ussjtrunks
Hunter
Why not just wait for a sale on the bleach sets inbetween the CE boxes
UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread
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RadFemHedonist
Guild Member
...I didn't think of that
(I'm not enough into Bleach to buy these anyway but your point is valid regardless) 
BrokenPhoenix
Thousand Master
Good point. Although, Bleach and Naruto are two series I don't mind paying full price for.
It's funny because I'm usually a huge bargain hunter, but when it comes to series I love and that I'll watch over and over again like Dragon Ball, Bleach, or Naruto, I go into "shut up and take my money" mode
Takei Daloui
Vampire Ninja
Everyone has those series. Some you just want to secure early and if the price is a bit cheaper elsewhere later on you just take the loss.
Others you'll hold out for that great deal.
Others you'll hold out for that great deal.
AHA-Lambda
School Idol
Sorry if already posted; Site refresh is live, details in the blog
One point of note, there is now a £3.50 delivery charge for UK orders under £50
One point of note, there is now a £3.50 delivery charge for UK orders under £50
BrokenPhoenix
Thousand Master
Well, it was fun while it lasted.
Edit: May well have to order Bleach set 2 from AoL now. Can't see Anime Unlimited being worth it any more with the £3.50 postage for orders under £50.
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ussjtrunks
Hunter
Still no ioss and increased postage costs is a massive shame
Titan
Soul Reaper
If that's the case, they better start putting multiple Early Birds up at the same time, otherwise I will only be ordering from them during a sale, as there is no way I'm paying £3.50 per item.
I might do that as well. The annoying part is some of the AL Collector's Editions are only available on their website.
Joe
Thousand Master
So, the site update seems to be a good time to bring this up. I'll preface this by saying that I am not a lawyer, nor am I particularly knowledgeable in legal matters. That said:
In regard to AL's Anime (Un)Limited subscription service, there is currently only a single page about it on the site that I can find: the sign-up page (which I can only find via searching, it doesn't seem to be directly linked anywhere). There is currently no way to view your subscription info/status, nor a way to cancel it, and they don't send you reminders for upcoming renewals.
As far as I can tell, both of these facts mean AL are currently in violation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, where they are required to send notices of upcoming renewals, and allow an "easy exit" of a subscription.
In regard to AL's Anime (Un)Limited subscription service, there is currently only a single page about it on the site that I can find: the sign-up page (which I can only find via searching, it doesn't seem to be directly linked anywhere). There is currently no way to view your subscription info/status, nor a way to cancel it, and they don't send you reminders for upcoming renewals.
As far as I can tell, both of these facts mean AL are currently in violation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024, where they are required to send notices of upcoming renewals, and allow an "easy exit" of a subscription.
BrokenPhoenix
Thousand Master
This is a good point. There used to be a button on the account page where you could view the subscription and when it was initially paid, I seem to remember that there was a cancel button on it (but not 100% on that).
However, it seems to be missing on their new site. One option is to dig through your emails and try to find the email they send when you initially subscribed to see when its due for renewal. Then you may have to email them to cancel.
Hopefully they make it easier moving forward though. I can imagine they will be getting a lot of cancellations for it given the new postage costs.
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ussjtrunks
Hunter
A good point here is most early birds are under £50 people will just wait for sales to order multiple items with free shipping. Surely offering free shipping on early birds makes sense
SkwigglesWorth
Vampire Ninja
I'm gonna have to be wiser with order during the christmas sale, espcially with BOGOF and doing seprate orders for each price catagory.
But yeah might be reconsidering my renewal of Anime (un)limited with the postage charge, as I'm doing less orders now and I can probably just wait or find similar prices elsewhere, although I did only re-sub a few months back (I think when bleach pre order was out)
xp_version1
Great Teacher
Yikes. I was already ordering a lot less from AL but this is definitely going to make me think twice about impulse buys. Which I guess is great for me financial speaking so good job AL 
Just Passing Through
Titan
ussjtrunks
Hunter
They have gotten a lot more expensive tbh especially internationally
Erufailon4
Brigade Leader
I was always surprised they were able to offer free shipping for all orders within the UK to begin with, since there's no way it cost them nothing. £3.50 per order is still almost nothing compared to their international shipping cost, and in my experience it's a fairly standard rate for domestic shipping, at least over here. But maybe the UK is a fairy tale land where free shipping is the norm? I don't really know since I only buy anime from there.
The lack of IOSS news is disappointing since they've been "looking into it" for years now.
The lack of IOSS news is disappointing since they've been "looking into it" for years now.
Just Passing Through
Titan
They’re trying to match Amazon, who since they became a veritable monopoly, have been taking the piss with their free postage thresholds and P&P costs for non-Prime subscribers for ages now. Most media retailers charge £1.99 for sending out post, and lower free postage thresholds (£20), and one or two still have free postage.
Shadow Cat
Death Scythe
My views are:
Free Shipping - Quite a few companies ask customers to spend [an amount] before offering free shipping, £20 or £30 would have been better over £50 imo as this allows people to buy early birds without being stung by an extra £3.50
Or they could have met people half way and offered; £1.99 Royal Mail 48... £2.99 Royal Mail 24.... £4.99 Royal Mail Special Delivery. All of these options I would have been pretty happy with
Unlimited Membership - Now they have removed the option to cancel the membership via the website... that's a pretty [words] thing to do to be honest. I'm pretty sure there was a button to cancel as @BrokenPhoenix mentioned. But I can't see it either. So guess the only option is to email them?
Website Browsing - Looks fine but wish there was an option under the Products -> Blurays to filter for Edition and Publisher
Free Shipping - Quite a few companies ask customers to spend [an amount] before offering free shipping, £20 or £30 would have been better over £50 imo as this allows people to buy early birds without being stung by an extra £3.50
Or they could have met people half way and offered; £1.99 Royal Mail 48... £2.99 Royal Mail 24.... £4.99 Royal Mail Special Delivery. All of these options I would have been pretty happy with
Unlimited Membership - Now they have removed the option to cancel the membership via the website... that's a pretty [words] thing to do to be honest. I'm pretty sure there was a button to cancel as @BrokenPhoenix mentioned. But I can't see it either. So guess the only option is to email them?
Website Browsing - Looks fine but wish there was an option under the Products -> Blurays to filter for Edition and Publisher