[geeks] What's going on in Japan

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Thu Feb 23 19:53:48 CST 2006


velociraptor wrote:
> On 2/23/06, Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>>Japan is the land of gomi, remember.  You throw out all your old
>>electronics when the new model comes out.
> 
> 
> Given what I heard about gomi, if there was some way to easily get it off
> the islands, you could *definitely* make a living eBaying all that stuff.
> Problem is, in Japan proper--no where to put it.

No kidding.  I bet you could make a pretty decent living salvaging and
reselling gomi.


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