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Title: 5yr Old Electronics No Longer On Japanese Mkt
Post by: gr8ful on February 22, 2006, 10:03:12 am

Interesting article!  Some may want to get that 5 year old device now.

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-11230...l+in+Japan.html (http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-11230-2nd+hand+electronics+sales+will+soon+be+illegal+in+Japan.html)

Title: 5yr Old Electronics No Longer On Japanese Mkt
Post by: jfv on February 22, 2006, 10:10:58 am

I know that second hand cars from Japan are exported to, for example, New Zealand and maybe some Asian countries. I wonder if the same will happen to the electronics. Maybe the stores won't be allowed to sell old electronics in Japan and an export market will flourish.

Felipe

Title: 5yr Old Electronics No Longer On Japanese Mkt
Post by: Rev.Tigger on February 22, 2006, 06:50:40 pm

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I know that second hand cars from Japan are exported to, for example, New Zealand and maybe some Asian countries.
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To the UK too    I am one of the many happy owners of a Eunos Roadster   ( equiv to a Mk1 Mazda MX5 / Miata depending where you are in the world)

Then again I also have a second hand SL5500   Both have been tweaked to run slightly differently to the original spec

Title: 5yr Old Electronics No Longer On Japanese Mkt
Post by: brashley46 on February 22, 2006, 07:11:42 pm

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Interesting article!  Some may want to get that 5 year old device now.

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-11230...l+in+Japan.html (http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-11230-2nd+hand+electronics+sales+will+soon+be+illegal+in+Japan.html)
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So does this mean a whole bunch of old hardware being exported from Japan, or do they expect them to just be landfilled? The former would lower prices for a little while, the latter would be a crying shame in a country with so little room for waste disposal.