DVD/VHS prices

[fabio rainelli]

HELLO TO EVERYBODY
I only wanted to know ,please,if anyone could give me an online japanese VHS 
shop!!!
THANX!
FABIO


>From: "Tom Mes" <china_crisis at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: DVD/VHS prices
>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 00:09:36
>
>>in Japan the average price for first release DVDs is about 4,700 yen,
>> >compared with 15,000 yen for VHS (?!).
>
>Don,
>
>Isn't the 13,000 to 15,000 yen price tag for rental VHS only? Meaning this
>is the price a video rental shop owner has to pay for a cassette. This is
>not so unusual at all, even in Europe for instance, where retailers pay
>comparable prices for new release cassettes specifically for the rental
>market.
>
>Sell-thru VHS for consumers averaged around 3,700 yen last time I looked.
>Which is still ridiculously high in my opinion, especially compared to DVD
>prices. You'd be better off buying second-hand VHS for 500 yen a tape in 
>the
>side streets of Shibuya.
>
>Tom
>
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