/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Nah that's happened to me a couple of times. You should leave them positive feedback, if it's an option.

>>16613914
Interesting. Yeah, I'll do that. I wish domestic shippers would send me origami and thank you notes too.

>>16613908
From who? All I get is a greeting card from amiami.

>>16613959
Some random shipper on ebay I bought miracle girls festival from

>>16613964
Ebay sellers do small things like that, or putting candy in the package to get positive feedback. Leave some good words for them.

>>16613964
It's pretty common for Asian sellers to do things like that. I ordered something small and cheap from a Korean and they sent me a handwritten note, an individually packaged green tea bag, and a little thing of candy.

>>16613975
>>16613974
Fuck I gotta order Asian things more, I want candy next time.

I've gotten candy and notes from Japanese sellers and notes and lucky bags from Chinese sellers.

This seems to happen very often. I ordered a mousepad and the dude gave a handwritten note and a few packs of tea.

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>>16613978
Probably poisoned

>>16614032
Well, I drank the tea and ate the candy and I didn't die or fall ill, so I think it was okay.

>>16614041
It'll kill you in 40 years.

>>16614041
Oh shit >>16614113 's probably right. RIP in peace anon.

>>16614041
If you're posting here you probably did fall ill.

>>16613908
It happened to me once, but inside the package instead of candy or origami it was a 0.01mm condom!

>>16614146
It's more efficient to say 10 µm.

>>16613908
>>16613975
i've gotten both of these
it's great

A few times in additiom to the candies and notes i even got photos of the sellers

I remember one guy was in a yukata kneel sitting in a very trad decorated room

One time, I dont remember what i bought but i was rather surprised. Never get fun bonuses too often, just a business card at best.

>>16614233
That's just weird

I have bought some stuff from Japanese sellers on eBay and they sent me an flower-shaped origami with a thank you written on the center. I think some sellers are just this kind.
Japanese book stores on Amazon also send me a calendar of the current month with a picture of the store's mascot on the other side inside the package, although it's just a print.

Almost any time I buy something from a Japanese seller on ebay they attach a little note saying thank you at the very least. It's very nice and I always leave good feedback for them. You should too!

fuck this is so cute I gotta order things from Japan I don't even need now

>>16617056
it was kind of like this pic

i remember reading a manga where the characters ordered fruits from the countryside, and the package came with photos of an old farmer next to a field "i worked hard to grow these tasty fruits, please enjoy them"

i guess some adopt the same practice for ebay

others i got were more normal, a geek with red glasses, a man with slightly anime hair, a middle-aged woman

i threw them away because it felt awkward then, maybe i should have kept them

>>16617261
forgot to attach photo

I got a Miku Figma I ordered from Japan in today and it came with whatever this thing is. 8 think there's some kind of powder inside maybe. Should I eat Y/N

>>16613908
they do this to try and get you to revisit their store.
not that it's a bad thing at all

>>16617414
It's green tea

>>16613908
All the time.
>Order a free sample of cards (random anime cards)
>Inside the package are the cards in a cute cardboard box, a star lollipop and a blank business card just saying 'Thank You!' with a doodle on it in pen
>All that even though it was just a free sample

Never ate the lollipop since I wanted to keep the memory of it.
I love it when they do this. Makes opening the package a lot more interesting.

>>16617628
>>All that even though it was just a free sample

Damn, I'd feel guilty if I were you. That's really fucking かわいい

>>16613908
I bought my vita years ago and all I ever do with it nowadays is browsing sadpanda. Our PSN store here is a fucking ghost town

>>16617902
>guilty
Why? If anything it pulled at my heartstrings since the note and doodle were cuter than what I've received before, but I've ordered from other sites before (free samples and bought items) as well as from people and they've mostly always had something extra it.
Most free samples I've ordered have mostly just had a printed thank you note, a picture of their mascot or a wallet sized picture of an anime girl leaning forward grinning doing a peace sign. I give more value to something done by hand, though.

>>16617946
You know that Vita piracy is a thing now, right?

I got some matcha tea and citrus flavored candies in the shipment with this game several years ago. That ebay seller also added me to his spambot and send me pics of his wife and kids every other week since then.

>>16618634
Now that's just plain weird.

>>16614041
It was laced with vaccines.

I bought two dakimakura covers from some chinese artist from taobao via a proxy service, and they sent me an extra two smaller pillow covers with the pillows to match. I appreciated the free stuff but it ended up costing me a lot more in shipping! I wish I could have sent them positive feedback but since I bought from a proxy I know how I could have.

I ordered one of ZUNs games and received it wrapped in a cute, pink yuyuko gift wrap.

>>16617967
Nah, you didn't do anything wrong, it's more like anything that pulls at my heartstings in real life makes me feel guilty for whatever reason. Once I got the letter and origami I just felt really weird and wrong.

>>16618659
So he probably contracted autism then

>>16619286
We all appreciate very much you explaining the joke Anon.

I bought a figure a few years back and received a pencil case with it as a free gift. Don't have much use for it, but getting an unexpected extra with my order was a welcomed surprise.

