J films on video w/ E subtitles

[Mark Nornes]

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> I'd be very happy to learn where online shoppers have been going. It 
> would be helpful if people adding to this thread can indicate whether 
> they have experienced any shipping territory limitations.

I went on a little shopping spree this summer, and brought home a 
couple thousand dollars worth of disks for our library. I found Shibuya 
Tsutaya the best, with trips to Kinokuniya important for filling in the 
gaps. I suspect ordering online is the best, since you are not at the 
mercy of the store's stock.

By the way, I used a credit card for these purchases and was hassled by 
the stores every time. They didn't want to sell me the disks because 
the card was issued in the States. Tsutaya relented easily. I had to 
slap the employees of Kinokuniya around a little before they even 
considered calling Visa to check out the card. If you are dropping a 
lot of cash, I think travellers checks are probably the way to go.

Markus

PS: Virtually all the good stuff is Region 2. I simply don't get it. 
Why are these companies shooting themselves in the feet? Virtually all 
of these titles have no hope of being picked up by foreign 
distributors, while it is becoming increasingly easy to purchase disks 
through the internet. Does anyone know what's going on?