1 & Only Amazon Japan Thread

[Talyn]

Originally Posted by lcummins

I don't think you have to re-register for Amazon.co.jp if you already have an Amazon account. I've had an Amazon.com account for years, and in the last year, made orders from both Amazon.ca and Amazon.co.jp by just logging in with my .com account. I was actually very surprised to see the account database seemed to be shared...

It doesn't work like that now... I tried to log in with my current user and password and it said it had no record of me... thanks for the thought though... my canadian counterpart is connected, but not the one I have with UK....

[lcummins]

Originally Posted by Talyn

It doesn't work like that now... I tried to log in with my current user and password and it said it had no record of me... thanks for the thought though... my canadian counterpart is connected, but not the one I have with UK....

That's strange... the .ca order was some time ago, but the one and only thing I've ordered from .co.jp was the Haruhi movie Steelbook LE, and I only made that order a couple of months ago, and all I did was login. Maybe it only works with .com accounts?

[sickVisionz]

Just received another DHL package. The envelope had a small tear but the contents were in mint condition.

Originally Posted by Talyn

(1) lastly...I was going to register tonight but I'm getting confused...maybe it's the NyQuil kicking in or my lack of knowledge of the Japanese written language.... but might their be a reference guide or someone who can slightly navigate the registration process?

(2) I'm already registered on Amazon.com, .co.uk, and ca..... I could make another account on one of them though...but it's the pronunciation of my name that stumped me initially... I was like... "uh....wut?"

(1) Like someone else said, using the "In English" link helps out a lot and the basic setup for registration is the same as other Amazon sites.

Knowing Katakana, Hiragana or at least being able to pick out the Japanese title of something can be a huge help when searching via romaji doesn't yield results that you know should show up. An example would be that if I type in "mitsudomoe" it only pulls up a soundtrack, character CDs and one BD, but because I know what the Japanese name looks like, I can copy and paste it from those entries (or from somewhere else on the net) and then the search pulls up all of the anime releases. Little things like that are usually enough for me to navigate and shop the site with ease.

Using Google Translate (i've got it as a plugin for Firefox) is helpful as well for getting a core understanding of what something is saying (like whether or not this is a Limited Edition or figuring out what a list of included items is and small things like that) but it's really really terrible at grammar and word order so it kinda falls apart if you're looking for it to translate a product description in any way that makes sense. I prefer the plugin version vs Chrome's auto-translate because sometimes Chrome tells me that it translated a page when it didn't do jack crap and I don't know how to make it realize that it didn't do anything but the plugin always catches everything.

(2) You can type everything using standard English letters.

[Talyn]

I did have everything translated in english...I was just confused by name pronunciation... like do I just type my name or do I need to type out how to pronunciate? do I need flash cards? send smoke signals?

[something]

Originally Posted by Talyn

I did have everything translated in english...I was just confused by name pronunciation... like do I just type my name or do I need to type out how to pronunciate? do I need flash cards? send smoke signals?

Is it a required field? If so, just retype your name and I think that'd be fine. The reason they ask is because Japanese names written in kanji can potentially be pronounced many different ways.

山田中村 can be やまだなかむら (Yamada Nakamura) or can just as easily be, say, おおしたどい (Ooshita Doi), to grab two possible options that are pronounced completely differently. So in Japanese you need to spell out your name. If you look at anyone's Japanese Wikipedia entry, there's always a kana spelling next to the kanji so people know how to read it.

[Talyn]

Originally Posted by something

Is it a required field? If so, just retype your name and I think that'd be fine. The reason they ask is because Japanese names written in kanji can potentially be pronounced many different ways.

山田中村 can be やまだなかむら (Yamada Nakamura) or can just as easily be, say, おおしたどい (Ooshita Doi), to grab two possible options that are pronounced completely differently. So in Japanese you need to spell out your name. If you look at anyone's Japanese Wikipedia entry, there's always a kana spelling next to the kanji so people know how to read it.

It wasn't letting me get beyond that point, so yeah it was a required poin... Thank you!

[Damius]

Originally Posted by something

They send out so many partial shipments you'd think all their items were toxic. They're so eager to get stuff out of their warehouse that they frequently ship things to me in two separate packages if they come out one day apart from each other.

So yeah, it's highly unlikely anything you order would be held up by anything later in the order.

Ok, this is a really important information. I would have done things differently if I knew that. Thanks for the info.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by Talyn

It wasn't letting me get beyond that point, so yeah it was a required poin... Thank you!

I don't even rememeber that...and I register couple days ago.

[Talyn]

Originally Posted by Damius

Ok, this is a really important information. I would have done things differently if I knew that. Thanks for the info.

Yeah, with that in mind I'm a little more prepared for ordering now...

[WTK]

I received a DHL package today and had no issues. It was inside a rigid mailer. I wasn't expecting it to get this fast (it only took 2 days). It went from the Tokyo area to Cincinnati to Minneapolis.