[20] I love customs! ^_^

Hello everyone!

On June 7, I received a package which I ordered a while ago. It took longer than usual to arrive compared with other packages from the same web shop. When I finally got it, I was charged an extra €20,35, which made it clear that the package was delayed because of customs, while it shouldn't even have been to customs at all. The total price of this package was €35, without shipping costs. The package was marked as a gift, which is free of tax up to €45. If the package wasn't marked as gift, the extra costs I had to pay would have been correct. Even then, €20,35 extra costs for a package which is worth €35 is an increase of about 58%, which is ridiculous. I still need to send an objection letter about this, to try to get my money back. 

Even though I had to pay extra, I'm still very happy that the package arrived safely. Since it took longer I was afraid it wouldn't arrive anymore at all. As for the contents, I received two CDs and an unrelated magazine. I got the Limited Edition of Schwarzschild and the Limited Edition Type A of Day by Day, with a trading card of all members. With these, I got all editions of both these CDs. 

For now, this is my entire collection. I have more incoming, but in the meanwhile, I'm planning on showing my cosplay in more detail, as well as updated photos from my display case. 

[19] Last order! (Part 2/2)

Konbanwa mina-san!

This is the second and last post of the final order. This time, I will show the last seven CDs out of the 15 in total. From the top, from left to right: First off, I received the Regular Edition of Taiyou wo okuru hi (太陽を葬る日). Next is the Regular Edition of Schwarzschild, which is the second copy I got out of the same box. Snow White is the third Regular Edition I received. It came with a trading card with all members on it. 

Next two CDs are the Regular Edition and the Limited Edition Type B of Day by Day. The Limited Edition came with a Hiroki trading card. The final two for this order are the Regular Edition and the Limited Edition Type B of Yami no kuni no Alice (闇の国のアリス). This is my second copy of the Regular Edition. The Limited Edition came with a trading card with all members. 

The box is finally empty, but in the meanwhile I received another package, which I will show in the next post!

[14] Almost halfway

Good evening!

Another order from the big treasure box contains six CDs:

- Dearest you (Limited Edition) 

- Mahiru no Koe ～Synchronicity～ (真昼の声) (Limited Edition)

- Nyanto-shippo"De"!? (Fan club limited release)

- Ouka saki some ni keri (桜花咲きそめにけり) (Limited and Regular)

- Schwarzschild (Regular Edition)

When I opened up this one, I noticed right away that I got the limited edition of Mahiru no Koe (真昼の声), which I didn't expect to get. The description of the auction only said "真昼の声", so it could have been either of them. I just assumed I would get the regular edition, which I already had. I was very surprised, and happy, to receive the limited one instead! 

Out of these six releases, I already owned three: Nyanto-shippo"De"!?, Ouka saki some ni keri (Limited Edition) and Schwarzschild, which is in another order as well, which I haven't shown yet. Since I thought I would receive the regular edition of Mahiru no Koe, only two CDs would've been new for me, the regular edition of Ouka saki some ni keri and Dearest you. 

I wanted to buy the limited edition of Dearest you for a while, but I couldn't find it in anywhere anymore. At the time, no seller on eBay had it and my order on CDJapan got cancelled because they couldn't get it in stock anymore. Luckily, it was included in this order, which was basically the only reason for me to buy it. One of the songs in this release, Guardian, is one of my favorites after having heard it the first time at the VAMPIRE SAGA concert. I remember I tried to remember the lyrics to search the song title when I got back home. The part I tried to remember was constantly repeated by Asagi. When I tried to search for it, I couldn't find it. When I found a set list of the concert, I went through all the songs I didn't know, and I found out it was Guardian. The Japanese lyrics I tried to remember turned out to be sung in English. No wonder I couldn't find it...

Almost halfway, seven more orders to go!