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I've purchased from them for years. You may find a bit lower price elsewhere, but their customer service is spectacular. I highly recommend them.
 

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Yeah I've looked around for lower prices but for what I'm looking for their prices aren't any higher than most places and in some instances are actually lower.

I just wanted to know if they were reputable.

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Yea CDJapan is the best, I used to use yesasia and I Still do as a last resort but their processing time is ridiculous even for imports, took them over a month to get me my thing. It takes CDJapan with regular shipping maybe 3 weeks. So yea CDJapan is excellent. Excellent customer support too. High recommend them. I got Ayumi Hamasaki's A Complete paid like 10 bucks extra for express shipping, I got it in a week! :O
 

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Well it looks like I'll give CDJapan a try and see what happens.

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When I need CDs from Japan (from JPop/JRock to Eurobeat and Japanese releases of worldwide artists often includes bonus tracks), I always shop there. IME (In my experience), I never ever had a problem with them. The package always arrived, the CDs were perfect. Go ahead, they are the best!
 

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they are the best!

...And expensive. Between shipping (3-6 days as opposed to 1-3 weeks) and conversion rates (dollar to yin), a $45 dollar purchase for two CD's tuned into $68 and change :o

I really can't complain though since the CD's are hard to find here in the states and I really really wanted them. Now I just have to wait on delivery.

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yeah, shipping from Japan to the US is a bitch, but, a small price to pay for bonus tracks, superior mastering and packaging and just otherwise impossible to find stuff. Glad to see everyone else who's responded has had as a positive relationship with them as I have.
 

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but, a small price to pay for bonus tracks, superior mastering and packaging and just otherwise impossible to find stuff.

Agreed :thumbsup:

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Well I just got my CD (Weather Report - Mr. Gone on Blu-Spec CD) from CD Japan today. My other CD was out of print. Packaging was professional; CD arrived in pristine condition.

Here’s the breakdown….
The CD was $26.08 US (2381 Yin)
Shipping 3-5 days $17.28 US (1500 Yin) – Arrived 4 days after PayPal e-check clearance. Standard shipping would have been 1-3 weeks.
Total came to $42.35 (US) WOWSER!!!

So was it worth it? Well, I looked high and low for this CD. Everyone had it out of stock except Amazon.com where I originally ordered it ($36 dollars) only to have them tell me they were unable to get it. In the end sometimes you have to pay for what you want.

If you’re looking for hard to find items you might want to give CD Japan a try, however be warned that shipping can get expensive. You pretty much have to choose Express shipping if you want your item any time soon as standard shipping can take 1-3 weeks before you get the item. And that’s after the initial 3-5 days it takes CD Japan to ship the item!!! BTW… standard shipping is around $10.00 dollars so…

Other than that CD Japan was very professional in my dealings and the packaging is very well done to protect your items.

Would I deal with them again? Yes, but only on hard to find, can’t get it nowhere else, just have to have it items.

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Yea imports in general are more then a domestic cd as always and plus it comes a long way so of course your going to have to pay a little extra for shipping but in my view it's totally worth it. Yesasia is good too but their processing time is ridiculous. I always support my favorite artists and buy their music......... most of the time o_o
 

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Well since I collect and don't like downloading MP3's, I guess you can say I support my artists by purchasing their albums and/or CD's as well.

As for imports, yeah, I know they cost, but having them shipped from Japan can get a little too expensive. CD Japan has some nice stuff and I'll probably do some more business with them, but only If I can't find what I'm looking for locally; Which is why I got that one CD from them.

And speaking of local, I just purchase two more Weather Report (Import) CD's from CD Universe. The combined total of those two, including shipping, is only $15 dollars more than the one CD I got from CD Japan. Not bad at all :)

Ironically both of the CD's are listed on CD Japan's website as out of print. Hmmm….
 

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