Versailles [official thread]

What's your favourite release by Versailles?

The Revenant Choir	20.4%	[ 130 ]
Lyrical Sympathy	9.1%	[ 58 ]
A Noble was Born in Chaos	2.5%	[ 16 ]
NOBLE	11.0%	[ 70 ]
PRINCE	7.8%	[ 50 ]
I like them all equally!	40.0%	[ 255 ]
Gold option~	9.2%	[ 59 ]
Total Votes:			[ 638 ]

[Nemo Forever89]

Fangirls would never quit, my dear. Lol. Kamijo could write it on their foreheads and they'll still fantasize. Personally, oddly enough, I thought it was a cute scene. Nothing sexual about it, it was just them dancing. : 3 It fit the theme of what was going on, really.

Also, I'm totally pinching and re-pinching myself because I actually pre-ordered Holy Grail and got the special edition thing with da poster and DVD. I keep questioning whether I did this in reality...and then I'm like...T____T I actually spent 52 dollars....-sniffles- Though I'm happier about the fact that I'm supporting them than I am about the cd. Weird, I know.

[Lauriem the Burglar]

Sad thing they won't. I just wish they could keep the fangirl ism inside. XD
I thought it was cute too. x)

I bought it too. v___v;;; So much money.

[Nemo Forever89]

Lol Me too. They kinda...weird me out? D: Fo' real.

I'm still indisbelief that I bought it. I'm going to frame the poster. Put it somewhere in my room so that it's the first thing you see.

[Lauriem the Burglar]

It's like perverts imo. People can be pervs, BUT KEEP IT INSIDE. Same goes for fangirlism. Oh, but fangirls can be such pervs too, so they even have something in common. =D

I frame all my posters, it's why so many are still rolled. XD I got three Versailles posters framed.

I'm probably gonna sell my two double posters. x3

[smilingxqueen]

I'd give anything to pre-order Holy Grail!! But alas, I have no credit card.. I have the money but I don't have a credit card...................... crying

[Lauriem the Burglar]

Why a credit card?
I just use banking. o.0
I wonder where you order from, but Paypal should work fine on the sites I know.

[smilingxqueen]

MirikaYuuji

Why a credit card?
I just use banking. o.0
I wonder where you order from, but Paypal should work fine on the sites I know.

I've never shopped online before.. x__x anyway, do you know the official site where you buy the album? i need to be sure so that my money won't go to waste.... thanks~

[Lauriem the Burglar]

smilingxqueen

MirikaYuuji

Why a credit card?
I just use banking. o.0
I wonder where you order from, but Paypal should work fine on the sites I know.

I've never shopped online before.. x__x anyway, do you know the official site where you buy the album? i need to be sure so that my money won't go to waste.... thanks~

I get my items from CDJapan actually, because they've been friendly towards me when I thought I was in trouble.
CDJapan sure is not the cheapest though, I just feel comfy with them, because I've ordered from them before.

Not sure where you live, but mind you that you can get extra "taxes" on anything above 50 euros. I seem to get this quite often, but yeah I live in Europe myself.

[Sai-kun]

MirikaYuuji

smilingxqueen

MirikaYuuji

Why a credit card?
I just use banking. o.0
I wonder where you order from, but Paypal should work fine on the sites I know.

I've never shopped online before.. x__x anyway, do you know the official site where you buy the album? i need to be sure so that my money won't go to waste.... thanks~

I get my items from CDJapan actually, because they've been friendly towards me when I thought I was in trouble.
CDJapan sure is not the cheapest though, I just feel comfy with them, because I've ordered from them before.

Not sure where you live, but mind you that you can get extra "taxes" on anything above 50 euros. I seem to get this quite often, but yeah I live in Europe myself.

There's not many import places that sell REAL CDs for any cheaper than CDJapan does.
Yes you can go on ebay or something and buy a bootleg cd for real cheap, but that's not what anyone wants.

In Japan, CDs really ARE 30+ U.S. Dollars a piece to begin with after conversion. It's not unusual to see DVDS for average movies going for more than 60+ U.S. dollars in Japan either.
Then consider taxes and shipping costs from overseas and prices for the real deal are never going to be anywhere near the price of a domestic CD.

