fabio de lunatico
Claymore
In the days before DVD and the internet I used to buy most of my anime in Forbidden Planet. I haven't bought a DVD from a B&M shop in years. Even if I wanted to there are no major video retailers in my town.
Where do you buy anime?
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awadama
Mad Scientist
Online. Only in a store if I'm really desperate...or if it's a boxset that can't fit through my letterbox (too much sorting office hassle) or a steelbook that could get bent.
I'll pay £1-2 more for convenience...I'm not gonna put myself out of pocket by £7 for the sake of getting Black Cat for £20 at HMV when I could wait a week for it to come from £13 from Play.
I'll pay £1-2 more for convenience...I'm not gonna put myself out of pocket by £7 for the sake of getting Black Cat for £20 at HMV when I could wait a week for it to come from £13 from Play.
CitizenGeek
Guild Member
I buy the vast, vast majority of my anime online. It's not even an issue of cost; anime DVDs are impossible to find on the high street, even in relatively large cities like Limerick and Cork :/
95% of my purchases are online (usually UP1), while the rest I get from shops.
I walk into places like HMV, have a look at the description on the back and check prices. I usually put it back down and seach for cheaper stuff online.
However (technically not the same product, but I'll fit it here anyways), my manga has a different ratio. I walk by Waterstones often and see if they have updated their stock and buy there. But usually manga is still bought on the internet.
I walk into places like HMV, have a look at the description on the back and check prices. I usually put it back down and seach for cheaper stuff online.
However (technically not the same product, but I'll fit it here anyways), my manga has a different ratio. I walk by Waterstones often and see if they have updated their stock and buy there. But usually manga is still bought on the internet.
fabio de lunatico
Claymore
Okay, I'll bite.Lupus Inu said:
So people are cheapskates because they don't throw away money? Uh huh. I think the word you're looking for is "savvy".
And since when was buying online from HMV or Play or Amazon not supporting the industry? Do those retailers keep all the money generated from anime sales to themselves?
Excuse me one moment while I take time to think how to reply to this.fabricatedlunatic said:
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Ok, I'm done. Clearly most people here support the industry while others just buy cheap ****** "boxsets" from EBay or some other dodgy site and barely care, that's supporting the industry, m i rite?
I understand the need to save money, but there's people crying over things like with what happened to ADV and Geneon yet people are still trying to get things as cheap as they can, which is quite funny. In all my time as anime fan collecting DVDs, I'm pretty sure the majority of DVDs I own I've dished out £20 for them, not all, but most likely most. People will see this now and think "What a complete idiot" but it's their choice on to buy stuff cheaply, just don't cry when some other company producing anime DVDs hits rock bottom.
Aion
Time-Traveller
The Vandread set I got off eBay was cheap but far from ******. 
Not everyone is stupid enough to buy bootlegs.
While buying 2nd-hand goods and sealed goods on eBay isn't exactly going to help the industry, it helps my wallet. If I can get a DVD for £2-£3 on eBay and it costs £5-13 to buy from stores then I'm obviously going to take the option that's best for me. It isn't my fault the BBFC enjoy arse ******* people, nor is it my fault I can't afford to pay £10 per DVD.
What happened to ADV and Geneon was their own fault. They licensed too much crap no-one cares about, it didn't sell, they lost money and they got into trouble. Some brain power is needed if you're going to try to make money in the anime market - They seemingly lack(ed) it.
Not everyone is stupid enough to buy bootlegs.While buying 2nd-hand goods and sealed goods on eBay isn't exactly going to help the industry, it helps my wallet. If I can get a DVD for £2-£3 on eBay and it costs £5-13 to buy from stores then I'm obviously going to take the option that's best for me. It isn't my fault the BBFC enjoy arse ******* people, nor is it my fault I can't afford to pay £10 per DVD.
What happened to ADV and Geneon was their own fault. They licensed too much crap no-one cares about, it didn't sell, they lost money and they got into trouble. Some brain power is needed if you're going to try to make money in the anime market - They seemingly lack(ed) it.
fabio de lunatico
Claymore
That's fair enough. Thanks for making the effort to elaborate.
If you want to pay £20 for a DVD that's entirely your perogative, and the same goes for someone who buys exclusively second hand and/or from sales. I certainly share your disdain for people who buy crappy bootleg boxsets from eBay or just download everything for free.
If you want to pay £20 for a DVD that's entirely your perogative, and the same goes for someone who buys exclusively second hand and/or from sales. I certainly share your disdain for people who buy crappy bootleg boxsets from eBay or just download everything for free.
Lupus Inu said:
Companies don't get any more profit from people paying the extra amount in a shop, than they do online. High-street shops are only buying from the same wholesalers as Internet sites do. Your extra money's going into the high-street chain.
Shoot me if I'm wrong. Excuse me if I misunderstood.
Lupus Inu said:
Having a go at people for not buying enough anime, is no help at all. Go and tell the people who buy nothing, and buying a boxset is clearly not being a cheapskate.
Strange...
animegoth666
Brigade Leader
Nope not bootlegs at all.Rui said:animegoth666 said:I do shop in the ight street sometimes for anime, mainly HMV or Forbbiden planet when there on sale. as each 4-6 eps cost £20, so its kinda step. >.<;
Otherwise I get mine off ebay, from hong kong. I can get boxsets for like £20-£30. Witch is awesome! and the P&P is nice too
Yay for hong kong! <3
Chances are though, they're bootlegs, which makes buying them as bad as fansubs for the industry (and they often are fansubs), whilst giving money to random bootleggers on top...
Though you can get legit boxsets for that much too if you shop around, Geneon and BVU notwithstanding.
R
Not unless this person goes to lengths in making the Orignial casing and putting the Orignial images on the disks >.>;
Then wouldnt that cost them alot?
; making them high in price? I think the fact there cheap is the way the currencey works with ours. Tis why I like to buy from the USA now and then. Tee hee
No really it sounds like you're buying bootlegs. It doesn't cost them much at all to print the images on the disk and make them look like professional releases. The easiest way to tell if you've bought bootlegs are by checking if they are...animegoth666 said:Not unless this person goes to lengths in making the Orignial casing and putting the Orignial images on the disks >.>;
Then wouldnt that cost them alot?
I think the fact there cheap is the way the currencey works with ours. Tis why I like to buy from the USA now and then. Tee hee
A. Region free or Region 0
B. If they have Chinese subtitles
C. A 26 episode series is on 3 disks
By buying from sellers like that it's worse than bootlegs as the illegal DVD sales fund organised crime of all sorts.
Lupus Inu said:
There are always exceptions to the rule, and if people like that want to carry on being that way then it's up to them, nothing's going to change that. It's just that ultimately it's going to affect anime production, and then they'll wonder where their anime has gone. (Sorry, been discussing the industry in detail for too long, I know that's off-topic here) O_O.
Urzu seven
Dandy Guy, in Space
I buy all my anime on the internet as there are no shops that sell near me,plus you can really pick up a bargain on the net especially if your buying region 1 dvd's.
MaxonTreik
Chuunibyou
Rarely in high-street shops, mostly on the Internet. Nearest shop to me is in Edinburgh, which is 50 miles away.