Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4715:BA0E:D49D:9013:F4D:9D34-20191125164033

Not to forget that those companies are also in the vaping market. They really don't want to let their prey escape. Yeah, that makes sense. Sometimes one doesn't realize just how many brands one company holds. This isn't just the case for tobacco. Kellogg's, Mars, Incorporated, Mondelez International, Adobe etc. Right, and no taxes when selling on the black market, so it makes sense. Any "boycotts" are laughable anyway. People don't really care, people are addicted etc. Politicians learned that most people don't really care (in developed countries) and companies should know by now too. People have too much entertainment to weigh them down. Constant distraction will make people not rebellious (or at least let them forget about it soon enough). Also, constant news about things like these in every country of the world normalizes the whole issue, so it becomes a lot less special and people stop paying attention, even if that issue is in their own country.

Hm, no idea. I know that evaluation from customers matters a lot. When I talked to Amazon.de employees over the phone due to some issue, I was asked to rate them highly if I was satisfied etc. So the pressure seems to be enormous. So imagine you get some pretty awful customers on the phone, those can really ruin your evaluation and cost you your job. So...that place wouldn't be for me at all. No idea, maybe it's automated? Otherwise they should have noticed sooner or there is way too much work for too few people. I know people rate way too highly when it comes to anime. But I guess critical thinking and thinking about an issue in layers is too bothersome for some people? Hm, tough to say where exactly the issue lies. It's just for personal use. I best just compare it to collecting useless things, rather than collecting some specific brand etc.

Nah, DLsite lacks the polish or properly good games. They have a ton but it's usually lower quality games and the like. What I like though, they don't request as much money as Western developers did on Steam several years ago. So in that sense, it's definitely better/superior. Absolutely, I would rebuy AoE II original + addon too of course. Hm, at least it would fit in with my financial planning, haha. But good to know that "gameplay tests" were a thing, so it's apparently coming along at least.

Haha, you aren't the only one thinking that. Honestly, telephone cards have their own sections and often times, they are put there for a lot of money. I have already seen telephone cards for 10000+ Yen. The question is whether anyone actually buys them. I kinda doubt it. Hm, could be. Oh well, at least I wasn't interested in it. Absolutely. But at least no one is buying that box for that price. Some other games which have a ridiculous high price are now going down on YA as well....but still people won't buy them, even though some were already reduced by 50% of the original asking price. Honestly, some sellers really just put some price out there.

Speaking of things I wasn't interested in...or the way around. One game I was looking forward to buy next month was apparently sold on Amazon.jp (Toushin Toshi II). They had the price set at 12000 Yen but reduced it to 9500 Yen and now it disappeared. I thought no one would buy it, so I put other games on a higher priority...but now it's gone. FML. It's from 1997, so it's hard to find. Apart from that, I had bought Toushin Toshi III a second time (this time via YA) because the first time it was damaged....and bam, it is damaged again. Shrinkwrap at the corner is missing (which couldn't be seen on the pictures and proxy service didn't pay attention). Wasted 5000 Yen on that + 3500 Yen on EMS shipping. I wish I had bought II for that money... Other than that, I bought Heartful Maman, the limited mail order only edition...for 9000 Yen. Was dumb enough to buy the standard edition beforehand which was also 5500 (or 5800) Yen. So limited edition cost the same but was limited and seller obviously asked for a decent amount more. Still, got it. Too bad that the box is slightly warped which might be because of the awful packaging. And the third interesting item is New The Legend of Heroes from Falcom. Someone put it on Amazon.jp and I snatched it rather quickly. It's from 1997 and it's the limited edition with Midi, some CD and a mousepad I think. There is some warping and there was some dirt and dust which I removed already and there is some sligh shrink tear but overall, I'm pretty happy with that one. Would definitely consider it rare. It also has the original advertising sticker in the front, listing the boni and such and apparently the seller tried to remove it but stopped quickly, realizing it's pointless. So yeah, some good news and some bad news in regards to collecting games.

For some reason, the posted message didn't appear in forever...so if it gets posted twice, I blame the website. Lost some auction on YA -_- Some seller was selling 10 games, one of them an Alicesoft one. He lowered to 4800 Yen over some weeks and then put it there for 1000 Yen in the end. I bid like 13 minutes before the end and then some guy also bid and whatever I did, I couldn't get above him, even at 7000 Yen...which is funny, considering no one bid for 4800 Yen. Apparently I made him aware of the auction thanks to my bidding...and it was probably a professional seller too T_T