FFVII ~ X "Chips" albums coming next week

arg!!!!!!! lol

back to Jerold I go - unless they show up on the e-store.  why???? my collector mania can't take this when I can't get access to these things.  =p

Afaik the Squix e-store only ships in Japan.

James O wrote:

http://store.jp.square-enix.com/series/164/all

excellent!!!! all the Chips albums will be available on the e-store Sept 19!  But they are e-store exclusives only so it's off to expensive CD Japan special request order I go.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to ask Jerold to order them all from e-Store and ship to you than to pay the "special order fee" for *each CD* from CDJ?

It might but he tacks on his fees too so it would probably work out to be the same.  I've already bugged him quite a bit over the past couple months too so I don't want to wear out my goodwill...

Last edited by James O (Aug 24, 2012)

FWIW Jerold does do this kind of work for relatively cheap. I remember in 2004 getting a whole bunch of Lunar albums off Y!J (was actually getting them for a friend), and comparing what Jerold charged me to what SMJ charges, I'd say Jerold saved me a solid $50, if not more.

So I can understand not wanting to bother him too much. He's a good dude, but he is just one man.

Aha, I see. Yeah I haven't reached out to Jerold for any orders in at least 5 years. Does he have a website?

Hello Everyone!  I would love to listen to all these "Chip" albums, but the price at CDJapan for these (based on FF XI Chips) is around $52 (not including shipping) whereas on the SQIX eStore they sell for $26 (not including shipping).  $52 is a bit high for each album.  Are there any alternatives to picking these up from CDJapan...a different store that might sell them for less?  Would Jerold be willing to deal with a newbie like myself (I do not wish to impose upon him.)?  What are the chances of these albums being released digitally?  Super thanks for any response to these questions.  Peace!

Are e-store exclusives usually pressed in limited quantities?  Should I be worried about scarcity?

Allen wrote:

Hello Everyone!  I would love to listen to all these "Chip" albums, but the price at CDJapan for these (based on FF XI Chips) is around $52 (not including shipping) whereas on the SQIX eStore they sell for $26 (not including shipping).  $52 is a bit high for each album.  Are there any alternatives to picking these up from CDJapan...a different store that might sell them for less?  Would Jerold be willing to deal with a newbie like myself (I do not wish to impose upon him.)?  What are the chances of these albums being released digitally?  Super thanks for any response to these questions.  Peace!

So I just looked at CD Japan and their prices too. Can someone explain to me why FF Chips #s 8-10 are $26, but VII and XI are twice as much?

So is CD Japan subject to raising the prices and maybe honoring those who preordered the Chips Discs at the lower price if they found out about it? If so, I might as well get those 3 now before they find out what's up. Perhaps those extra EMS charges will be added when the order is placed.

Last edited by Judgment Day (Aug 29, 2012)

Herrkotowski wrote:

Judgment Day wrote:

Allen wrote:

Hello Everyone!  I would love to listen to all these "Chip" albums, but the price at CDJapan for these (based on FF XI Chips) is around $52 (not including shipping) whereas on the SQIX eStore they sell for $26 (not including shipping).  $52 is a bit high for each album.  Are there any alternatives to picking these up from CDJapan...a different store that might sell them for less?  Would Jerold be willing to deal with a newbie like myself (I do not wish to impose upon him.)?  What are the chances of these albums being released digitally?  Super thanks for any response to these questions.  Peace!

So I just looked at CD Japan and their prices too. Can someone explain to me why FF Chips #s 8-10 are $26, but VII and XI are twice as much?

My guess is that they forgot to include the service fee for those other albums, since the album pages themselves do state they are special request items.

So here's how it probably works.  I put in a special request for VII thru X chips albums.  Everything for CD Japan's fees is tacked on to the FF VII Chips CD page entry and the rest are just listed as normal retail price.  But since I put in the special req for all 4 albums i had to order all 4 albums or they cancel it. each page however still has its own entry so when other people go searching they come across it and are confused somewhat.

Same deal with XI Chips.  It was also a special order but on its own since it came out earlier by itself since they wanted to push the FF XI 10th Anniversary, so that CDJapan FFXI Chips order page has its own fees associated with it.  Who would have known that they would have pushed out more Chips albums?  It was a complete surprise when the FF 25th Anniversary event pdf came out.

Now if someone just comes across FF VIII ~ X Chips and thinks, "ooh deal", I'm not sure if CD Japan would let you order just those individually or not.

Last edited by James O (Aug 30, 2012)

Ramza wrote:

I don't have dates available, but let me say this: I'm personally choosing not to order from CDJ or send someone to buy from the event. Because there will be a much lower-cost option available. Just wait.

Super thanks to Ramza for the answer! Will the much lower-cost option be made available to people in the United States (I am in California)?  Oh My! I am super excited and happy for good music!