Quote Originally Posted by mysterio View Post
They're not known for replicas over there. But they are famous for their second hand stores. You can find used stuff in very good condition for rock bottom prices. Japanese are known to take care of their stuff. They are also notorious for throwing stuff away for a small issue. Real story, a colleague of mine trained in Japan for a week. During that time he bought a stereo system, with dual cassette players, multi-CD/DVD dolly. Cost him around $600 I think. Then he returned after 6 months for another trip and during one of his night strolls, he brought home an identical stereo system he found at a trash area to the dorm. He was thinking he could salvage it for spare parts for the one he bought. But he thought to test it, why not, no harm in trying. To his surprise, everything was working perfectly, except for one of the casette players. The rewind button would not work. That's it. Nothing else was malfunctioning. Heard he sold that one for $400, down from $600 because of the rewind button issue. So his $600 purchase became a $200 one. Smart guy.
Yes but i am traumatized by hearing about rewind buttons not working on a cassette player in the 21st century