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RightStufAnime.com is the #1 dedicated manga and anime online retailer in the US. In my opinion, they are the best in terms of balancing price, quality of packaging, and speed of processing orders. I rarely buy from amazon anymore, because Rightstuf beats them hands down in terms of sales, and their careful packaging is so much better than amazon these days.
That being said I would note a few things about Rightstuf:
- Prices: Rightstufanime.com has everyday sale prices of 25% off. You can also get a 10% off coupon just for signing up for their mailing list. Then they have recurring publisher sales (ex. all Viz published items on sale) of 33% off on a cycle around the year with a different publisher every week.
- Their biggest sales every year are in the summer, the Birthday Sale and their Winter/Holiday Sale starting around Black Friday every year. During their biggest sales, the prices can get as good as 47% off on bundle deals!
- Free Shipping: Rightstuf has free shipping in the US on orders over $75. It's great for when you want to buy a whole series or such at the same time. It's not so great for buying individual books one at a time. Also, they offer free shipping to Canada at over $250, but I've heard that unless you can get together and put together a group order with friends or something then other Canadian based retailers like Indigo.ca or sites like BookDepository (they have free international shipping) are cheaper.
- They also offer international shipping at around the actual cost. I wouldn't recommend buying internationally from them unless you are buying Rightstuf exclusives. Odds are that manga retailers in your own country or closer will be cheaper.
- Covid Shipping Times, Preorders and Out of Stock
- The pandemic has wrecked havoc on the supply chain worldwide, and manga is no exception. This is making package transit times increase, and it's also been delaying and pushing back preorder dates. Plus many popular manga have been cycling in and out of stock as the printers struggle to keep up with the high demand.
- Rightstuf does preorders and out of stock orders in a queue system. So the sooner you place your order, the higher up in the queue you will be when it is restocked.
- If you order with a credit card, your preorders and out of stock orders don't get charged until they ship. Paypal orders get charged right away. Also note if your order is a mix of in-stock and out-of-stock or preorders to reach the free shipping threshold, the whole order might be held until the out of stock items or preorders are available.
- Manga Quality Control by the Publishers/Printers has slipped a bit in recent years. This isn't Rightstuf's fault, but now it's now fairly common to get very minor manufacturing defects on many new manga, such as small nicks, dents and bumps. If you are very particular about your new manga being flawless, you're better off buying it from sellers who can provide pictures of the books before you buy it. More information on quality control here.
- Rightstuf also has cheap shipping insurance available through Route. For a few bucks you can replace anything that has been lost, stolen off the porch or damaged during shipping. It's really worth it imo.
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