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I started a new thread for a discussion of the specifics of my plan. Sorry uglymouth, there goes all your money :V http://www.monochrome-heaven.com/index.php/topic/39871-discussion-for-my-crazy-plan-for-a-shopping-service-with-free-stateside-shipping/

Ok guys, here's my grand plan. I welcome any questions and feedback as I'm probably explaining this terribly. The purpose of this thread it to start discussion and get feedback. Introducing a new type of shopping service! One without prohibitive shipping charges! This is primarily geared toward people in the USA, but there is a way to make it work for those outside the US. It operates in the same way as a regular shopping service in that you email us your desired item, we'll send you back a price quote, you'll send us the money over PayPal, and we'll buy the item. (We plan on making a webpage with a fee calculator to minimize back-and-forth messaging.) At the cost of slightly-higher per-item fees, customers in the US will pay shipping from New Mexico rather than Japan. We only charge an extra 15% for items under 1000 yen, and 12% for items over 1000 yen. (on top of what FromJapan charges) The customer ends up saving a lot of money because the additional per-item fees pale in comparison to international shipping costs. Q: How are you able to do this? How do you make money from this? This seems too good to be true. A: The short answer is, we don't expect to make money from this. We have been brainstorming ways to make owning VK easier for the average fan for over two years now. While RarezHut's webshop and streams do help this, it doesn't help the fan who wants newer releases. Leveraging our existing relationship with FromJapan, we are able to charge the smallest-possible per-item price increase over multiple orders in order to pay for international shipping. Is this a lot of work for what MAY be a few cents profit? Yes, but we believe it will benefit the health of the community. Could this spectacularly backfire and end up COSTING you money? If we only get one of two orders then yes it very well will, but I believe it is still worth pursuing. Great reward (a service to MH and the fandom as a whole in thise case) has never come without that initial leap into the unknown. Q: How much longer would this whole process take compared to if I were to just order things by myself? A: One of the ways we get a lower per-item shipping cost is that we end up shipping giant crates with hundreds of items. Our giant crate shipments are typically once/month, so we will announce a date when our next shipment will go out, and people have up until a week before that date to place their order. We use FedEx priority to get the package stateside, which only takes about 3 days. LET'S NOT FORGET OUR NON-US CUSTOMERS Paying a higher-per item fee PLUS shipping from the US doesn't make sense. What some of RarezHut's EU costumers have chosen to do is have us order their items like normal, then include them in the shipment that they buy off our streaming auctions or our store. The offer to combine shopping service orders with stream and store orders extends to our US costomers as well of course.

Could you guys take this survey I wrote? It's only four question, and it would help a lot. (even if you answer No to the first question, go ahead and finish it) https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QTVMWYY

STREAM IS UP AND WORKING www.rarezhut.net/stream

We gave these away yesterday, the winners won by simply being in the chat. Come join us today for your chance to win! D'espairsRay - Squall V.A. - Matina Prelude:2~en effort of resalt~

And we are live! First item was a Plastic Tree Singles Collection CD that sold for a whopping $4 www.rarezhut.net/stream Come join in!

This is so good. FromJapan has a well-deserved Love/Hate relationship with me.

New YouTube video is up!

I just found this when going through stuff for tomorrow's RarezHut streaming auction. Come get it for a few bucks!

We all see fashions and styles that we would love to have ourselves, but style can come with considerable work sometimes. The goal of this thread is to promote exercise, getting in shape, constructive feedback, and provided the motivation needed to achieve the healthy look you’ve been wanting. Did I mention you can win free VK stuff? Because you totally can. Prizes donated by RarezHut. Visit them by clicking on the banner below. Also check out their thread in The Monochrome Heaven Market We are the largest internationally-based store for used Japanese Rock and visual kei music. We have been working hard to deliver a store to meet the needs of the international visual kei and Jrock community, offering a wide selection of products at a very low prices. Make a post with your fitness goal and where you are now. Pictures of what you are shooting for can help others visualize what you want. (Pictures of yourself are completely optional) Post updates! What have you been doing for your workouts? Have you noticed any positive changes since you’ve started? Everyone who posts at least one update each week will get one entry into a drawing at the end of the month. More details on the drawing and prize below. Want a second entry each week into the monthly prize drawing? Those who provide regular constructive feedback for others will receive another entry into the monthly contest. Feedback should be polite, but it should also be critical. Feedback that only consists of “Great job!” doesn’t really contribute much, suggestions for improvement and areas to work on are examples of great feedback. Lastly, we are using a bit of an honor system here. If you didn’t do a workout, don’t post and say that you did. We’re all trying to improve and support each other, let’s keep things positive. Now for the part we’ve been waiting for. A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of each month using a random number generator. Once chosen, I’ll look at the last.fm or any wanted list they have to determine which prize they get. *congratulations to allisapp for winning for March* April's Giveaway entries Week 1 1st - 7th Week 2 8th - 14th Week 3 15th - 21st Week 4 22nd - 231sth --------- I've tried several different workout trackers and logs in the past, but my favorite by far is Fitocracy. It has hundreds of exercises in its database, so adding them is a breeze. The biggest feature (and my favorite) is that is makes working out into a game. You log your workouts, get points, level up, complete quests such as running or biking a certain distance, and it's all free. There's the social aspect too. You can join groups, friend other Fitocrats, and even challenge others to duels. There's an optional paid membership called "Hero mode" and individual coaching, but the free features are still more than amazing https://www.fitocracy.com/ Our very own MH group on Fitocracy https://www.fitocracy.com/group/19063/?about

He is in gay baby jail and will make his triumphant return at the end of February.

Introducing RarezHut Crowd Rewards We have the greatest customers in the world, and we want to continue to give back. For every $200 we sell during the livestreams, we will raffle off a free CD. Prepare yourselves for a tidal wave of free VK, all you have to do is show up <3 I was thinking about doing an MVP system that rewards whomever spent the most that weekend, but I figured a system that rewards a collaborative effort fits more into the spirit of things. Next up, Monochrome Heaven-wide giveaways! (as soon as I finish brainstorming on exactly how)

I wish. It's actually a "fake" vinyl. There's a cardboard record in there with little hub in the middle holding the CD in place. It's still really cool though! We generally try and keep the exact contents of the stream somewhat of a surprise, but I can at least tell you that it's a full album