Play Asia Shipping- woah!

[kyouki]

Hey guys,

I used to order 90% of my imports from Play Asia as they have great prices and reasonable shipping. NCSX is a lot quicker (for me), but their prices and shipping are a little high.

Anyway, I've been using Yesasia a lot lately, as they tend to be even cheaper than Play Asia and offer free shipping.

However!!!

I was looking for King of Fighters 94 Rebout and it seems only Play Asia has it. Nice cheap price... but... when I checked out, the slow airmail shipping was $8.50!

Has Play Asia gone up so much on their shipping? Were they possibly not making enough money before? Or is this part of the summer sale?

[Discoalucard]

KoF Rebout comes in a special box slightly bigger than the average PS2 DVD case, since it includes a small (~50 pages IIRC) booklet. Apparently this doubles the weight. It's also too big for the small envelope, which is why they require the box, which is at least a dollar more. I checked out some of the standard single DVD case games and they're still like $4 for regular air mail envelope shipping.

[grad]

Dang. I hate kissin' mod ass, but that was an extraordinarily helpful reply.

[kyouki]

Well, that explains that. Thanks!

It's out of stock now anyway, though... I was too late!