Way to make the earth greener, Japan
Just when I'm settling some of my angry points with Japan and enjoying living here again, something incredibly boneheaded has to come roaring out of the gates. I've been reading about this for a few days, but sheer disbelief and the vast stupidity of this law has prevented me from talking about it.
I can't wait to see perfectly working but "too old" TVs clogging up the already garbage-choked rivers.
The hypocrisy with which this country claims an "earth-friendly" stance boggles my mind.
Akihabara News - 2nd hand electronics sales will soon be illegal in Japan
Comments
Heh. Already debunked this. Check out Ron's Blog.
Posted by: roy | February 24, 2006 12:04 PM
Ron's blog checked and replied to with this:
I read the "debunker" before. It's probably somewhere in between the two. MutantFrog paints an awfully rosy picture. Let's face it, I really doubt it'll be so easy for retailers to get everything they're trying to sell "rated safe," and then where will all the uninspected stuff go? Rivers, backyards, ocean...etc.
Secondly, how are individual people, say those who want to sell their stuff say to Hard Off or whatever, supposed to sell it? I hardly think anyone's going to go through the trouble to become a "manufacturer" and I'm sure it's impossible anyway. MutantFrog even precisely says that it's likely there will be lesser small-scale stores because of this. What do you think it'll do to individuals who are trying to get rid of something that perfectly works but they can't legally sell? Trash!
Sure, Hard Off and Tsutaya and all those may be able to stay open, but I don't see half of the shops in Akihabara staying open. I still see this as an enormous mistake, all for the whims of big companies losing money to the second-hand market.
Posted by: Justin | February 24, 2006 1:00 PM
sales of 'used' items don't add to gdp
Posted by: won | February 24, 2006 10:10 PM
This is what happens when the free hand of the market decides to bitchslap you
Posted by: Jon | March 2, 2006 2:07 PM
wow http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20060302p2a00m0na014000c.html
Posted by: won | March 3, 2006 6:14 AM