Thread:Velt211/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2E2A:DD17:3F8A:F36C:2C58-20190924042015/@comment-2003:D6:4722:2EA9:19C0:BE98:3E0C:AF6C-20190924121000

Yeah, I've been on that first blog before. It's weird that no one ever mentioned what version they bought specifically. I even checked Alicesoft's website before, looking at the first game they released that way...but they only mentioned it looking bigger and it being thus easier to make out (not what version that is though). *sigh* I will likely have to just buy one version (the slipcase one) to be 100% sure. At least they are cheap. Damaged games with shrinkwrap I will have to buy again which will cost me a lot of money. And since it's via a forwarding service, one can't even ask for a refund. (I even had one seller selling me an item as "new" and there wasn't even a shrinkwrap at all. No mention of that in the comment box either. Thanks for the links though. The Getchu one has no benefits anymore as they are only selling DL versions now, physical ones are sold out.

Yeah, that's pretty expensive. My forwarding service stopped offering that service at the beginning of this month, so only proxy-buying now but a 800g heavy package would have been like 10€ as SAL small package, delivered in a week, depending on how fast customs work (which always differs). I've looked for a service to buy adult games off YA but the one I just checked out is supposed to offer it but apparently it doesn't work and they aren't sure themselves as to why...but they swear people have bid for adult products before. Nah, "collectible" isn't new. I've been burned buying "used" as a small kid, losing like half of my total money (like 60 out of 120€) which led to an aversion that will never go away. And "new" games not being in a new state just fuels that.

Nope, shipped by Amazon.jp directly. But I checked just now and seems like they have finally done it, after too many days. First time I had that message be there for so long (or being there in the first place). There was no "track package" button either. Well, one can see if the shrinkwrap is an original one or not. As mentioned, Alicesoft's shrinkwrap is pretty crappy these days but it used to be really good before. If some shop does it on their own, you will see that it's from a different machine. And yes, original shrinkwrap belong to the "new" status of a product :P

I hear you. I've spent a couple thousand euros this year on games and related things from Japan but I'm slowly seeing an end. There are some Alicesoft games I want but some seller want outrageous prices. I mean, I did buy Rance 5D before for 3x the original price but these sellers go even higher. 9980 Yen for a game that cost 2800 Yen retail, pah. If it was 8500 Yen...or even 7500 Yen, I could accept it but 2800 Yen? Nope.

Will be interesting to see the Rance VI artbook. Mangagamer released their English version of Sengoku Rance a few days ago but from what I've read, the translation (or rather, localization) is somewhat meh.