[Lauriem the Burglar]

I believe there sure are 2-3 other sites more, I just don't know them right now.
I only buy stuff at eBay if it's a DVD or so, because Japanese artists make concert DVDs too expensive for my pocket.

Ah well. Either way, I think CDJapan is just the best, because I never had missing packages or anything else. Only that my Destiny CDs came 2 months late, but only happened once....

eBay is cool for older items, typically second hand just to get it a bit cheaper than 100% new, obviosly. Also accepts Paypal usually.

[[.ElfenLied.]]

*random, intrusive advice*

I buy all my CDs & DVDs from the Japanese HMV because I am impatient. CDJapan is decent only if you select slower shipping methods because it drastically overcharges shipping, & in my experience (& friends of mine) is terrible when it comes to stinging you for customs/import taxes. Their items are generally always cheaper too. A while back I put all the versions of Holy Grail into my shopping cart & went to check out to compare prices. Here's the difference:

(note: these are multibuy prices. If bought alone the deluxe edition costs ¥3,221 & the limited edition is ¥2,833)

HMV

Deluxe edition: ¥3,108
Limited edition: ¥2,734
Regular edition: ¥3,000
Shipping: ¥1,800
TOTAL: ¥10,642

CDJapan

Deluxe edition: ¥3,790
Limited edition: ¥3,333
Regular edition: ¥3,000
Shipping: ¥5,340
TOTAL: ¥15,463

I'm not confused. HMV's limited edition really is cheaper than the regular one. The shipping method is EMS because this is all HMV offers. It's the quickest for overseas purchases. Usually takes 2-3 business days for me. It's trackable & insured. CDJapan's cheapest method, SAL, costs ¥1,700 (a whole ¥100 cheaper than the fastest method with HMV, lulz), isn't trackable or insured & takes 1 - 3 weeks.

I've never had to pay customs fees with HMV, but my Swedish friend has. I think that's probably because we have HMV stores here in the UK.

However, HMV doesn't accept Paypal. But it also doesn't charge you until they ship your order. Their shipping fees are liable to change because they only give you an estimate (usually for box sets & books, so the deluxe edition of Holy Grail with the photobook falls into this category). It happened to me with a stack of magazines, but they e-mailed me about the change first asking if I'd like to continue with the order & it was only a few hundred yen extra.

[Lauriem the Burglar]

Ah thanks! Yeah I had that one in mind, I just totally forgot the name.
It's just that I don't like their way of poster stuff, so yeah.

Ahhh, no Paypal. That is a pain though... because Paypal is the easiest way to pay online in my opinion.

[[.ElfenLied.]]

The other stores that ship overseas are Brand-X, Closet Child, Pure Sound & disk union (I think). Their websites are in Japanese so they work via mail order. You e-mail them the list of items you want along with some details, then they'll invoice you the total costs. Never tried that myself though.

You mean the folded posters or the bubble wrap envelopes they post things in? It's a shame about the posters, but I've stopped noticing it with my black Philia now. 3/5 of them escaped the creases (poor Masashi, poor Yuki ;_; ). As fot the bubble wrap envelopes, they do upgrade to boxes for larger items & such,

Since HMV is the cheapest, of course it doesn't accept PayPal. That would be too simple. ;>_> It only asks for you card # & the date it expires, & it saves your address so you don't have to type that out every time. It saves me a lot of money on shipping, CD costs & customs fees, so I don't mind that extra 30 seconds of my life I won't ever get back. XD

[Nemo Forever89]

I ordered mine from CDJapan....my friends order their stuff from there...they seem reliable to me. I don't mind high prices, honestly. c.c

[[.ElfenLied.]]

They are reliable, but it doesn't justify their extortionate fees for faster shipping methods. Especially when every other website that ships overseas is just as reliable as they are. imo, CDJapan is only worth using if you opt for slower shipping & buy smaller items that don't weigh a lot. I don't trust the cheapest method because a friend told me she shipped out a 10kg box of manga via the same method & it got lost. The buyer lost over ¥80,000 because it's not insured or trackable.