hyp said:
awesome, thanks for the heads up Priz. quick question.... so basically do they rely on special orders for their games or do they usually have some in stock?
Well, they usually get in copies of most games... like the DS stuff, they got in 2-8 copies of most titles but sold out of this or that. The more stuff sells, the more room they have for other games... their PSP stuff might be cleaned out or maybe it's sitting there (as the systems are the hardest part to get) and they restock, so...
I'd say 30-40% of their business is special orders. That's mainly due to them getting some cool Japanese games that sell out quickly and they probably wouldn't sell too well if they restocked them, so... I think for stuff like Driller and Lumines and such, though... if they're out they'll probably get more in, but if they don't have it, make sure to tell an employee so they'll know there's an interest and order more. I made sure they ordered more Katamari Damashii so I could get it when it came out.
EDIT: My special order track record with them -
Katamari Damashii (to make sure after they sold out to get one)
Ore no Ryouri (the PS1 cooking game)
Combat Digi-Q accessories
Simple 2000 vol. 61 (the bikini-clad samurai cowgirl who kills zombies game)
DS Card Pod (that lighter shaped thing that holds 2 games) - they couldn't get this. I had 3 other people from Japan who were here for the holidays look for these for me and couldn't find them anywhere either.
Mr Driller DS - They were getting it in anyway, I just made sure to ask for one so I could get the bag it came with.
Good stuff and good prices.
Himeya is located somewhere in the east bay, near the 680-580 interchange. They used to be in Hayward. I like them too (not as much as Users Side) as even though their prices might be expensive for the cheaper stuff, their shipping and such rocks. Their parent company is Cs Ware, makers of Hentai games in Japan. They started out doing just english versions of their Hentai games and such and selling import Japanese H games for Windows.
Somehow they got into console stuff and now that's what they specialize in. I ordered a Japanese DVD remote for the xbox from them, for example. (none of the other import chains could get it at the time, and users side wasn't importing game stuff themselves yet.)
3800yen. $37. Shipping from their website office in Hayward to Santa Clara - $3 + $2 tax (something like that.)
When Himeya doesn't have something in stock, someone at the Japan office of the game company goes to a game store next to their office in Tokyo and buys the game and they ship it airmail from there direct to you.
The airmail shipping alone is $5-6 (for them)... so you can ask them too to special order something and if they can find it near their office, they'll get it for you.
