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F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions

What is JAV Video?

JAV is a term used for Japanese Adult Video. What sets JAV apart from American adult videos? For starters you can only find girls as cute as this in Japan. Even though titles are matrixed you will find the difference in sex and the beauty of Japanese women mesmorizing. JAV video is the only way to see the most popular AV stars in action. Ala the ever famous BlueBird/Royo/TCN and Westwind scans. If you're tired of oversized implants and the boring scripted sex of american videos, try out the unique fetish and panty play of the Orient.

I have some JAV Movies, How Do I Trade at the Emporium?

Simple, send an e-mail to trades@japanvcd.com with a list of your movies. Please Make sure you include the Actress Name, Movie name, and a CD Cover thumbnail, or scan of the movies you have. (Please note this e-mail is for TRADES only, if you have site/order inquiries please direct them to admin@japanvcd.com

You will have to provide a CD-R and a high quality scan of the front and back cover(200DPI) for the final trade.

More Trading Info - Click HERE

What is VCD (Video CD) and Why?

Video CD is an mpeg 1 formatted CD-Rom which can hold upto 70 minutes of VHS quality full motion video. For more information on Video CD, how to play it and compatibility click here. Why do we do our trades on VCD? The digital nature of the medium, allows for a perfect duplication and makes for a much better format for trading. When making duplicates on VHS the picture/sound quality gets much worse each copy you make, where as Video CD is always perfect to the original no matter what generation the copy is.

What is the difference between Silver, CD-R Media and Original Japanese VCD's?

Silver HK/China CD's - (Most common)are mass produced in Hong Kong, and are copies of either original JAV CD's from Japan, or custom made in Hong Kong or China. Sometimes "original" silvers will have a silk screened pictures on them. Average Price point is around $30-40 dollars, they are mass imported by many companies on the internet, and are the most commonly found VCD's for sale on the net. They will most often come with color copied covers, glossy although recently many cd's coming from Hong Kong are on CD-R.
CD-R Media - Comes in many colors, green, blue, gold and now silver. These are blank cd's used in much smaller capacity CD Burners, than the mass produced HK factories. The media is of a higher quality, and therefore slightly more expensive to purchase, the layers inside are made from a thin sheet of gold, as opposed to aluminimum like in mass pressed cds. But either way a CD-R Copy of an orignal is a 100% exact duplicate, and you will notice no quality loss in viewing them. There is one drawback to CD-R, which only becomes an issue if you are playing the CD's in a first generation DVD-ROM or Stand-alone player. Due to the technology difference in the laser used to read DVD's in the first generation of players, these players cannot properly read CD-R Media. If you are unsure if you're player supports CD-R Media check the manual, or you can look on the VCD FAQ. The CD-R Media used at the Trade Emporium is made by Mitsui, and has a lifetime guarentee.
Original Japanese VCD - These are most easily identified by their professional finished look, as well as a full jewel case, including a small standard title wrap (A small folder piece of paper put over the side of the CD to identify the title). All original Japanese CD's are pressed in Japan, and are of the highest quality. They generally come with a booklet (or at least a 2 page fold out), and have a finished polished look of a regular music CD. You can expect to pay up to $60 or more for these direct imports from japan. Only a few places on the net sell them, www.jlist.com sells original Japanese CDs. Most of the other stores are all HK imports. But once again, an HK import or CD-R copy of an Original Japanese should retain the same quality of picture/sound as the original. That is the beauty of digital technology. Copies are 100% perfect.

If I'm not Trading How is a Payment Made?

All payments must be made via Credit Card.

How Much is Shipping?

You have 3 Options for Shipping
Standard Airmail - $2USD Base Fee for North America plus $1 for each CD, $5USD Base Fee for Overseas shipping plus $1 for each CD * Standard Method *
Canada National Priority Envelope Tracking number and 3 day delivery anywhere in Canada ($6USD up to 8 CD's) * Canada Only *
If you would like courier shipping via Federal Express, or Purolator - please fill in a note, specifying you would like it sent by ExpresspostUSA, and a final shipping price will be determined by weight and ExpresspostUSA rates, and e-mailed to you for confirmation. You can check the rates yourself at http://www.canadapost.ca/ca/ca_english/rates/index.html. (Use Canada as the sending address with a postal code of n1g 4t3 as the shipping postal code). ExpresspostUSA International Overseas will be approximatly $50-$75, so I do not recommended it for overseas delivery. ExpresspostUSA to United States (based on California) is approximately $20.

How long does shipping take?

Your order will ship on the next buisness day after payment has been received. Please allow 5-7 days for shipping within Canada, 7-14 days for shipping to the US, 10-16 days for shipping overseas. Please note any shipments outside of Canada may be stopped at customs, which can delay the delivery significantly.
You can always check the status of your order through the website http://www.japanvcd.com - Just choose the Account information, and type in your username, and password. For updates, when payment has arrived, and when cd's have shipped.

* Please note Order Status Information, Multiple Shipping Options, Monthly Promotions, JPOINTS are not available to Credit Card Customers

How are items packaged before Shipping?

All CD's a packaged in plain orange bubble envelopes to prevent damage to the contents inside. No mailing labels or company names are on the outside, it's just a plain bubble package with a to and from address. The from does not contain the name of our company or the website.

Are Color CD Covers included with the CD's?

Unfortunatly no, due to many problems with customs in the past, no shipments will contain color covers.
*Note* Since this is a trading site, not all CD's have covers, but since we implemented a strict policy for trading items only with covers, we are happy to say, 90% of our collection, have CD Cover available.

What is your return policy?

If you receive a defective item, it will be replaced with the same title only, within 28 days only. Please make sure your check the SUPPORT PAGE, to ensure that the disc is really defective, before contacting us for a replacement. All items are checked for quality control prior to shipping, you will never receive a damaged CD. It does us no good, to ship out damaged goods, as it just comes back with further hassles later.

Are Discounts Available on very large orders, can you supply at a wholesale rate?

Each month promotions are run, just check the main page for specials. Discounts on large orders 15+ CD's are at the discretion of the management. Feel free to contact us, admin@japanvcd.com prior to ordering large quantities.

Is it better to ship, with or without Jewel Cases?

Jewel Cases have always been a lousy way of protecting cd's. Often Jewel cases get damaged in Shipping, leaving little broken plastic bits floating around to possibly scratch the cd. This usually won't happen with 4-5 Jewel cases or less in a package.
On any shipments over 4-5 items, it's recommended that you choose to ship without jewel cases.
Shipping without jewel cases will clears customs faster and will hopefully arrive earlier. On shipments up to 10-12 cd's shipped without jewel cases, can be sent as an airmail letter, which does not require any customs forms. This is almost always the fastest way of shipping.
When CD's are shipped without the jewel cases, they are packaged within their cardboard/paper sleeve, and put inside a tightly sealed plastic cd jacket. This ensures that the cd's will not move around during shipping, and will not be damaged. CD's will never be placed directly ontop of each other. All CD's with or without jewel cases are shipping in plain orange bubble padded shipping envelopes.
On orders of 2 cd's or less, it's recommended that they are shipped with a jewel case.

How did this site get started?

For More information please read the About Page