vietxmikey wrote...
Oh man! Digging that Mami, willow!
How many shipments do you guys get in a month?
And funny, I'd say I wouldn't spend 20k on a dakimakura, but I'm really thinking of buying out that 20k Clesta cover of Raika. :X
Well, rather than thinking of it as 20k, I think of it like this: Are there 2 other dakimakura I'd prefer to have instead of just the Raika one? If there are, I'd get them, if not I'd get Raika. And as you can see I ended up getting Raika..
Hmm, typically I get 0-1 shipments from a variety of sources, people who allow grouping orders together, I generally will bunch them up, so I don't really get more than one order per month from a single source:
Amiami 0-1: almost always 1 per month, they always seem to have *something* I'm interested in..
Hobbysearch 0-1: usually 0, they rarely have better prices than Amiami
Otacute 0-1: usually 0, though sometimes they have really good prices like on the Moe Jinja covers a while back
HobbyLinkJapan 0-1: again usually 0 these days, they only tend to be cheaper for Cospa covers and I'm not really getting those any more)
Yokatta 0-1: usually 1.. they allow storing orders for up to 3 months but I am impatient ;<
Mandarake 0-Many: depends what turns up and at which of their stores. With mandarake you can't really wait to bunch up lots of items together, you have to order fast or what you want will be gone before you know it...
SMJ/Sutocorp 0-1: Usually 0, as I haven't been bidding on many auctions lately (aside from the recent Raika and Kuroneko, obviously), preferring instead to get via web orders. Tends to be 1 though around the time of Comiket....
Adding all that up.. I guess I typically get at least 2 shipments in a month (amiami and yokatta most likely) and possibly up to 4+ sometimes if other stuff aligns or Mandarake gets some awesome stuff in..