>>16619882
>tfw I actually didn't get it until >>16619286 explained it
shit I guess I'm autistic now

>>16613908
I bought a capture card from japan (nothing special, just an ebay seller), and got a cutely wrapped tea bag with a writing (by hand) thanking me for the purchase.

I f-felt pretty warm inside.

>>16617626
rofl
wonder if anon eat it

From what I remember Japanese companies are really flattered when when foreigners buy their shit online because they know you probably paid a shit ton for shipping and the like.

It's common politeness I guess. It's like if you were a small company in America and some dude in Egypt bought some shit from you online, it's just kind of cool to know that people overseas know you exist.

>>16620540
Nah but here's the kicker: the shipping was free

>>16620622
Eh, still. I guess they just thought it was interesting that someone from such a different country so far away was buying stuff off of them, especially for a pretty niche product. They were probably just being friendly.

>>16620645
Do you think they give domestic orders letters and shit too?

>>16620651
yeah they do. its a pretty small gesture that goes a long way. the fact that these threads are made and we like it so much is proof that it works. they will expend a bit more with each sale but online retailers really value their ratings and obviously want to have returning buyers

doesnt mean its not super cute though, it definitely still is

>>16620680
Well, I'm really happy because this is the first time this has happened to me. I probably wouldn't give a shit if it happened every time I ordered something.

Still though, they wrote (with their hands) "Thank you [my name]," and then wrote "ありがとう！" under that. You're right, it is still super cute.

>>16620706
>can't get the image of a cute anime girl writing that to you out of my head
why the fuck am I such an autist

>>16620730
It's not just you. She ever wrote her name was Midori and her engrish was perfectly broken to the point of being really adorable. Not too broken, but not too unnoticeable. It said "ｈｅｒｅ　ｉｓ　ｐｒｅｓｅｎｔ　ｆｏｒ　ｙｏｕ"

>>16620763
>tfw cute japanese girl will never have present for you

>>16620770
Hey, just keep ordering video games from japanese ebay sellers and maybe it'll happen to you too. No but really I feel like such an ass for being so happy about a stupid note. I feel so confused when people do nice things.

I got a pack of Martian Successor nadesico trading cards with an order and piece of paper with "thank you" on it.

Is this a Ayano thread?

>>16619275
Yeah, I know what you mean. I feel bad anytime I think someone is doing something nice to me. Not that it happens in real life very often, but it just makes me feel awkward and slightly guilty, as if I don't deserve it.

>>16618634
Did he send nudes?

>>16620763
I bet she actually speaks perfect English, and just wrote like that for your letter.

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>>16617628
>>16620394
who the FUCK are you dudes quoting?

>>16620409
It bothers me that Byakuren's hand clips through Eiki's shoulder pad. Perhaps her hand is just misshaped.
Either way, it looks unnatural.

>>16621210
Nah, mostly stuff like that.

>Hello ***-san!
>I'm Yusuke Takemura from Japan.
>How are you?
>I'm fine.
>Do you become the lack of sleep by FIFA >World Cup?
>Please take care of your health.
>I opened my blog today.

or

>Hello ***-san!
>I'm Yusuke from Japan.
>How are you?
>A “Natto” is the Japanese fermented food which let a soybean ferment by Bacillus natto.
>Traditional natto is made by wrapping the steamed soybeans in a straw of the rice, it keeps warm to around 40 degrees for one day, and then, Bacillus natto attaching to rice straw shifts to a soybean and is multiplied.
>Do you try to eat the natto?

or his last one

>Hello ***-san!
>I'm Yusuke from Japan.
>How are you?
>Have you ever taken a bath with unknown people?
>In Japan, many public bathing places called "Ofuroya" are around the country.
>Therefore, Japanese people can reach there easily to enjoy the atmosphere.

These are in my abandoned email and I have around 100 mails from him since 2013. Actually, I just checked and he stopped writing this December. I hope he's fine.

>>16613908
There's actually a less emotional reasoning for it, but i'll just keep it to myself. Don't want to let you guys down.

>>16622292
That reason has already been discussed. My opinion is that the motivation behind a gesture is irrelevant as long as it makes someone happy.

>>16622292
to mark the package as gift? (no wait mine were all declared as merchandise)
to convert us into repeat customers, by adding a contrived human factor?
to have a practical use for old candy stock, instead of just throwing them away?
that all the notes are mass produced?
that the photos are not of the sellers themselves?

these are all i can think of, anything else?

One guy sent me a little hand-written note and bumped my shipping up to air-mail for free, I got a little throwaway DBZ card from Battle Carddass with something or other, and I bought a Japanese game from someone in my own country who shipped it in the cutest little plastic bag with frogs on.

It's generally just trivialities, but I love sellers who do this shit.

>>16622181
I can't tell if that's endearing or weird. Maybe both.

>>16621261
I actually thought of that. I'm thinking it's actually a white guy who knows exactly what I want to hear who just came up with a random Japanese female name.

>>16621068
Big lack of Kyouko if so.

>>16621068
Ayano is literally me. She's definitely my self-insert with regards to Yuru Yuri.