Sites that ship Chinese/Japanese PC games overseas

Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by Kimimi, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. Kimimi

    Kimimi Active Member

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    It's only been this year that I've had a proper gaming PC, so this is all a bit new to me. As with everything else I couldn't just do the easy thing and go buy a copy of The Sims from the supermarket, but I'm finding it much more difficult to buy import PC games than console ones.

    So far I've only really found a decent selection on Play-Asia (although most of it is out of stock, including games you can readily buy direct from Falcom) and Yes-Asia (mostly Chinese online games). HMV Japan don't even have a PC game section and Amazon won't ship to the UK (including US games that they've imported in themselves, which gave me a frustrated chuckle). Oh Paletweb have a few bits and endless hentai too.

    Any ideas at all? Ideally, I'd like a Japanese/Chinese based website that happens to ship abroad rather than an importer, but I'll gratefully accept whatever's out there ^^~
     
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    Importaku Import Maniac

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    Nice link, if a bit pricey. Been after Tails Gear a while. Shippings incredibly pricey too ($19 for first item, $4 for each additional one!)
     
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    Importaku Import Maniac

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    Yeah himeya isn't cheap but they do ship to other countries including here to the UK.

    Only other way is finding a shopping service in japan that will source the games for you.
     
  5. Kimimi

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    Oh yeah I forgot about Himeya! It was that ridiculous shipping charge that always put me off - it'd make sense of course to just save up and buy multiple items from them, but IIRC the threshold for customs charges in the UK is a mere £33. :/
     
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