Saturday, May 9, 2015

[REVIEW] That Kpop Shop



Location: Melbourne CBD, Australia

Product condition: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐



Two months ago, I went present shopping, because one of my friends’ birthday was coming up.  Now, this friend was a fan of the K-pop group, 2PM.  Unfortunately, the ONLY K-pop shop in Melbourne (Sunstar) shut down a year ago, so I had to resort to Internet shopping.  The first 2 places I visited were the well-known sites, CDJapan and Yesasia.  They had decent prices for the album I was looking for (Go Crazy), but their shipping prices were an additional $10 to $15 extra.  The overall prices at these 2 places ended up at a crazy price of around $48 to $50, so I continued surfing the Internet.  I came across various pages and YouTube videos criticising the services of various venders.  Some of the stores were either shutdown or louche.  After 2 to 3 hours of searching around and watching videos, I found ‘That Kpop Shop’, a K-pop vendor situated in Melbourne, Australia.  It had quite a few good reviews on its Facebook page, so I decided to give it a try.  I am happy to say that they provided the album in perfect condition!  However, they've recently stopped their online ordering service and have opted to do pop-up stores every 2 months or when there is a big Kpop comeback.

The location of the pop-up store seems to change every time.  The first time it was near RMIT and the upcoming one is going to be at Federation Square.  For more details about the upcoming one head to: http://www.thatkpopshop.com/bts-special/
You can also visit their homepage for information about other future events: http://www.thatkpopshop.com

This review is my own personal opinion and is not endorsed by any company or organisation.  

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