> From: "Sakuya Madoka" <SakuyaMadoka@netscape.net>
> Having converted my local currency which is US$5 equal to per 
> 100yen.

No way. 100 yen roughly equals US$0.8.  

> After looking it's selling price which is 18,000 yen and that
> is US$900 for it's set excluding shipping and goods service 
> tax.

18000 yen ~= US$ 146 ~= Euro 149

> My good riends who are ST fans are crying in despair where 
> to get that amount of money to buy it.

It's not that expensive, especially when you compare it to 
the number of previous CD containing the songs.

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