marks weborder cover, and the Clesta stuff. Tossing out the weborder cover, that comes down to 55k. Had I been able to pick all that up for retail, it would have run me (since I don't know what Anko sold their case for, I'm assuming 12k) 25k.

If it's any consolation to anyone, 140k Yen on YJA. And if I were to count in my web order, that would be 165k yen. What's worst is that I'm still looking for something to buy.

And thanks for the heads up for the Clesta stuff. gonna bid for the standard goods set.

http://auctions.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=%E9%BB%92%E3%83%8E%E5%BE%A1%E7%A5%9E%E7%B1%A4+%E6%8A%B1%E3%81%8D%E6%9E%95&auccat=&aq=-1&oq=&ei=UTF-8&slider=0&tab_ex=commerce

Gonna get this next, but damn, I never expected for the covers to hit such a price, since every Clochette launch can be gotten below 15k.

That's probably because most buyers know Clochette will do a web release shortly afterwards, while there's no guarantee Oshiki Hitoshi will do one too... I really want one, but seeing you outbid at 25k isn't really giving me hope D:

It appears Fatalpulse didn't sell out at comiket, so some should be turning up on consignment shops in future:
"Feedback from the audience finally, Comiket. Was everyone cheers for good work of the participants. Thank you to everyone who visit a. Shinkan has been sold successfully in the thank you. Stock of pillow communication is expected to sell in the near future. Once you have determined will announce details." Google translate from twitter source

http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k156074023

ORZ

Current one I'm fighting for.Looks like no chance of winning, it's crazy.

On the bright side, I won 2 Kimi covers at 20 and 21k respectively, so I'm quite pleased.

Edit:
Got outbid even with 28.5k
WTF!!

Oh well, you win some and you lose some. I'm just happy to have the Fatalpulse cover as it is, and depending on when it goes on sale/how long it's available, maybe I'll pick up a second copy. ^^

I think the real lesson here is that impatience can be just as bad as waiting. You can just never tell for sure. D: Anko's Miku was one you wanted to get quick last year, as it has steadily increased in price since... whereas buying their Kimi and the Fatalpulse cover early hurt me more than anything.

I hope you guys post up the Fatalpulse cover when you get em. Sucks that I couldn't jump on any of these C82 goodness...

Hopefully whatever you want will be available for pick up later at a reasonable price. ^^

And I know this is going off on a completely unrelated subject, but I have such an irrational hate for J-List. Honestly, unless someone is buying their snacks and such (which you may be able to find locally) or a figure you want is sold out elsewhere, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever to buy from them.

I know I've bitched about them previously, but the latest ridiculous listing is the AmiAmi Houki mecha figure for $350, when it's still readily available at AmiAmi/HS for about $200 when you convert currencies. That wouldn't be terrible at an American retailer, but you have to consider that you still pay for shipping from Japan when you buy from J-List.

Like I said, I know my hate is irrational, but it just pisses me off that they're gouging anime/Japanese culture fans that just don't know better.

I dunno, J List has always been shit for any otaku merchandise.

Yeah, I agree. But it's their figure prices especially that really piss me off. I mean the doujinshi and stuff they carry isn't terribly priced, though still more expensive than you could pick it up for on Mandarake, usually. Oh, and when they were selling bootleg dakimakura covers a few years back...

I hate J-List as well. They're my last resort for the reasons you've mentioned. Their pricing is atrocious and unless the item I want is no where else I won't even consider J-List. Even then, it has to be something I really want because the price usually makes it not worth it.

I don't know how they stay in business with such pricing. My only guess is some people just don't know other places exist because why would you go with J-List when everyone else is so much cheaper and provides much better customer service?

They still sell dakimakura covers; just not on their website. I do follow J-List on Twitter, but other than that, I haven't purchased anything from them as of late. Like you said, you can find the same items at other websites and buy it for less. Their figure prices are ridiculous, that's why I buy mine off of Amiami. To be honest, Amiami is the only place I go to for everything aside from dakimakura covers, but even then, their selection of covers are pretty nice!

@Alamarco I think it is just the people that don't know any better. There are various times on Twitter where J-List retweets peoples' tweets whenever they bought something from them.

Gonna get this later. I can get it on YJA for retail price+ shipping lol, pretty cheap.

Ah, my statement wasn't directed at you or anything. :P I just came across their Houki listing and it reignited my hatred for them. I've ordered a few times from them previously, but mostly ero books and other items that were reasonably priced. Their customer service was pretty shitty overall, but I can deal with shitty customer service if I'm getting a deal.

I think my dislike for them stems from the fact that they have a pretty well known presence in the American/foreign anime culture, and they take advantage of that fact. I'd imagine the majority of their customers are anime fans who are only dabbling in the figure hobby, and as such, aren't aware of the better options. So they pay the absurd prices J-List asks, only because they don't know any better. It probably shouldn't bother me as much as it should, but it's almost the exact opposite of the "you've got a friend in Japan" motto.

As for my dakimakura comment, I wasn't saying whether or not they were selling dakimakura covers but referring to an incident a few years back. They listed about 5-10 covers using the work of CakeMoon, Moejinja, Dakemakura, and a few other circles that are escaping me right now. It was fairly obvious to anyone in the hobby that they were bootlegs; the samples they provided were peachskin, the sizes didn't match up to the official specifications, and the prices weren't in line with what you'd expect to pay for a dakimakura cover.

They were up on their website for a few weeks before someone called them out on it, and then they were promptly removed. The owner of J-list stated that they had no idea they were fakes and that they purchased through a company that they assumed had the rights to do a second run of the products.

Now, you can look at this two ways:

1. J-List was telling the truth and they didn't know they were bootlegs. I'll admit, this is the likely scenario, in which case is shows a complete lack of knowledge regarding this aspect of Japanese culture. This is a company that does nothing but sell products focused on Japanese culture, so for them to sell an item they know absolutely nothing about... it's just very insulting.

2. They knew the products were bootlegs and only removed them when they were called out publicly. Obviously this one is more of a stretch, but the items were up for a good 2-3 weeks before they were removed. That's quite a lot of time for them to be selling a bootleg product.