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Any chance for FLAC?

I think no website can beat amazon.fr for the price
http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=sr_pg_1?rh=i%3A...&qid=1436624668

102€ for Super Eurobeat 190

I second this notion.

That's what The Music Revival Project II is for.

I use Tenso! You buy japanese shit, have it shipped to their warehouse, and then they ship it to you. Of course you have to pay them so it costs a little extra, but it's well worth it considering there are CDs on Amazon.jp that go for like 1 yen plus 300 yen shipping.

So in your experience, how much does it end up costing per CD after shipping, fees, etc.?

Tenso. I do not trust. Here's my reasoning.

1. You need to sign up using a credit card.
2. After that, you provide your shipping address and they will send you an enveloppe where you provide very sensible information. It's copy, sure, but enough that, if it falls into bad ends, they could steal your identity. I don't remember what piece exactly but it's something like your driver's licence.

The first one is very minor but for somebody who doesn't use one and uses paypal and a linked bank account, it's a major stop. The second one is a deal breaker. Apparently, it's to abide to Japanese law but I don't exactly believe it. They want to verify our information. But why does 99.9% of the online shops base themselves on good will while you have to be the .1% and ask for proof? Sorry, you are not my government nor my insurances or my bank. If you don't believe the info, I'm going to input, I'm sorry, but you aren't going to get anything from me. ANd even less if you don't even check the info vs. my credit card.

Imo, it's better to use services such as Noppin where it's probably more expensive but, as far as I know, they'll only take the info you're going to provide. On top of that, there are JP shops online that WILL refuse to fulfill an order because they are sending the item(s) to a forwarding service such as Tenso. I think I remember reading that either Tora No Ana or Melonbooks would do that.

Also that Tenso does NOT order for you. YOU are going through the order pages of your shops YOURSELF. They only ship out the items outside of Japan to you. However, Noppin WILL order them for you THEN ship it to you. Use Tenso if...
1. You feel like you are OK creating an account with your CC.
2. Feel like your trust Tenso with highly personal information.
3. Know your Japanese enough to order your stuff yourself.
4. Feeling lucky that the shop doesn't Geo-restrict credit cards (ie. Only accept Japanese-issued credit cards).

Note: I haven't used Noppin yet but it's my current fall-back if my current guy goes onto hiatus or something. I used i-tm4u for you in the past (they are on hiatus until October of this year) and it went very well too.

My 2¢

This post has been edited by Lebon14 on Jul 17 2015, 09:13 AM

Yeah I was just curious, I use rinkya they are awesome and fast but they are also expensive. But if your getting 20+ CDs then the price goes down to about $4-$6 each with the current exchange rate.

EDIT

They are very expensive on Yahoo JP auction purchases though.

This post has been edited by takumi333 on Jul 17 2015, 10:19 AM

Here's a page detailing Tenso's rates by weight and stuff: http://www.tenso.com/en/static/guide_fee_index

When was it that you tried to sign up? Because I never gave them my credit card number, I pay them via PayPal, and point 2 with the envelope never happened either. They still do identity verification, but they ask you to upload a photo of your ID or driver's license if I remember correctly. I sent them the shittiest cellphone picture of my ID with a big ol' glare on it and everything, and it was still accepted .

Also, it looks like Tenso used to have a buying service but discontinued it for some reason...I never used it anyway.

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When was it that you tried to sign up? Because I never gave them my credit card number, I pay them via PayPal, and point 2 with the envelope never happened either. They still do identity verification, but they ask you to upload a photo of your ID or driver's license if I remember correctly. I sent them the chicken 'n wafflestiest cellphone picture of my ID with a big ol' glare on it and everything, and it was still accepted .

Also, it looks like Tenso used to have a buying service but discontinued it for some reason...I never used it anyway.

Photo of my ID or driver's licence? I will NEVER send such piece of information to a company overseas. Law or not.

I do have it but Mr. White-Knight does not want me to share it. It's a 100% copy too...

@takumi333 You can add this one to the missing list... And probably 235.

Boom Boom Money Finding Dollar!

As far as getting the newer volumes, since crowdfunding is also out of the question, we'll just have to hope someone who did or will buy it uploads it.

Since its gonna be a long wait, I'll be in the other room
I'm lost in time
But that's all right
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(Can) change your mind
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This post has been edited by takumi333 on Aug 10 2015, 05:33 PM

For anybody searching for a download of this compilation, the FLAC is now available in this post (that is not in this tread):
https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=47...dpost&p=1323644

From that you can make your lossy format is you so desire.