Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2EA9:19C0:BE98:3E0C:AF6C-20190924200046

Absolutely. Well, to be fair, it's more about individuals that do that. Proper shops know better, usually. Though, I had one putting adhesive tape on top of a tear and removing that made that tear even bigger. This also reminds me of Amazon's absolutely awful practice of removing ratings from a seller. Like, I rate the condition of the product of a third-party seller, doesn't matter whether they shipped it on their own or whether it was FBA. However, Amazon removes those at the request of a seller, no idea why. I had some back and forth emails with their customer service but eventually, I got really annoyed with their lazy linking to the guidelines and eventually wrote a really long email, showing them their own mistakes as well as the lack of inclusion of the guidelines if they claim that third-party sellers aren't responsible for the state of their product, even if they list them being "new" without any mention of deficiencies like a crushed box or tearing. I've had both and Amazon removed several. They gave their "we will forward it to bla" reply afer that...

Yeah, YA is Yahoo Auctions. I did register an account with Blackship before which is part of White Rabbit Express because of bidding on adult items. Never had the chance to do that though, as they changed their policies to requiring a picture of an ID which I will certainly not give. Back in 2012, I imported via Tenso and that company needs them now too. I value my data and privacy, so nope, will never do that. So yeah, I guess White Rabbit Express is the same, after all, Blackship requires a White Rabbit Express login.

Nope, then I will just refrain from buying. Doesn't matter if "new" is 5x more expensive than used...which is generally extremely cheap.

Urgh, I may have run into more problems with Amazon.jp. "On the way, but it may be late " - "We're working to get your package back on track." Yeah, scalpers. Just today I saw another seller like that. I bid on YA for a PC game from Falcom (a company I really loved back in the day) some weeks ago and I gave up at 10000 Yen. Today I look on Amazon.jp and suddenly one seller is offering two new copies for 23800 Yen each, after no one has sold that version of the game ever since I started checking a long time ago.

Not sure I mentioned that in the haniho but the reason for not buying that is that they sell it as a cheap amaray and I always go for the best version possible in general (limited edition over standard one, DVD over CD, released earlier = better). While 5D was also only released as amaray in Japan because it's a 2800 Yen game, VI has a nice box. Additionally, Mangagamer has annoying text on top of the amaray which is annoying when you want to see the nice artwork. I'm from Germany and ever since they changed the law to force giant USK/FSK logos on media (top and back), I stopped buying German media because it's absolutely hideous. But yeah, I already own all those games.

Never been one that cares about "QoL" changes. Or rather in contrast, I dislike those changes. When they released Ys VI in the West, they also added those, like being able to teleport to specific points etc which I think made the game a lot less fun. I want my games to be immersive, not changed fot the crowd that can't pay more than 30 seconds of attention to one single thing. So yeah, it depends on the specific changes but often times, it's completely unneeded and just makes things worse. I also dislike remakers or remasters, as I'm perfectly fine playing the original. (Still bought Choukou Tenshi Escalayer Reboot though.) While I, of course, own 03, I haven't played it. My lack of Japanese skills is certainly way worse than yours. Written text is completely unknown territory for me (except for like aahhh, oohhhh and ehhh). But yeah, I heavily dislike memes in general, so it's sad to see Alicesoft implemented some themselves in at least one game. (Though, to be fair, I'm not too happy with Alicesoft's more recent output, although that's more about their visuals than the rest. I really miss their visuals of the late 90s/early 00s. But well, it goes hand in hand with the visual decline in anime, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.)