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Here you can find my reviews on the different kpop shops I've bought from :) If there's any questions just ask ^^

Please note that I have only paid for the cheapest shipping which is Standard Shipping (almost all Korean stores), Registered Airmail (Soompi) and SAL (for CDJapan) unless stated otherwise in the individual posts.

YesAsia
YesAsia was the first place I bought my Kpop albums. I was drawn by the buy for over $39 and get free shipping. I didn't realise that they have overpriced albums instead. The shipping for me started slow but then got faster and faster. I think I get it after a week nowadays It's back to being 3 weeks. YesAsia do have some great deals. Like their sales are really awesome and they also have deals for Japanese CDs which is buy two and get a free mini toy.
I don't buy there that often anymore, but I usually do compare the album I'm about to buy so that I know where I can get it for the cheapest price. I advice you to not buy anything from here if you're going to buy less than $39. I checked how much it would cost to buy only a passport case (which where like $4 or something) and the shipping cost was about twice or thrice the double of the passport case's price.

YesAsia is the best place to buy Chinese albums from (or the only one that I know of) and if you're looking for a Japanese album that has been out for a while you might be able to buy a 1st press edition. Or at least get a photo card with it.
YesAsia ships their posters and albums separately which means you can get them at different times. But otherwise the packaging is pretty satisfying. Depending on how much you buy it comes in either a box or a bubble-wrap bag.
But I do like YesAsia on twitter :) They've answered me when I tweeted them nonsense xD They even tweeted me happy birthday once ^^
Shipping time to Sweden: Unconsistent but around 3 weeks
Packaging: 4/5
Custom Service: 4/5
Deals
Free Shipping for orders over $39: 3/5
Free Japan Minis: 3/5
Autographed albums: 3/5
Free Shipping for orders over $25: 5/5
Buy 5 Kalbums and get a free magazine: 3/5 

Kpopmart
I love this store. Because of all the freebies you get. If you preorder and order unfolded poster you'll get the poster without charge (well, the shipping cost but the poster doesn't) and very often they throw in mini photos. I even got a free poster once even though I didn't order it. Their albums are the cheapest ones I can find. The shipping can be a bit high but I haven't had a shipping  that has been higher than the amount of albums or stuff I've bought. They are really sweet when they've shipped your order because they send you a picture of your package so you see how it looks like. Both inside and outside :) I took me a while to find it though xD The shipping time is usually around five working days for me.
I just recently ordered a autographed album from them. I liked the fact that I could choose EMS and get it for free (EMS is usually super expensive). They did state that it wasn't as new and so, so I wasn't that surprised that the album wasn't perfect. But I'm really happy with the album. I like the autographs (they're perfectly fine) and since it is a digital single and isn't available to buy anywhere I was really happy that I could buy it from Kpopmart. 
They have their tumblrs which is super good. They update on new arrivals and answer people's questions. If you ever have problems with your package don't hesitate to mail them! They are only human and as I've understand it they are quite understaffed so they're doing their best but sometimes mistake happens. And they will try and fix their mistake if you let them know!

I've only had two problems with them. First one of my orders returned to them and I had to pay the shipping fee again. And secondly my latest package took almost three weeks to turn up (I was super scared it would return to them and make me pay the shipping fees again). But they've been super nice. I sent them an email about my late package and they told me that it probably was because of the holidays (which turned out to be true since all my other mail turned up late). 
Do note that they only sell official merchandise.
What I like about Kpopmart is that they ship their poster and album in the same box. The posters still come in cardboard tubes but inside the box where the albums is in. They tape the albums to the box so it won't fly around which is good. What I don't like is that they don't always use the right length for the posters so it's not always that the posters comes in great condition.
Shipping time to Sweden: Around 5~10 days
Packaging: 4/5
Custom Service: 5/5
Deals
Freebies: 4/5
Low Price: 4/5
Free poster: 4/5

Kpoptown
As for Kpoptown I'm a bit negative since my last order. It takes them the longest time to actually ship the order out. The prices are around the same price as Kpopmart but their shipping fees is a bit cheaper than Kpopmart. 
As for the unofficial merchandise I find it pretty good. I do like it that there is a shop that you can trust that will get you merchandise of your favourite group (although they don't have any LEDApple or MYNAME merchandise T_T). The shipping time is around the same time as Kpopmart. I think the longest is a week. As for the packaging I'm not really satisfied. I think that some of my things has come in a box with those white little annoying thingies. But the latest order came in bubble wrap bags which I don't really like.
They don't always know their stock and even though it says they're suppose to have one left they might not. And if they don't they will still send you the rest of you package and the give you a notice that it's out of stock. It happened to me recently and because of that I paid more for the shipping than for the actual item. I would've liked for them to let me know so I could have cancelled the order or something.
Shipping time to Sweden: 1~2 weeks
Packaging: 3/5
Custom Service: ~
Deals (I'm not really sure about their deals)
Freebies: 3/5

CDJapan
I love this site. Although they have mostly Japanese CD's they do have some Korean CD's. What I love about this site is that they have DGNA's Japanese single's. They do also do sales sometimes. I bought both Love Letters and Polar Star for a low price. And you get points that you can use as money.  
Their shipping is pretty pricey so I use SAL which is their cheapest one and takes about two weeks to arrive. It's the best site to buy Japanese albums from ^^ (YesAsia is so super expensive with their Japanese albums T_T). 
As for the packaging it's really satisfying. All my packages have come in a box. The posters that I've gotten from there (first press edition which means that I didn't pay for the poster but for the shipping) was in the box and in a really thin cardboard tube.
CDJapan has probably the best custom service out of all sites I've been ordering from. If  your package get lost they'll help you by all means and if you have some problems with orders and special deals they'll definitely help you.

