No more Ero
Wed 2009/11/04 17:20 JST
I have never ordered any eroge before but for those that do... is the loss of Hobby Search fatal?
According to the site, they are no longer selling eroge + hentai goods and even if i never ordered, who knows in the future *wink*wink*
new payment method=no ero?..... huh?
now how will you satiate your ecchi cravings?
there are other shops, but HS had great prices
-your thoughts-
I think the reason why PayPal = no ero is because anyone - of any age - can have a PayPal account, whereas in most cases one would have to be of legal ecchi-enjoying age to have a credit card. It seems to me that this is Hobby Search playing it safe to avoid getting in any trouble over selling adult materials to youngsters.
http://www.1999.co.jp/
Well the ero thingie still can be acquired from their jp side. But I think can't use paypal maybe.
Internet = all you need.
And it is free XD
Ero figure can't be downloaded :P HS removed the ero figures from their site also
*their english site
Honestly, I'd much rather pay for eroge than just torrent it or some crap, even if they are kind of pricey. :| It's a lot nicer to have the actual physical thing, and of course there are often nice bonus items...
I don't know much, if any, online stores that sell eroge actually.
Having hard copies are just satisfying when you see them. ^ ^
I don't know... Ero stuff, to me, should always be downloaded as this really lessens the risk of family members asking funny questions when looking at your credit card statement or when opening your packages.
On the other hand, PayPal FTW!!! Much more convenient and flexible.
I dunno, when I pick up a ship load of eroge figures I display them out in the open in my room. No one ever bothers me, family or friend-wise. On a tangent, what game is that pic from?
Possibly http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/22259/Yosuganosora.html
And there's a rabbit in it <3 thanks
i think its due to the political action taken by the western countries and Equality now on what they deem sexist and offensive. HobbyShop is just protecting their image and patriotism by slowly eluding these products from their english side to prevent a larger escalation...so in simple terms, they are protecting us and themselves! =D
doesnt AmiAmi carry ero? tones of places actually do, its just you better make a decision if you do or dont wanna be stopped at customs for importing pronography...
It has nothing to do with that, it is litterally about paypals TOS.
Email I received from hobby search about this:
Thank you for contacting us.
Regarding your comment about Hobby Search stopping the sales of adult products,
we are very sorry about the inconveniences this may cause,
but as we had been banned by Paypal for selling adult goods once before,
we are not able to use Paypal unless we remove all the adult products we have
on our site. To be specific, the items that are going to be removed are those
marked R18 on the product's page.
We are hoping this sacrifice will be for the greater good,
so we hope very much for your understanding.
Again, we sincerely apologize for your inconvenience,
and we deeply thank you for using Hobby Search.
Oh and here is a reply after I gave them my idea for an alternate option:
Thank you for your input and idea.
A similar idea is currently being discussed between management and
the system engineers, so hopefully they will be able to come up with a
realistic solution.
However, we currently are unable to allow overseas customers to order
on our Japanese site, as the delivery and payment methods are completely
different to that of overseas customers.
We honestly regret to disappoint you, and hope for your understanding.
Thank you for your input, and for using Hobby Search.
Anyone willing to put other sites they order from and I mean just ero goods.
These places don't seem to rape you on price (shipping is another story but thats always expensive overseas)
I order magazines and some doujinshi from here www.mangaoh.co.jp (site is in Japanese but they do ship to USA)
I order doujinshi from mandarake.co.jp (most of my paycheck goes to them)
I order figures from www.e2046.com (some of the items are recasts)
and manga I order from www.yesasia.com
I read the comments and they are right.
Although for me, there are other reasons.
Damn Feminists my friends. Damn Feminists.
Because rapelay came out, they attacked the eroge industry relentlessly
while here they are seeing gran teft auto *a game that promotes criminal methods*
and real pron industry roam free like deers in a parking lot and they don't do anything about except the industry we all know and love which resulted into this that protects themselves, their culture and us *although there are other fellows who sees this as an unwanted protection just because of underage kids and psychopaths that give us a bad name.*
I dunno about what you guys have in your heads but that's how I see it but let us not forget I agree on the comments list above.
Oh sad, I was totally gonna get a couple ecchi figures this holiday season ;_;
Have to go elsewhere now!