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Originally posted by Vicious
There's one fatal flaw in your argument: Noone finds out about the HK sites until after they're already into anime. Most people including you, found out about HK's after you had already purchased some R1's. Most people stumble onto HK sites by accident. So the people buying HK's aren't necessarily new to anime.

I am another person who didn't buy any R1's first. I had taped all the Bebop off CN and then I was ***this*** close to buying the Bebop limited edition boxset at Fry's like 5 years ago. (I am still pissed I passed on that one, it was like $150 or something...:mad: )

A friend told me about HK's and then I did about a year of ebay browsing and research and found a site to buy from and then I found some real good sites like this one and CJV and I never looked back. I will admit that I have a couple of R1's but one was bought used for $5 and the other is 'Memories' and I used a gift card to get it... I wanted to get 'Manie-Manie' on HK, but I saw that ADV has the rights to it and so I am hopihg they release it sometime soon and I'll pick that one up on R1 for sure. BUT, I do agree that I am in the minority and most big anime fans buy R1's first. I just am not as hardcore about anime as most.