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NEWS: EBgames no longer stocking Anime?




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DaZ616



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:00 pm Reply with quote
I dont really buy dvds from EB games anyway, so its no biggie for me. But for some people who depend on EB games for anime dvds, its gona be hard for them.

-DaZ
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sonictail
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:40 am Reply with quote
Well, apparently a lot of EB employees were purchasing DVD's... But it is a shame as EB usually had things on day 0 and their stores are everywhere. It's a big loss to the visibility of anime.
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Rinoa | Kawaii Miko



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:05 pm Reply with quote
I wasn't surprised that EB hasn't got any in stock due to its popularity. There are other places you can check out too.
- JB Hifi
- Books Kinokuniya (Sydney)
- HMV
- Sanity (For some odd reason, they put that in under "Children" O.O)
- Borders (Never checked it out but you'll never know)
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aurelia



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:15 pm Reply with quote
Rinoa | Kawaii Miko- Sanity (For some odd reason, they put that in under "Children" O.O)...

I know!!! my local Blockbuster store has Blood Trinity, Akira, Paranoid, Ghost in the Shell etc... in the Kids section?? what are they thinking..??

hufhuf Anime smile I know I would be considered a kid (22 but giggles at anything, twirls and makes loud abnoxious noises) but still ... -_- *

PS: the problem with EB is they never had a consitent numbers of chapters for a series, they would have chapters 1,5,6,8,9 of an anime but never a decent chunk, so you sort of shrug and say i'll get it another time.

PPS: I love KINO!!, *muamua I love the picture books they have, I just bought the guy who did Burst Angel *googly eyes *kawaiiiii they're so cute! and eyeing Death Note, looks sooo cooooool...
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sonictail
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:20 am Reply with quote
Well the problem comes with holding stock. If the stock is left sitting on your shelves you're losing money. Therefore most stores try to keep just enough stock to sell it reguarly while not letting their stock stagnate.

A lot of PnP stores do this.
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gfhk



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:50 pm Reply with quote
Evil or Very Mad Anime should be sold wherever buyers wish. I mean we are the buyers and it is EBgameses responsibility to meet the customers request, right Question
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sonictail
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:45 pm Reply with quote
Umm, No.

Stores will stock anime as long as it is profitable. Anime has obviously not been selling well enough at EB so they decided to cut it. It's as simple as that. If EB doesn't have it we have to go elsewhere, and as the majority of us already was there's no real problem.
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king kin



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:53 pm Reply with quote
the only reason why they stop selling anime because people barely brought anything else execpt anime
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Amasa



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:39 am Reply with quote
JB-Hifi is as widespread as EB Games (in Perth anyway) and sells way more anime than EB Games ever did. It has a huge collection of box-sets, singles and films for those of you who have a lot of money on hand. It's pretty expensive depending on the anime, but they have sales often enough to make it less painful.[/advertising]
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sonictail
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:04 am Reply with quote
Ah JB's, your evil knows no end. The pain you have caused my wallet!
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DaZ616



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 4:14 am Reply with quote
sonictail wrote:
Ah JB's, your evil knows no end. The pain you have caused my wallet!


Thats the same for me, JB is proberly the best place to buy anime. Kinokunyia in sydney is another good place to buy anime and manga, however i believe its more expensive buying dvds from Kinokunyia where as JB is cheaper.

BTW Sonictail, since when did you become the ANN.au editor in Chief?, i never noticed it up unitl now.

-DaZ
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