Would like to order this, Please help

[zeomare]

hi guys i know it has been alittle bit since i have posted but i sill view the site everyday. i want to order but i need the email and the order form, i remember there was a special way to send them the info to Falcom from the usa since they speak very little english if i recall , does anyone remember what the email you were supposed to send looks like.


thanks
chris

[cyberwuff]

I ordered directly from Falcom... send an email to [e-mail] [e-mail]:

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Subject: "International Order"
Message:
Hello,

I would like to order the following:

884 - Ys Origin

Release date: 2006/12/21
Platform: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
Format: DVD-ROM

My address is:

{name + address}

Could you please tell me how much shipping would be?
When I confirm the order I'll send my credit card details.

{thanks and sig.}

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In a day or so I got a reply and after checking the shipping (in my case, to Canada, 2400 yen), I replied with my credit card details and such. Soon after I got an email "From Falcom" saying they accepted my order.

I prefer not to do transactions like this by email, but... in this case, it seemed the easiest way to go. (I did the same thing when Ys:TOiF came out).

Plus you get to read fun text like, "If you are ok, we think we would like to accept your order". (but, at least they can read/write better English than I can Japanese...)

EDIT: As wyrdwad noted below, you can opt to send the credit card details (see the info. they ask for in my next post) at the same time - I just prefer to determine total costs beforehand.

Hope that helps.
'Wuff

[cyberwuff]

NB: The email back from Falcom displays the price (7000 yen + shipping), then asks you to give:
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your name:
shipping address:
telephone number:
credit card name:[JCB.UC.VISA.Master.AMEX.NICOS.DC]
credit cardholder name:
credit card number (sixteens digits):
credit card term of validity(year/month):
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'Wuff.

[cyberwuff]

Ah - okay, well, now I know. Thanks... I've tweaked my message above to reflect the better information.

[zeomare]

thanks so very much



chris

[Gillian Seed]

Another hint : Once you have done at least one order from them and if your credit card info and address didn't change since your last order, you don't have to give all these details everytime just add a line like this : "My credit card info and address can be found in order n° 1X39Y06-156874A3" and it'll work

[Gamemusicfreak]

That's great, I did not know that, I'll have to try it next time.

[id1948]

Damn!

Sending credit card details in an email over the internet?!?!

You're all game! (no pun intended)

I would at least use a, for example, VISA DEBIT card not a CREDIT card.
That way you only need the exact money to be in the account before hand.

I may sound more paranoid than most of you but I think I'll be ordering from
a site that has encription etc.

[Tigershard]

id1948 said:

Damn!

Sending credit card details in an email over the internet?!?!

You're all game! (no pun intended)

I would at least use a, for example, VISA DEBIT card not a CREDIT card.
That way you only need the exact money to be in the account before hand.

I may sound more paranoid than most of you but I think I'll be ordering from
a site that has encription etc.

Right, send them the Visa Debit number so they can steal all the money you have, instead of the money you don't have...

All of us who order from Falcom understand the risk, and email is encrypted. Remember, you can also have your credit card information stolen when shopping through an online store.

[id1948]

Yeah - and what of those who intercept email.

I trust Falcom, but I don't trust anyone who would intercept emails, who would do it exactly for this purpose and therefor be good at decripting any email encriptions.

If you read my post carefully you'd see that by using a DEBIT card you can have exactly the amount required for the item, and if you're info is intercepted, that's all the sharks would ever get their teeth on.

A CREDIT card leaves all your available credit (not just at the time of ordering but also from that point onwards), until you close the account!

I would trust a site that has an online order form with 128bit encription for your browser than sending an email.

Oh, and there wouldn't be a single reputable bank on the planet that wouldn't strongly advise against what is being suggested here.

[FM-77AV]

My bank has a really nice feature which no other bank appears to be using.

I can easily generate a "fake" (Master Card) credit card number using a program on my PC which is linked to my bank account.

Before this number gets generated, I get to choose the max amount of money on it, as well as the validity time (one month minimum). This is really useful for ordering things online, as it makes fraud impossible (unless they take my money and run). They can't take too much, and nobody else can either.

I can also choose to close this CC# anytime I want. I just have to click a single button in that program and it's closed forever - nobody can ever use it again.

Really useful service. Just saying. I wonder if other banks will start adapting it soon.

Oh right, this thread was locked.