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by Krycek7o2 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:55 pm
I do thank the Maker sometimes that I got all my Boxes incredibly cheap. Still, they are great buys. Though the movies set is a tad too expensive.
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by DanielGClapp » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:21 pm
Oh how I wish I was rich I would buy those in a heartbeat! That being said, I was thinking about collecting the singles, since Krycek7o2 is helping me get started on it. I know this will be more expensive, but if I wanted to buy the Dragon Boxes now, then I would have to dish out all of the money at one time. If I'm collecting the singles (assuming they don't get discontinued or anything) then it will be spread out over time, and I will have intervals to save up. Oh well. Speaking of which, does anyone know the cheapest way to go about buying the singles? They wouldn't happen to be cheaper to get shipped to Germany would they, since that is where I will be on a small number of future occasions.
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by Krycek7o2 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:27 pm
DanielGClapp wrote:Oh how I wish I was rich I would buy those in a heartbeat! That being said, I was thinking about collecting the singles, since Krycek7o2 is helping me get started on it. I know this will be more expensive, but if I wanted to buy the Dragon Boxes now, then I would have to dish out all of the money at one time. If I'm collecting the singles (assuming they don't get discontinued or anything) then it will be spread out over time, and I will have intervals to save up. Oh well. Speaking of which, does anyone know the cheapest way to go about buying the singles? They wouldn't happen to be cheaper to get shipped to Germany would they, since that is where I will be on a small number of future occasions.
I'll be honest, but the singles are better than the Dragon Box The Movies. All you'll miss is the Dragon Book (and/or Scouters). On the plus side, on the singles you get a new feature not present on the Dragon Box counterpart.
Sometimes shipping to parts of Europe is cheaper than the states. I'd check CDJapan or YesAsia to estimate shipping costs.
Which by the way, I dropped your package off a few hours ago.
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by Castor Troy » Tue Sep 20, 2011 4:28 pm
Bah. Everytime an offer like this comes up, I can NEVER afford or justify it.
Hurry up with the rest of the boxes, FUNi.
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by jnj13 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:45 pm
I'm really tempted to pick up the GT box... but I'm reluctant to do so since it isn't complete and I'd probably regret not waiting for a full set. Hmm...
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by thedarkuniter » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:22 pm
Geez, pricey as hell. While having the Dragon Box version of the Movies would be nice, I don't want it that much.
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by Ashura » Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:43 pm
It seems like, even with the deputy fees, it would be cheaper to get the original Dbox from Amazon:
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by thedarkuniter » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:06 pm
Still, it depends whether the merchant ships internationally or not. Of course Amazon Japan itself ships internationally, but some of the Japanese merchants don't. The ratings on the merchant should also be put into consideration.
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by Ashura » Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:16 pm
Yeah, that's why I mentioned you can use a deputy service to buy from them.
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by DanielGClapp » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:08 pm
Krycek7o2 wrote:On the plus side, on the singles you get a new feature not present on the Dragon Box counterpart.
I am sort of confused....... what do you mean a new feature?
Krycek7o2 wrote:Sometimes shipping to parts of Europe is cheaper than the states. I'd check CDJapan or YesAsia to estimate shipping costs.
I will check these. How did you order yours?
Krycek7o2 wrote:Which by the way, I dropped your package off a few hours ago.
Thank you! I look forward to getting them!
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by DanielGClapp » Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:10 pm
DanielGClapp wrote:Krycek7o2 wrote:On the plus side, on the singles you get a new feature not present on the Dragon Box counterpart.
I am sort of confused....... what do you mean a new feature?
Krycek7o2 wrote:Sometimes shipping to parts of Europe is cheaper than the states. I'd check CDJapan or YesAsia to estimate shipping costs.
I will check these. How did you order yours?
Krycek7o2 wrote:Which by the way, I dropped your package off a few hours ago.
Thank you! I look forward to getting them!
Castor Troy wrote:Bah. Everytime an offer like this comes up, I can NEVER afford or justify it.
Hurry up with the rest of the boxes, FUNi.
I am in the exact same boat as you!
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by sangofe » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:43 am
Try 500 for the DB Dbox and I might be game.
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by Dizrythmia » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:36 am
I've purchased all my of my Dragonboxes (I have all of them except Dragonball) from JP Yahoo Auctions for a fraction of the prices of those ones (that's with postage & Celga fees). All are complete as well in gorgeous condition. Knowing this, why would anyone want to pay those prices on Ebay?
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by Beji » Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:49 am
Dizrythmia wrote:I've purchased all my of my Dragonboxes (I have all of them except Dragonball) from JP Yahoo Auctions for a fraction of the prices of those ones (that's with postage & Celga fees). All are complete as well in gorgeous condition. Knowing this, why would anyone want to pay those prices on Ebay?
It wase for people to know they are there. If they stay there for a long time it is possible to email the seller and they culd drop down the price especially if you are buying more than one item. I also have to familiarize myself on how to use JP Yahoo.
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by MCDaveG » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:19 pm
Wow, 1000$ rare my ass
But it's true that it's pain to obtain those dioramas from the singles, if this is it.
I saw the original boxes for a lot more lower price from JP, about 250 dollars.
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by StarRot » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:43 pm
Beji wrote:I also have to familiarize myself on how to use JP Yahoo.
(Forgive me if you all ready know all of this.)
YHJ is pretty simple to use. They main thing to keep in mind is that barely any of the sellers will ship overseas. Thankfully there are plenty of proxy services out there.
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Celga the most. Since it has a large team, they respond to your bid requests very quickly – perfect if you happen to find yourself needing to bid on something that’s about to end very soon. Plus they’re really friendly and easy to work with.
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by DanielGClapp » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:09 pm
MCDaveG wrote:But it's true that it's pain to obtain those dioramas from the singles...
Yes they are because the offer for those stopped a long time ago.
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by Krycek7o2 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:27 pm
DanielGClapp wrote:MCDaveG wrote:But it's true that it's pain to obtain those dioramas from the singles...
Yes they are because the offer for those stopped a long time ago.
The way I originally got these was through Yahoo Auction JP. They are usually up there most of the time.
