International Cave Shop Open!

[CptRansom]

I got really excited about the price on the Futari art book... then I checked the shipping cost.

...Dammit.

[Rebel Ninja]

£67 postage for a DVD and £33 for a book (according to that shipping cost calculator)!!! Well at least there was nothing I wanted to buy.

[renardqueenston]

guys - the shipping price it estimates INCLUDES the product. it was $25ish on two books EMS for me.

[Skykid]

Be nice if they had alternative shipping options.

[Rebel Ninja]

guys - the shipping price it estimates INCLUDES the product. it was $25ish on two books EMS for me.

Oh my mistake then. I assumed the "shipping cost calculator" showed only the shipping price on its own.

[drunkninja24]

I've always wondered: why are the DVDs so expensive? Is that just typical for Japan? I know CDs are always more expensive in general, is it the same for DVDs?

[Elixir]

guys - the shipping price it estimates INCLUDES the product. it was $25ish on two books EMS for me.

They charged $25 USD for EMS?

lool you are getting fucked. Might as well buy from rancor with those rates.

[renardqueenston]

guys - the shipping price it estimates INCLUDES the product. it was $25ish on two books EMS for me.

They charged $25 USD for EMS?

lool you are getting fucked. Might as well buy from rancor with those rates.

personally never really had cheaper EMS rates from japan to canada. a single CPS2 B board costs me $40ish EMS from fujita.

[dunpeal2064]

[quote="ElixirAnd the last time a Cave release included an original soundtrack was.[/quote]

Ketsui? ESPGaluda2?[/quote]

No? No?[/quote]

Care to elaborate on this fact that you stated? It confuses my simple mind

[StarCreator]

Care to elaborate on this fact that you stated? It confuses my simple mind

Ketsui LE came with an arrange soundtrack (for DOJ and Ketsui), not the original soundtrack. Espgaluda II stands alone in bundling the original soundtrack with the game - but it wasn't a 1:1 copy of the actual soundtrack CD. The Voice collection and other stuff was removed in favor of putting in two arrange tracks.

After I said this, I was reminded that the standalone Espgaluda II soundtrack is two CDs (the second CD was all arrangements), whereas only one CD was included with Espgaluda II Black Label.

[Skykid]

guys - the shipping price it estimates INCLUDES the product. it was $25ish on two books EMS for me.

They charged $25 USD for EMS?

lool you are getting fucked. Might as well buy from rancor with those rates.

personally never really had cheaper EMS rates from japan to canada. a single CPS2 B board costs me $40ish EMS from fujita.

The weight between a book and a CPS2 board is vastly different though.
The problem is EMS minimum rate is quite high to start with afaik.

[dunpeal2064]

Care to elaborate on this fact that you stated? It confuses my simple mind

Ketsui LE came with an arrange soundtrack (for DOJ and Ketsui), not the original soundtrack. Espgaluda II stands alone in bundling the original soundtrack with the game - but it wasn't a 1:1 copy of the actual soundtrack CD. The Voice collection and other stuff was removed in favor of putting in two arrange tracks.

After I said this, I was reminded that the standalone Espgaluda II soundtrack is two CDs (the second CD was all arrangements), whereas only one CD was included with Espgaluda II Black Label.

Ok, I was confused about the "original" part. Now that makes more sense. Also explains why they go for so much money.

[renardqueenston]

The weight between a book and a CPS2 board is vastly different though.
The problem is EMS minimum rate is quite high to start with afaik.

i'd say it's about twice the weight of the two books, which were 700-something grams. a CPS board is about 4 pounds, right? if so, around double the price for around double the weight

and yeah, EMS does have a high rate to start

[Elixir]

Since I have to spell it out: limited editions do not come with original soundtracks. Only Mushi 1 and Ibara did.

guys - the shipping price it estimates INCLUDES the product. it was $25ish on two books EMS for me.

They charged $25 USD for EMS?

lool you are getting fucked. Might as well buy from rancor with those rates.

personally never really had cheaper EMS rates from japan to canada. a single CPS2 B board costs me $40ish EMS from fujita.

EMS on something dvd/cd sized should be 1300-1500 yen at maximum.

[renardqueenston]

EMS on something dvd/cd sized should be 1300-1500 yen at maximum.

aren't the books around A4 size though? two of those are still about half the size and weight of a CPS2 B-board :V i did mention that i got two books, not a CD or DVD.