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| A shipment of "missing" Saturn stock was finally delivered last
Friday, late in the afternoon. This carton has probably travelled around the Southeast
United States for more miles than it's original transit across the Pacific. Another
shipment of Saturn imports is expected tomorrow if there are no further delays.
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Two new Playstation imports today. Another shipment is expected tomorrow, again, if there
are no further delays to hamper our plans.
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NCS is now confirming and accepting pre-orders for a Dreamcast shipment
that is due next Monday. We now require that the customer pre-pay the full amount of the
order by credit card or by secured instrument such as a money order when
confirming the reservation. If you decide not to take the order next
week, NCS will refund the amount in total with no charges to you. The purpose of the
pre-payment is to have some sort of guaranteed shipping schedule for immediate dispatch
next Monday. The holidays always get a little harried and we prefer to prepare for the
madness this week instead of next Monday morning. The quantity of Dreamcast units being
brought in will be much, much larger than past shipments and time will be critical in
order for us to dispatch everything on the same day. I.e, credit cards and payments will
be out of the way and everything can be packed and shipped once the stock is available.
Pre-payment will also allow NCS to prepare all of our shipping logs and airway bills this
week instead of waiting to do everything next Monday. New DC console and package prices
are listed below for the next shipment that is due on 12/21:
| Dreamcast console |
US$475 |
| Dreamcast with any
one game |
US$535 |
| Dreamcast with any
two games |
US$595 |
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addition to Godzilla Generations, July, Pen Pen Tricelon, and Virtua Fighter 3tb, customers
may also choose from Sonic Adventure, Seventh Cross or Tetris 4D for their choice of game(s).
Incoming appears to be delayed until January 1999. All three new Dreamcast titles are due to
arrive with the new DC shipment on December 21. |
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customers on our reservation lists appear to want to wait until DC prices are more reasonable.
As such, our previous contacting of customers on our listings has been inefficient. If you
wish to place an order for a Dreamcast that is guaranteed to ship next Monday at the prices
listed above, please contact us this week, preferably today or tomorrow to reserve a unit. |
| Pre-order by simply e-mailing
NCS with your name, address, telephone number and a brief message. Orders may also
be placed by dialing (718) 523-5774 or faxing (718) 523-7069. |
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Candy
Toy of the Day |
| Pocket
Monster tape |
| Pokemon
Trainer's Pokeball contains a
generous portion of colorful, decorated tape featuring some popular Pokemon. Our sample
"A" set included a red Pokeball with tape featuring Pikachu, Raichu and trainer
in various poses and actions. |
Per unit US$5 |
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The KOF '98 Voice Clocks featuring either Iori or Kyo appear to be
scheduled for tomorrow. The recent spate of shipping delays have been quite the pain and
we're not sure how we should deal with them. On one hand, we have no control over the
various contingencies that can hamper an import shipment such as airline delays or Customs
processing. On the other hand, we are paying hefty shipping premiums so that we can
receive stock from Japan and Asia in an quick and efficient manner. That simply has not
been happening with a number of shipments in the past couple of weeks. |
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| Dreamcast Fan and Dreamcast Magazine have
made their respective debuts in Japan. Dreamcast Magazine is now up to issue #4 with issue
#5 hitting Japanese shops on the 18th. Where, you ask, is NCS' shipments of these
magazines? We can only sigh, look up to the skies and point to shipping delays and
misdelivered packages. It is unclear what UPS' policy on misdelivered packages is, where a
number of our cartons are accidentally delivered to another business on the other side of
town. If they are retrievable, we will have DC Magazne Vol. 01, 02, and 03 as well as
Dreamcast Fan Vol. 01 but if they are unretrievable, we will try to re-order them from
Japan before the magazines are sold out. |
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| Starting on December 23, many of our suppliers in Japan and Asia will be
taking a 1 week vacation that will last into the new year. No new shipments are expected
during that time, which is why NCS will be stocking up on additional quantities of Ehrgeiz
and Street Fighter Zero 3 to meet orders during the Japanese vacation
period. |
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| When
NCS is not speaking to suppliers and gathering information on the import scene, we trade
the stock market, particularly the S&P500 futures contract. This is also one way
to fill up space in today's update. There is selling pressure this morning but the
main support level (1150) on the S&P500 index have not been broken. We trade on these
levels and if support is not violated, we look for a mild rally in the afternoon with an
upper resistance level of S&P 1174 to 1180. We also look for the Nasdaq to go positive
in the afternoon. Watch the futures pits in Chicago for general direction. |
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Send e-mail to ncs@escape.com
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