Who Will Be the Next Lik-Sang? 42
kukyfrope writes "Now that Sony has killed off Hong Kong retailer and Internet-import capital Lik-Sang, gamers must now find alternative outlets to import games and other goodies from Japan. Modojo has put up a nicely detailed list of some other online vendors that offer the sale of retail Japanese games to other international customers, featuring a few stores that can surely satisfy your import craving. 'The (now two) main Far East based export companies are Play-Asia and YesAsia. Both offer similar services (with the exception of Play-Asia's lack of European shipping for Sony products). So why would you prefer one over the other?'"
YesAsia is legit (Score:2)
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Where else am I going to buy a SmartJoy Frag, or a PS2 to Xbox controller adapter, or a Sega Saturn controller extender, etc. (my actual last 3 purchases from Lik-Sang) without having to battl
News Byte I missed? (Score:2)
What happened with Lik-Sang and Sony? What'd they do?
Point: It'd be nice to include a blurb why a BigCompany kills small fry (if that really is the case...)
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Do we know for certain that Sony did this? (Score:1)
Couldn't it be possible that Lik Sang is just taking advantage of negative Sony feedback over the past year to send another f-u to Sony? I find it hard to believe they'd be put out of business over this single issue, and the whole time not point
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Obviously, you weren't paying attention. Sony sued Lik-Sang in nearly every european country. Defending against one suit is expensive. Defending against dozens? Far too much for a small compa
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1) pay the court fees to fight
2) pay the money because you didn't fight, or lost
3) close your doors
if you don't have the money to pay, as is the case for lik sang, then you only have one choice.
How did EU courts get jurisdiction? (Score:1)
Lik Sang does not have any operations in any of those companies. Why did they have to go and defend themselves there? When you file a lawsuit, you have to show the court that it has jurisdiction over the matter.
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Question... (Score:2, Informative)
For import gaming I always used National Console Support [ncsx.com], I mainly used Lik-Sang for wierd stuff. So what I'm looking for is not a replacement import gaming place, but a replacement wierd stuff place. I suppose The Goat Store [goatstore.com] could help me replace some of this. (Note: An acronym for Games of all Types, some ./'s probably have an unreasonable fear of goats at this p
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Actually, I was thinking of buying a Domo-kun from them (see URL link [biboz.net]). But now we are outside the realm of games unless you mean PC games. In which case we may as well mention X-Arcade [x-arcade.com].
This is all academic anyway, as I'm in debt up to my eyeballs for the next 5 years at least....
Play-Asia (Score:1)
Missing from the list (Score:2, Informative)
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Can it be me? (Score:2)
Thanks.
I'm sure lik-sang will be back. . . (Score:3, Insightful)
But what's the stop the owners to open it up under a different name all together?
MrJynxx
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Or lick-wang.
Or something similar.
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Who's surly? (Score:1)
I've ordered from all of then... (Score:2)
YesAsia is often a little cheaper, but their selection isn't as good and they are really really terrible about updating their site about stock levels. They're also really bad about doing timely refunds. I've ordered games from them, only to be told a week and a half later that they're out of stock, and then had to wait another week and a half for the refund to be processed. This only applies to somewhat older game