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As far as Rightstuf, Stacey does pretty much 90% of her orders from them now. It only pays if you are pre-ordering a substantial amount of stuff, or catch a studio sale. Pre-orders are pretty much $20 or so - a good deal for Pioneer stuff, and a good deal on Bandai until recent distribution changes created price drops. Shipping is free over $100 (and that's before coupons). Plus rightstuf tosses out a coupon (like $5 of $55, or I think the latest was $10 off $111 or something like that).
So rightstuf is good deals, but only if you buy and pre-order a substantial amount of anime (not my pattern, I always rent some first, and rarely buy one).
But one advantage with Rightstuf - they ship stuff in big ol boxes full of shredded paper, padded envelopes, etc. Very rarely do you get something damaged. Whereas the DDD/Digitaleyes shipping - efficient, free, but padding free.
Example: I got a box in the mail that must have been kicked by the postal service, or a truck door closed on it, or something. I didn't need to open the box to see what was inside it, let's put it that way.
One of the DVD cases inside was absolutely destroyed - the plastic was shattered, twisted, etc - luckily the paper cover inside was 80% OK. Too much of a pain to send back, so I swapped out the DVD case and it was OK. Rightstuf boxes, on the other hand, have so much space and padding that they are much more indestructable.
Matheson- "There are probably some who'll say that by doing this, we are interfering with their culture."
Gideon - "Probably. Screw them."
-Crusade, Visitors from Down the Street
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