7-11 2 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Just on the news now people queueing up and fighting to stock up on... .100 yen stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 They'll be saving 3 yen on each item purchased! Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Must be the mats n disposable stuff for hanami. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 We have some things we need to buy, a new hoover ours is more than 10 years old and rather knackered now, so going to get a new one tomorrow, an air conditioner for the living room ready for summer, we don't yet have any aircons in our house, and just going to buy one, as hardly any houses here have aircons, so most probably not needed. If it is too hot in summer then will buy another for our bedroom at the time. And anything else we think we might need, before the tax goes up. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Just ordered some ladders and a 25m Hozelock hose reel thingy, as well as some tiling. Going to have to buy them anyway, so might as well save a few extra yen. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 2 cases of beer for me. As good an excuse as any! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 We bought an air con for the living/dinning and a robot hoover in the end. The idea of coming back to a hoovered house is rather appealing. Then we just need to hoover the not possible to reach by the robot places which are not so many in house really. Will let you all know if it really hoovers well or not and wether or not it was a waste of money or not. We were going to get a dyson type hoover but were recommended against it as dog hairs block it up and they break easy were as the bot is ok. We shall see. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I hope the robot doesn't get ideas of taking over the world. Does it have soft rubber outside bits so it doesn't knock things? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Yes, beer is a good idea. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I wish I had more money to spend on stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Well tried our robor hoover out and quite surprised at how well it cleans. It actually cleans better than our old conventional hoover. I set the timer so it can go and clean when no one is around. If you leave to many doors open it can get lost and cant find its way back to its house otherwise so far it has always returned to the charger base. It can also get stuck between the dinning room chairs if they are not pushed together. Put the electronic wall up and then that stops that. So far quite happy with it better than I thougjt. Will see over the coming months how it gets on. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I just had a look at rice cookers because the nonstick has pretty much gone on our current one. The most popular one on kakaku is 24000 or so, after being 18000 before the end of 2013. Its a current model, and so is still being made. Anyway, it suggests that folks buying before the tax increase are bidding up prices of things way more than the 3%. In this particular case, 30%. Retail will be stone dead for a few months after the increase, so things that can be bargained on may well end up cheaper even with more tax. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Good point that, was thinking similar myself. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Yamada denki are discounting things like crazy at the moment and I guess others are doing the same. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Did you buy it expecting it to clean poorly? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Actually know I was more expecting it to clean ok and to save needing to hoover so much ourselves. But it really cleans very well so I was surprised. We still need to hoover the corners and spots the robot cant reach but that is all. Link to post Share on other sites
egglesby 1 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Those price graphs on kakaku are really useful. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Not long now folks. Don't know about you but I'm jolly excited. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 How are you going to celebrate, pie-eater? Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Well, I have been putting off buying stuff for the last 6 months in anticipation of this fine event and so after ringing in the day with some fine ale and home made pies, I think I'll get up early and go shopping on Tuesday and buy loads of stuff. I'll then return and order more stuff online. You won't catch me faffing about on Tuesday, that's jolly well for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 only a few days away. Hope you can hold out. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Gambarimasu Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 ....and everyone else..... gambaro! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Toilet paper seems to be the thing they keep on mentioning on tv. I hope there's not a shortage. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 No toilet paper at Zama costco today! Damn Abenomics! Link to post Share on other sites
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