Japan to Discourage Sale of Old Electronics

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Failure wrote:

justthatgood wrote:
The product?  Vintage Volkswagens, specifically split-window buses (Type IIs).  From what I understand, vintage vehicles there must pass very strict inspections to be able to be driven on their highways.

Yes, there are very strict laws here for cars older than 10 years old, and everybody tries to get rid of their car before it reaches this limit. Older cars are more trouble than their worth. I know a guy here who bought an Volkswagen for about 400$ last year. I'm not sure how much exactly he paid to get it running on the road, but it was much more than what the car was worth.

I'm not sure if this law prohibits the sale of second hand electronic parts. If it does, I'ld be really pissed and I guess I'ld take the government to the court for breaching my freedom of ... commerce ? well, something ...

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K7HTH wrote:
Keep an eye on eBay folks. And don't bid like crazy because the miggys will flow enmass out of Nippon; maybe.

no way. Amiga never had a market share in japan. Most machines here are imports from US or some european amigas, and they're not plenty. When they go auction at yahoo auctions (auctions.yahoo.co.jp) they fetch unbelievable prices. I saw a rather clean Amiga 500 with a multisync monitor and ext drive go for $550. (that's even higher than a VW!) and a plain amiga 1200 go for $280. Japanese don't use amigas, they keep them for exhibition, like an item for a museum. So cleanness is more important than the specs most of the time. See this auction for a 4000 video toaster most probably imported from the US. It's currently at 580$, five hours left. I bet it will hit around 1000$ by the end.

edit : the auction ended at 800$.