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| tei15 |
 Posted: May 14, 2007 12:49 am |
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甘えんぼ
Joined: 12 May 2007
Posts: 63
Location: Moscow, Russia
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HilaryDuffFanboy wrote: Your best choice is to buy it online.
it's always better to buy discs online. its easy and fast. I've got my copy of Ai am Best three days after release  |
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| leb |
| Posted: May 16, 2007 7:11 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 16 May 2007
Posts: 2
Location: LA, CA
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KerushiiAi wrote: @ Fumi
Hmm...well, that's bigger than the store closest to me that sells Asian CDs!  So I guess it's a decent size.  I wish I could go there...
Oh yeah, about how much do the CDs there cost?
She can't answer you right now, she's in Japan for the next three weeks or so.
The Japanese book stores here are the only retail sources, and CD albums are usually about $35-$40 including excruciating California sales tax, singles are about $12-$15. It's a challenge, because the boxes are marked with the price in yen, based on the exchange rate for the day the book store actually received the CD, so you don't know how much you're going to pay till you pull out your wallet. On the bright side: the book stores have multiple purchase "clubs" and keep track of your purchases over time -- you can get discounts and free albums as you buy more and more. |
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| KerushiiAi |
| Posted: May 18, 2007 9:51 pm |
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ポケット
Joined: 09 Oct 2006
Posts: 2450
Location: my house, USA
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@ leb
Oh really? Ok, well, thanks for the heads up!
And if you think California sales taxes are brutal, just come up to Washington!  I think ours are the highest...but I'm not sure. I think they're like, 8% or something, but yeah, I really don't know.
I think the singles in the Kino I went to a while ago were more expensive than that...  But the albums sound about right. I think I payed about 50 bucks for my Ai am BEST.  |
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| leb |
| Posted: May 19, 2007 5:44 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 16 May 2007
Posts: 2
Location: LA, CA
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Washington state sales tax is 6.5%, but each city in Washington has an additional 1%-2% local sales tax. California state sales tax is 8.25%, and Los Angeles County has an additional .5%. Oregon has no state sales tax.
Just for fun I called about the price of the latest Ai Otsuka album, and Asahi book store sells it for 4695 yen, which is about $38.75 plus $3.40 in sales tax, prices subject to change without notice and so on.
There's a moral here somewhere, but I'm not sure what it is. |
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| phongerz |
| Posted: May 28, 2007 9:56 am |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 28 May 2007
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I recently became an Ai Otsuka fan after listening to this album! I love it! Now I have to get into her other works now.... My friend recommended this album to me and I'm VERY satisfied. Her ballads are what hit me most though. Sakuranbo is an addicting SONG!! No wonder why it charted for so long. I recently watched a performance of Planetarium at a concert she performed. I was touched! Also shocked me that she was playing the piano as well!
(Woah pretty comprehensive for my first post, but what the heck  ) |
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| AiAmBEST! =P |
| Posted: Jun 05, 2007 1:42 pm |
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金魚花火
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
Posts: 157
Location: In my sweetheart's arms ^_^
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I'm finally getting "Ai Am Best" CD+DVD!!! I had hoped to get it sooner...v_v but I was unable to...unfortunately. But FINALLY, I'm getting it. I got lots of money for my birthday...wanna know all the stuff I ordered with it!? =D
Ai Otsuka "Ai Am Best" CD+DVD
Jolin Tsai "J-Top" 2CD+DVD
Jolin Tsai "J-Top" CD+DVD (Chinese ver.)
Jolin Tsai "Magic" CD+DVD
Jolin Tsai "The Aquired Talent" DVD+photobook+poster
Ayumi Hamasaki "A BEST 2" -white- CD+2DVDs (First Press Edition)
Ayumi Hamasaki "A BEST 2" -black- CD+2DVDs (First Press Edition)
Namie Amuro "Play" CD+DVD
U;NEE "Code" CD
U;NEE "Call Call Call" CD
U;NEE "Habit" CD |
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| Meitantei L desu |
| Posted: Nov 04, 2007 7:52 pm |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 18 Sep 2007
Posts: 223
Location: Malaysia
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caffeinated wrote: I don't know Japanese that well so here's a rough meaning/translation.
Very secret~ The Ai am BEST DVD contains a HIDDEN Clip! 
With your DVD remote arrow buttons,
press UP 9 times,
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press RIGHT 9 times,
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press LEFT 9 times,
...then,
press DOWN 9 times.
...then press ENTER.
The hidden clip will be revealed~
I tried the instructions but i still cannot watch the clip, are there other instructions for HK version? |
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| HilaryDuffFanboy |
| Posted: Nov 05, 2007 6:31 pm |
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CHU-LIP
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 1775
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Meitantei L desu wrote: I tried the instructions but i still cannot watch the clip, are there other instructions for HK version?
If you really can't access it by trying those instructions, then I guess you could just pop the disc into the DVD drive on your computer and select the file. |
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| pon pon |
| Posted: Nov 05, 2007 9:56 pm |
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クムリウタ
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 525
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Meitantei L desu, you also need to do those steps during the skydiving intro, but if you cannot get that to work then look for the hidden clip (Babashi) on the DVD in file VIDEO_TS.VOB, from 0:11 to 2:33. |
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| Meitantei L desu |
| Posted: Nov 06, 2007 7:13 pm |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 18 Sep 2007
Posts: 223
Location: Malaysia
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@HilaryDuffFanboy
Thanks for the instruction.
@pon pon
Omg, i always skip that skydiving part, thats why it wouldn't work! Thx for the instruction!  |
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| tinypig |
| Posted: Dec 24, 2007 11:01 am |
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さくらんぼ
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 39
Location: Thailand
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KiRei_KaWaii wrote: I finally watched the "Best Of BABASHI" hidden clip! Ai-chan looks so serious, but soo CUTE in the video. For those who are still having trouble trying to access the hidden clip, here's what you have to do:
Note: You have to do this during the opening scene with the guy sky-diving.
With your DVD remote control, Press Up x9, Right x9, Down x9 and Left x9. Then press "ENTER". The opening scene will then stop, and the hidden clip will start playing. Have fun!
Ho Ho!!!! I want to cry
I try to access the hidden clip for several times but didn't work.
Lucky I found your suggestion so I can did it. Hoo Reyyyyyyy !!!!
Thanks thanks thanks (I really want to kiss you)  |
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| Sukachu |
| Posted: Dec 24, 2007 7:46 pm |
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Happy Days
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
Posts: 138
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| Thanks for instructions, I tried it before, but it didn't work. Hope it works now, will try out after Christmas some time. |
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| tinypig |
| Posted: Dec 27, 2007 12:43 am |
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さくらんぼ
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 39
Location: Thailand
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" Caffeinated " wrote something wrong
it should be :
Press Up x9, Right x9, Down x9 and Left x9. Then press "ENTER".
remember Down before Left. |
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