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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 10:43 pm Reply with quote
Anyone know what's the best place to buy manga online?

Price?
Shipping?
Wide Selection of title?
Promotion?
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one3rd



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:18 pm Reply with quote
Here's one store:

Deep Discount DVD
Price: usually about $6
Shipping: Free
Selection: not so good, several ADV titles and some other stuff
Promotion: not to my knowledge
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:22 pm Reply with quote
I have to recommend DDD (deep discount DVD); the prices are the lowest I have found online which are $5-10 cheaper then other places. As for selection they have a wide range of title. Shipping is free. Yet they don't have promotions on items and ony accept creidt cards.

Yet be warned I have heard horror stories of people buying thing from there then never receive them. Yet it has not happened to me.

Edit: one3rd beat me to it
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:29 pm Reply with quote
I think the biggest downfall of ddd is the lack of selection. They only got a couple of title (maybe less than 100).
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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 11, 2004 11:33 pm Reply with quote
Like domestic or import?

Amazon.com, AnimeCastle, AnimeNation, RightStuf, PlanetAnime, AnimeTen, or just going to the actual websites of Viz, Del Rey, ADV, Tokyopop, ComicsOne, CPM, etc...to look at their online catalogs.
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Kagemusha



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:31 am Reply with quote
Amazon is a great site, and they will often have things for supercheap. Right now Viz is selling their out of print, old format stuff for super cheap on their website.
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:07 am Reply with quote
lianncoop wrote:
Like domestic or import?

Amazon.com, AnimeCastle, AnimeNation, RightStuf, PlanetAnime, AnimeTen, or just going to the actual websites of Viz, Del Rey, ADV, Tokyopop, ComicsOne, CPM, etc...to look at their online catalogs.


Aside from animeten, most of the place you mention don't really have good prices. I never pay full retail price to buy a manga online when I can go get it at the store and save myself time/shipping cost. Reason why i ask for the best place, so I can save some money online.


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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:10 am Reply with quote
darkhunter wrote:
lianncoop wrote:
Like domestic or import?

Amazon.com, AnimeCastle, AnimeNation, RightStuf, PlanetAnime, AnimeTen, or just going to the actual websites of Viz, Del Rey, ADV, Tokyopop, ComicsOne, CPM, etc...to look at their online catalogs.


Aside from animeten, most of the place you mention don't really have good prices.

Well, I was just listing random sites. I buy all my manga at Waldenbooks.
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:13 am Reply with quote
lianncoop wrote:
darkhunter wrote:
lianncoop wrote:
Like domestic or import?

Amazon.com, AnimeCastle, AnimeNation, RightStuf, PlanetAnime, AnimeTen, or just going to the actual websites of Viz, Del Rey, ADV, Tokyopop, ComicsOne, CPM, etc...to look at their online catalogs.


Aside from animeten, most of the place you mention don't really have good prices.

Well, I was just listing random sites. I buy all my manga at Waldenbooks.


Well I didn't mean it as a diss. I'm just aware of place like tokyopop, animecastle, animenation, del ray...they're very common. I was looking for a place like animeten or dollarmanga but with a bigger selection, promotion or even cheaper prices. Anything that would put them over the top of other site. But thanks for the help. I gotta give amazon a visit.


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lianncoop
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:15 am Reply with quote
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one3rd



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 1:49 am Reply with quote
darkhunter wrote:
I think the biggest downfall of ddd is the lack of selection. They only got a couple of title (maybe less than 100).


If it sells for them, though, they might stock more titles. The best way to increase their selection is to buy out what they have.

Edit: I just checked the site, and they seem to have quite a bit less than I remember seeing there the last time I checked. Hopefully that means they're getting the message.
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ac_dropout



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:14 pm Reply with quote
I just checkout AnimeCastle. It looks like they dropped their mangas to 7.99. And with their free shipping, free point system, and every now and then 5% coupon it might be worth it to keep them on my bookmark page. Laughing

But to be honest sometimes I goto Boarder and B&N to get my books.

However, when I need to pick up DVD, manga, and toys in one stop I'll shop at the other anime retail sites.
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darkhunter



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 10:10 pm Reply with quote
http://store.yahoo.com/bargainanime/index.html

Cheapest price so far and they don't sell any bootleg.
Only low point is free shipping if you spend 100.
DEEPdiscountdvd has a few new manga now, put "graphic novel" in the search box.
If anybody know any good deal, post here.
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