KentaTakahashi 0 Posted July 28, 2003 Share Posted July 28, 2003 I am interested - do you buy second hand goods (like from Hard Off or something similar) or not buy them and prefer the new ones? Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I hate the thought of 2nd hand books. KIMOI! Link to post Share on other sites
666 0 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I've never been keen on second hand books either - and books from the library. No thanks. New ones for me. Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I just wouldn`t buy anything second hand from a store with a name like hard-off. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I'm totally down with buying goods second hand if it saves me some dough. Things like books and cars are great. I am more hesitant for electronics and goods where I may be sacrificing a warranty. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 Didn't ever use a library?? Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I have a fine Yamaha amplifier and Onkyo speakers from hard-off. Cost me next to nothing and sounds better than anything you could find for under 4 or 5 man at a regular store. Come with a 3 month guarentee too. Link to post Share on other sites
Chancey 0 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 My very first snowboard came from ebay. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I got a CD changer for my car at Hard Off. It was a fair bit cheaper than a new one, but a new one probably would have been compatible with mp3. I had to fit it myself, but that was quite interesting in itself. Link to post Share on other sites
akibun 0 Posted July 29, 2003 Share Posted July 29, 2003 I am ok with electric thing maybe, but do not like book - I don't know where it was been and can't clean either. (I like super clean!) Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I never really thought about that before, but some of my Japanese female freinds wouldn't touch a second hand book either. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I once had a very interesting book about the Battle of Trafalgar that I accidentally dropped down the toilet. I still managed to sell it to a fellow history enthusiast, even though he knew it had been in my toilet... (after I explained the full circumstances and flushing 'history') Second hand things are fine, if you can find what you want. My office chair is a fine bit of 2nd hand kit. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 He knew? Euck Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Ocean, you are so funny! The neat paranoiac annoys me. I understand that feeling but I don't like when somebody says "I can't touch this." Too much imagination... Link to post Share on other sites
sexy-northerner 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Hard Off? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Second hand is great. I love getting my hands on something that I want and at a fraction of the cost. It is however tough in Tokyo to find the item you are after and even harder to get it home. Lat year was the first time in my life that I have owned a brand new tv, fridge, washing machine, microwave, tumble dryer. I now regret buying all of it new. It seems to me that Japanese people are in fact very happy with 2nd (and 3rd, 4th, 5th, Nth) hand things. For example, grubby Izakaya slippers that 20 tinea-ridden sento-going feet have worn before you. Mmmmm, the sense of community makes my feet itch. Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 The angst over 2nd hand books surprises me....what could you possibly catch?? But then again, i'm one of those people who thinks nothing about getting comfortable in public toilets. When you gotta go.... Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by db: Last year was the first time in my life that I have owned a brand new tv, fridge, washing machine, microwave, tumble dryer. I now regret buying all of it new. Definitely the microwave. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 that thing now makes more noise than ever. no matter how many times I punch the side of it, it still sounds like an angle grinder. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Slapping my monitor made that go better too... Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 I used to leave the room when db used the microwave for serious fear it would explode. I considered getting you a new microwave when I left but went with the cigars instead BTW - Sparks, have you broken in the device I left you with? Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 how about second hand clothes? i shopped at thrift stores a lot in the us, but here they are too expensive. but sometimes i indulge. got a gorgeous 2nd hand kimono and obi in tokyo. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Second hand is the way to go. Clothes are so expensive. Why wouldn`t somebody want second hand. All my dress and golf shirts (the ones with crocodiles) I use for work have come from second hand. Maybe I would draw the line at undergarments but second hand is the way to go. Whats the deal with books. Who cares if its used. At least you know somebody enjoyed it. A used book has character. I got used touring bindings for 40 dollers CDN off of a gear swap site on MEC. Sure they are really old but they do the job for now. Would all the strictly new buying people by a new car as well because they are worried sombody may have been sick while in the car? Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Scared of 2nd hand books??? Freaks! Makes me wonder what YOU do with your new books. Good Day bookshop rules! Link to post Share on other sites
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