biasedotaku.blogspot | Milanoo.com - Scam/Fraud or Not? Neither

A famous Chinese Wholesale website deemed as a "scam/fraud" by many trustworthy websites continues to scam many. While many know of this website, there are some who do not. Well, like the lot of you, I had placed an order to them. While many got scammed, I did not.

"Milanoo should just be shut down!"

Milanoo is a Chinese Wholesale website, correct? Their products are most likely rip offs. I don't care. You shouldn't neither if you ordered something from an unknown wholesale website. But since they are what they are, then ordering something that requires too in-depth detail will most likely give either nothing, or low-quality items. It's a no brainer that you'll get ripped off somehow. If not, you're just lucky like I was.

Hypothetical numbers, but probably damn close to how this really works:

Ordering something that requires in-depth detail, or requires too much work (e.g. dresses, heels, cosplay) will have a 20% of arriving to your door step, and an unknown chance of decent to good quality.

Ordering something requiring only simple printing, or simple putting together (e.g. dakimakura, sneakers) will have 3-4 times better chance of arriving to your door step, and 80% or more chance of being good quality.*

*However, I'm basing my own experience as a reliable source since no one else has ordered and submitted any kind of review on what I bought myself.

Stories

There have been cases where people did or did not get their money back. Lots of people were persistent towards getting their refund. There was one chick's story I read where she was trying to connect for two hours, and spent a bunch of time getting her money back, which she only got half back.

I've heard many stories, but they all only speak of the [lolita] dresses, cosplay outfits, heels, etc. Those had nothing to do with what I ordered, so I was scared too. Most of the recent comments about milanoo are like "I just ordered something too! I'm scared now!" Yeah. I felt the same way a day after making the order. But what was different about me? I got my order, and it's of top quality [thus far].

Also, the pillow case I ordered. When I opened it, it felt amazing. No joke. It felt like silk. Maybe it is!

Considering the huge numbers of negative stories, it's hard for a person who may have not gotten ripped off say anything positive or they'll be marked as "milanoo accomplice" or.....continue on biasedotaku.blogspot

Scams of AnimeFiesta Kuala Lumpur 2012

Published by sakurazaki - posted in Cosplay, Events, SGcafe Reviews, Vocaloid4

Anime Fiesta 2012 is currently the most talked about event and not due to the right reasons. The event which is stated to be held on the Friday 30 March 2012 till Sunday 1 April 2012 at KLCC Convention Centre, Malaysia has been rumoured to be a scam.

The event is said to also be holding the Hatsune Miku Live Party Concert and have started selling tickets. With the lowest pricing ticket going at a high amount of RM220 with is about SGD90 and the most expensive ones, the Super VIP tickets going at RM680, about SGD280, fans are starting to doubt the event. Writer Volvagia356 has reviewed the event site and discovered certain flaws that one should look out for. More information can be found at the Typical Storm Website.

For more information regarding the event check out the following links:

Anime Fiesta Website : http://kualalumpur.is-into-anime.com/index.php

Typical Storm Website : http://typicalstorm.com/2012/01/scams-of-animefiesta-kuala-lumpur-2012/

Anime Fiesta Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Anime-Fiesta-KualaLumpur-2012/236278823111541?sk=info

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

Anime Planet | based on 12 of 12 eps watched - Warning to readers: This is a meta-review targeted mostly at YOU! Especially those who HAVE watched a few episodes and DID like it a lot. In case you haven’t seen a single episode, just pretend this anime is described by others as WOAH AWESOME and now you are reading a second opinion. A negative one that is. Do not view this text as an attack to your integrity or something because the show itself is an attack to your common sense and feelings and I am just counterattacking it by using the same method.

This is another case of a show trying to mask its shallowness with a serious premise and once again hundreds of people are biting the lure. Busyness as usual. Let me start with some cold-hearted facts that many of you readers haven’t realized or don’t want to admit to, probably because you don’t like the idea of your escapism shows regarding reality to be so damn fake.

- “Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai” (made by the same studio) is NOT an awesome serious show about otakus being accepted as normal people by the non-otakus. It is fan catering nonsense bordering incest and fascination over porn games.

- “Yosuga no Sora” is NOT an awesome serious show about true brother/sister love. It is fan catering nonsense which go as far as resetting the story every few episodes as means to have the lead male having sex with everybody. NOT just his sister.

- “Bakuman” is NOT an awesome show about how to become a great mangaka. It is fan catering nonsense about a guy who has everything going rosy in his life and even getting a girlfriend out of someone who he never spoke to in his all life because DESTINY DEMANDS IT. Plus, it is patting at Jump Shounen fans too obviously.

In the same way, “Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai” is NOT a show about making friends. Seriously, where the hell do you see the educational aspect in this show? It is fan catering nonsense about some anti-social people gathering in a room and playing porn games all day long, while insulting one another with overused boob size jokes. Very social and helpful indeed. It is also about cosplaying to fit in as many fetishes as possible in the same character. Yeah, that’s how you make friends. Nobody ever thought of, I don’t know, trying to talk to other people in an honest way helps? Nope, five minutes and they all give up trying to not be viewed as a misinterpreted stereotype and head on to become a different stereotype. One defined by boob size, hair colour, and uniform fetishes. Oh yeah, the depth is oozing out of their ears...continue

Is KyuuCON a Scam?

article from: otakunews

After posting the press release from KyuuCon yesterday, it's been brought to our attention by various members of UK anime fandom that there is something fishy about KyuuCON. Firstly it appears that the venue mentioned the Plymouth Pavillions has not heard of KyuuCON or the organisers in question. The second major alarm bell is where the payments are going, into a personal bank account and not a building society account/non-profit account in the conventions name.

What's also interesting is their sudden change of heart, and the way they've just moved everything back a year. Plus this thread brought to our attention at the AyaCon Forum. At this current moment in time, based on what we have heard, we believe that KyuuCON is either very poorly organised or a cash grabbing scam, either way, we suggest you avoid KyuuCON for now.

Normally when people run anime conventions they've had previous experience in fandom, running anime clubs or sci-fi/fantasy clubs and similar events. At the very least people who want to run a convention would have experience as a gopher at a convention to see what is involved. The people running KyuuCON don't seem to have any of this, yet they appear to be attempting to run an anime convention larger than anything else in the UK before.

So for your general amusement we suggest you visit KyuuCON's forum and read this thread and at least one LiveJournal Posting. All current evidence points to another estranged anime fan with delusions of grandeur, we hope this is not the case since the UK could always do with another anime convention, after all the more the merrier.

Anime Collections of Solamon Otakus

Originally posted by energysolamon @LiveJournal

You can find a diverse title collection in our database, from comedy/slice of life to adventure/scifi/mecha (and yeah, we also have shoujo). And as a bonus for our dear readers, we also do anime reviews, story arc guides and character profiles (full-pledge descriptions with energy rankings and all that jazz). As a start solamon energy otakus have the three manga hit: Rurouni Kenshin Series, Hunter X Hunter and Katekyo Hitman Reborn.

Hunter X Hunter

Hunter x Hunter manga by Yoshihiro Togashi is quite a success as it garnered three awards from the recent Manga Awards 2011 hosted by Mangahelpers, winning in the Best Shounen and Best Manga of 2011 categories.

Privacy of Solamon Energy Otakus

From solamon energy otakus

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