RE: Drohn's Pokémon Centre - Pickup Service from Japan's Pokémon Centre in Fukuoka
MrSquarepants said:
Hey man, would buy 4 boxes of Wild Blaze for me? Amiami is sold out and Amazon JP refuses to ship to my address, and I really don't want to pay 50-60$ a box on ebay when Japan sells them for only 25-30$ (2500 to 3100 yen).
Also, are those Xerneas and Yveltal deck boxes? How much they run for, might be interested.
But yea man, if you do this favor for me, I'll pay for your transportation and give you 20$ USD for yourself and of course I'll cover shipping costs (the amount it costs to ship and the costs for packaging boxes), whichever the most affordable with tracking.
However... there is one seller on ebay that isn't too bad, and I'd be willing to buy from him if AmiAmi doesn't restock... Since I am leaving a tip for you, I feel like it would end up costing about the same... so depending on how much the Pokémon Centre sells them, and how much it would end up costing me... would depend if I were to fully go through with this deal. I am looking to beat 145$. Do you think buying it from there would be able to beat that, cover shipping and still leave a tip for you?
Oh and do they have any of these left?
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=CGM-3972
Or the White Kyurem/Black Kyurem ones? Or anything similar? Love opening these, they're like the tins over here, only cheaper and with more packs.
Hey! The 600 Yen is to cover the amount of time I need to spend on getting all the things done. It's very generous to offer more, but I don't want to overcharge.
I can definitely buy the Wild Blaze Boxes for you.
I'm not sure what the deck boxes cost, but I can check it out.
Tracking adds 400 Yen to shipping; I did that for my package to [admin]Shining Raikou[/admin]. By boat is cheapest, but it takes several months to arrive. Economy Air Mail takes 2-3 weeks and isn't that much more.
I'm not sure what everything you asked for costs, so I can't say whether it will be more or less. But you can subtract the extra amount you were planning to give as a tip, since I don't ask for more than 600 Yen.
I didn't see any of the things from your link. Do you have an image of what they look like in the package so I can look for it?
Riraito said:
I don't know if the PC sells sealed boxes, I've only seen loose packs on the photos and videos I've seen. AmiAmi will restock, you just have to be quick. I've seen Wild Blaze in stock a few times this month, but they go fast because of the Charizards. I know people who ordered 15 boxes, insane xD
Those are the Xerneas/Yveltal deck boxes on one of the photos. I think they're like 350 JPY or so, a little more expensive than AmiAmi.
Could you take some more photos of the cards too? Do they still have the Reshiram/Zekrom FA special pack that have those BW packs inside?
Can you show images of what you're looking for? I'm a TCG newbie so I don't know what things are yet and what the packages look like.
PsychedelicBreakfast said:
Riraito said:
Yup, but they're also smaller. I love them ;.;
:O
Drohn... I'll take a first edition booster box of Wild Blaze if you can get one for around $30 USD (give or take a couple dollars). I want that for sure, but I'd also like to know what sleeves/deck boxes you find and how much they are. I'll also take an Umbreon plushie, one of the smaller, cheaper ones you sent to Freedomeon. Do they have shiny plushies?
I actually got a tutorial about the packs and difference from Athena recently:
[10/03/14 17:59:11] Athena: Japanese booster boxes have 20 packs; English booster boxes have 36 cards
[10/03/14 17:59:22] Athena: English booster packs also have more cards per pack than Japanese.
[10/03/14 17:59:44] Athena: Japanese packs have 3 commons and then EITHER 1 uncommon 1 rare, or 2 uncommon (about 50/50 chance of getting a rare)
[10/03/14 18:00:18] Athena: English pakcs have 10 cards, 5 common, 1 reverse holo (can be common, uncommon, or rare), 1 rare, 3 uncommon
[10/03/14 18:00:33] Athena: the rare has a 1/3 chance of being a holo or better rare, otherwise just a plain non-holo rare
[10/03/14 18:07:58] drohn91: ;o
[10/03/14 18:09:00] drohn91: that makes it lok like the english ones have better chances of rare cards though
[10/03/14 18:09:04] drohn91: look*
[10/03/14 18:12:52] Athena: not really, though
[10/03/14 18:13:15] Athena: the non-holo rares aren't particularly good cards, and those cards are often uncommon (or even common) in the Japanese release anyway
They didn't have shiny plushies.
The Eeveelutions are 750 Yen (each).
PsychedelicBreakfast said:
Holy schnikies. I need that in my life. Drohn, I'll need a price check on those Charizard sleeves/deck box too lol. I would go bankrupt if I went to Japan.
I'll check!
Additional note: Some people asked me to check things for them, but it might be better to say the maximum you're willing to pay for it so I don't have to make one trip to check prices and one to buy it if they do have it within your price range. You could then transfer the money and I can buy it for you during the same trip. Obviously I'll return the money (except transportation, since I lose money otherwise) if they don't have it. If multiple people want me to check/buy things the transportation costs can be equally divided, so it shouldn't be too much.
That said, can all the people that already (partially) made up their minds and post with:
Code:
Buy:
Check price/availability:
Otherwise it's a lot of searching through posts and I might miss things. Please update this post if you make changes before my trip there and notify me that you updated here in the thread or in private.
Edit: Please be as clear as possible and preferably include images for TCG stuff. I only started learning about the TCG a few days ago.
Edit2: If you're already sure you want me to buy certain things, please contact me privately so we can sort out payment.
