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| zyzzyva |
 Posted: Dec 27, 2006 12:59 am |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 635
Location: California
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To kick off the New Year (and say goodbye to 2006), avex's mumo Shop is selling 'HAPPY BOX'es for select artists, including Ayu, Koda Kumi, and our Ai! 
¥4,000 (~$34 US)
A Happy New Year 2007 mumo Shop Happy Box Page
Happy Box Page - Otsuka Ai
The box will contain a random assortment of Ai's tour and a-nation goods (now unavailable for purchase from mumo), supposedly valuing around ¥11000 (!).
This is avex's take on a Japanese consumerist tradition, the fukubukuro--special 'grab bags' sold at New Year's containing a collection of unknown items at an overall discounted price. It's a way for merchants to unload unsold items to make room for the new.
Yet, as is the case with all grab bag situations, it's a crapshoot (to reference the Frienger PV...  ). Sure you're paying less for what's inside, but who knows if you'll end up with things you actually want? You could end up with 20 of those Rastafarian-colored a-nation wristbands and no LOVE-chan...  
Despite the risk, it is a good, last chance opportunity to own some of Ai's tour merchandise (before having to resort to auction-hunting...).  Plus, in the end, the low cost is both a great discount and certainly takes the edge off those deputy service fees...
Happy New Year!  |
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| HilaryDuffFanboy |
| Posted: Dec 27, 2006 6:32 am |
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PEACH
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 1966
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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*jaw drops*
There wasn't a better time to be a Japanese resident until now.....  |
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| punito |
| Posted: Dec 27, 2006 3:21 pm |
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Happy Days
Joined: 19 Sep 2006
Posts: 91
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wow.... avex sure knows how to make money!
so there are past tour goods inside? |
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| sweet_honeydew |
| Posted: Dec 27, 2006 4:25 pm |
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甘えんぼ
Joined: 13 Sep 2006
Posts: 70
Location: Toronto, Canada
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| The box looks cute! But sadly, I have no money after xmas shopping! =( |
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| hgillstev |
| Posted: Dec 27, 2006 8:54 pm |
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Happy Days
Joined: 09 Sep 2005
Posts: 119
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| OMG tis is soooo unfair how come singapore never sell tis kinda stuffs??!!!! =X |
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| Aprilis. |
| Posted: Dec 28, 2006 5:26 am |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 26 Aug 2005
Posts: 941
Location: Japan
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It's not only singapore, these items are usually not available outside of Japan.
Thanks for the news zyzzyva, I'm going to press my luck and see if I can find a way to get this box!  |
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| Pastor |
| Posted: Dec 28, 2006 9:47 am |
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さくらんぼ
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Posts: 41
Location: Germany
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wow thats great  i wanna have such box!!
do some1 know where i can get it? do that japanese shop deliver world wide?? |
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| kazfz |
| Posted: Dec 29, 2006 2:30 pm |
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フレンジャー
Joined: 24 Apr 2006
Posts: 854
Location: in my own world ^_^
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| can't you do this with the speed post address ? i mean for Singaporeans !!..... send it to the post address and den get it send to Singapore ? or do you need a IC [identification card] for this ??? |
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| tsukiko |
| Posted: Dec 30, 2006 3:48 am |
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Planetarium
Joined: 06 Oct 2006
Posts: 686
Location: Singapore
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I have no idea what you mean by the speed post address thing, kazfz. I would like one of these boxes very much too for myself!  |
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| Ethereal |
| Posted: Dec 30, 2006 5:15 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 01 Oct 2005
Posts: 21
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| i think he/she means to send it to someone they know that currently lives in japan and when they receive it to send it to him/her where ever they live in the world. thats just what i got out of that not too sure by their meaning if they could clarify that, that would be great as i too want one of these boxes. |
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| +Fumi |
| Posted: Dec 30, 2006 8:11 am |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 12 Nov 2006
Posts: 339
Location: southern California
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| Wow, fukubukuro is very fun! If you buy, you might get special greeting card written by singer! This is internet sales company, yes? http://shop.mu-mo.net/ I don't know them but probably okay. Be careful for exchange rate, yes? Price for this box is ¥ 4,000 this is $33.60 today, I do not know how much is shipping but maybe much more than cost of box, yes? because import taxes if any, I don't know. Anyway lots of Otsuka souvenir inside! they say worth ¥ 11,000, probably this is original cost of items at concert. Wow, this is cool! |
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| mayumichan232 |
| Posted: Dec 30, 2006 3:51 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 30 Oct 2005
Posts: 21
Location: minnesota
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That box scares me! Its so tempting to buy but you dont even know what
your are going to get. But thats probably one of the reasons to buy it,
from the surprise. Kind of like a present. |
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| furitsuke |
| Posted: Dec 30, 2006 3:58 pm |
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ネコに風船
Joined: 10 Aug 2005
Posts: 532
Location: EARTH
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Hmm... maybe I can ask my Japanese friend to get it for me XDD *still deciding* I dun think that they provide international posting service, do they?  |
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| zyzzyva |
| Posted: Dec 30, 2006 4:59 pm |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 07 Aug 2005
Posts: 635
Location: California
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+Fumi wrote: If you buy, you might get special greeting card written by singer! Yes, that is the second 'special' avex is doing--they'll announce later which artist will write the card. It's like a one-in-a-million chance you'd get one, though...
+Fumi wrote: This is internet sales company, yes? The mumo Shop is avex's Official Online Store, so it is all authentic and secure.
However, they do not ship outside of Japan.
The only way to get the merchandise is to know someone in Japan who is willing to buy the item, then send it to you, or use a deputy service that will do a special order from an online store (not just handle auctions).
Deputy service fees can get quite high, often doubling the price of the item (not to mention shipping costs from Japan!). Yet in this case, the items are already discounted to a high degree (¥4,000 down from the supposed ¥11,000) so one could consider it's as if one was buying the items at their original prices.
No matter how you look at it, though, it's still pricey... (Especially considering you may be getting items you don't particularly want--all a-nation goods and no LOVE COOK stuff... )
For those still interested, the site I've used for special orders in the past is Japamart. Their fees are relatively reasonable...  |
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| Pastor |
| Posted: Dec 30, 2006 5:31 pm |
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さくらんぼ
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Posts: 41
Location: Germany
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| i just sented some emails to japanese debuty services, i hope they can buy some of these boxes and ship it to germany |
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