Shoganai 17:18 – …when a website does ship, you can expect the price to double …

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Comment on Fansubbers: “We Support Anime” 2ch: “You Are Thieves!” by Rayearth Minako Kinezono:

shoganai
17:18

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…when a website does ship, you can expect the price to double and the package to take a month to arrive…
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Granted, I’m in the US, where it might be a bit easier to get stuff – but whenever I order stuff from Japan, it usually take about 12-15 days (via SAL) to reach me, and I’ve yet to have a shipping charge that was more than $15USD.

Not exactly breaking the bank or waiting eons to get it, but the numbers people constantly throw out often seem far exaggerated to me.

However, I do realize that not everywhere is as efficient or easy to have stuff mailed to them.

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Like the Japanese otaku, you fail to understand that buying anime isn’t as easy for everyone else as it is for you.
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Oh, I’m quite aware of how difficult it is. But you make choices and some sacrifices to buy what you want.

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Downloading isn’t just the cheapest way to get anime for some people; it’s sometimes the only practical way to get it.
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Cheapest? Sure. Practical? Debatable. Either way – it’s still just as illegal as walking into a store and taking something off the shelf and walking out without paying.

The internet has made people feel that they are entitled to something. Well, I’m not against all that, but stealing to get what you want because someone in Japan won’t let you legally buy it? I wouldn’t be happy about it, but I wouldn’t go about taking it from them.

Money talks. Buy what you like, and avoid the trash. Eventually the distributors will get the hint.

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