Another thing I like about CDJapan is that they have a service called Special Request Shopping Service where you can ask them to order stuff that ain't available on their site. Although it get's a bit more expensive (because of service fee and EMS shipping) it's really great if you want things that is only available in Japan. For example MYNAME merchandise. I order their Photography album through this service but since it was out of print they offered me their newest Photo album instead. That's GREAT service!
Shipping time to Sweden: 2 weeks
Packaging: 5/5
Custom Service: 5/5
Deals
Sales: 5/5
External Bonus with First Press: 5/5
Frequent Shopper Points: 5/5
Special Request Shopping Service: 4/5

Soompi
I've only ordered Soompi's specials. First time I ordered Super Junior's Sexy, Free and Single and it said that you couldn't change your mind after ordering. But I did change my mind and asked if I could cancel my order and they did.  
My second time was ordering LEDApple's autographed mini album Run To You. The price was really great for being an autographed album. Although it took some time to ship it out (I ordered it in the middle of the holidays) it went super fast shipping it. Three working days took it. The packaging could be better. Because it was one of those bubble wrap bags that I don't like. But the shipping fee was pretty decent.  
The third time I ordered is my FT Island Five Treasure Box with autographs. I ordered one and asked for a Seunghyun autograph (because it said that there would only be one autograph and you could ask for a member sign although it might not come true) but it came with all members autographs ^^.

Soompi never has the same form for all specials. Sometimes it's just one autograph or it's all members. Other times there is extra stuff and sometimes there aren't. 

There is a reason for me only ordering specials from Soompi. And that is that their prices on the normal albums are way to high if I compare them to other sites. Their prices are even higher than YesAsia. But their shipping is pretty cheap and you get tracking even with the cheapest shipping option. If you buy for more than $38 you'll get free shipping which is good. 
I think they are really nice at answering questions and helping out if there is something.
Shipping time to Sweden: 3~7 days
Packaging: 3/5
Custom Service: 5/5
Deals
Free Shipping for orders over $38: ~
Autographed albums: 5/5

Kpoppreorders
So I've gotten 2/3 of my order. I ordered MYNAME's 2nd single from the fancafe through her. It would come autographed with a card case and photocard.
After waiting paitently for a year she finally sent it, with no notice before at all, with tracking that's only trackable within the US without asking me what I would like (aka pay more for something that isn't trackable in Sweden or pay less and take full responsibility for it getting lost. If it had gotten lost I would've hold her responsible for it since the tracking wasn't trackable here). She never gave me her paypal address so that I could send the money, which I told her I couldn't send at once because I never got any notice, and she forgot to include the photocard.
Lack of communication, rude (she finally acknowledge her fault and appologized) and no respect at all for taking someone else's money. 
I do not recommend buying from her at all!
Shipping time to Sweden: 1 year to ship out and 1 week for the shipping

Packaging: 3/5
Custom Service: 0/5
Deals

Kpopshopper
It took them waaay to long to send me my autographed B1A4 In The Wind album. And I got really worried when they stopped updating their twitter and didn't respond on email.
So I definitely do not recommend buying from them. I'm not even sure if the autographs are real or not. Seeing how fast they suddenly was able to send this album when I asked for my money back. It may be real (and if it is I'll be crying because then it actually is Sandeul who wrote my name) or it could be fake and I paid to much for it. If anyone can tell if it's real or not please let me know. This didn't come with a photocard so not even that did I have to look forward to.
Shipping time to Sweden: -
Packaging: 4/5
Custom Service: 1/5 
Deals
Autographed albums: 1/5

Kpop-fashion
This shop is where I bought my MYNAME pillow case from. Marta also does t-shirts, slogans etc. and does it all by herself. I just requested a pillow case and got super fast three designs to choose from if I liked them (which I did). And then it took like a day or two for her to make it. Then I got to send the money in my own currency which meant no unnecessary currency exchange.
The shipping was pretty fast! 3 working days took it.
Shipping time to Sweden: 3 days
Packaging: 4/5
Custom Service: 5/5
Deals

Mwave
So I bought JJCC's digital single from Mwave. It took quite a long time to get the album shipped out because, well it's a signed album.
The packaging wasn't something to be happy about though. Even worse than Soompi's. A big plastic bag (way to big for the album) and some bubblewrap.
I've also bought B1A4's Solo Day album for their Meet & Greet. Although it took a really long tim (over 2 months) for it to arrive it arrived in a box. I don't know if  how they package depends on the weight or not.
They do have free shipping for orders over $25 which I just tried out for the F.Cuz meet & greet. The best part is probably that you can add tracking for a small price.
Shipping time to Sweden: 10 days

Packaging: 3/5
Custom Service: -
Deals
Meet & Greet: 3/5
Free Shipping for orders over $25: 5/5

I think this is it ^^ If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask them beacuse I will try to do my best helping. I do want to give some advice already. Create accounts on the sites (that's the way to get the most accurate shipping fees) and add the same albums to your carts and compare how much the sum in the end becomes.  
Don't stick to one site. Sometimes you can get a better price somewhere else so do compare them all the time. Don't think about which site you prefer (well, if the site delivers damaged goods or always get your orders returned then you shouldn't buy from them xD) but look at which one is cheaper because if you want to buy more albums you have more money over to buy and that way you help your favourite artists more.

I hope it helped :)