http://en.akihabaranews.com/17233/legacy-unused/image/new-olympus-e-420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-olympus-e-420 Live from Japan ! Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://en.akihabaranews.com/17233/legacy-unused/image/new-olympus-e-420#comment-41083 M Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:58:13 +0000 http://akiba.dns.st/?p=17233#comment-41083 Oh and by the way speaking of stupid, I have just realised I commented on the wrong post. Apologies.

]]> http://en.akihabaranews.com/17233/legacy-unused/image/new-olympus-e-420#comment-41082 M Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:56:52 +0000 http://akiba.dns.st/?p=17233#comment-41082 That’s definitely the case. I find that there’s a huge misconception. Everytime I go home to Japan, I will be asked “hey, is X cheaper there?”
People think that because Japan is the leader in consumer electronics that everything is cheaper. NO they’re not. They’re a lot more expensive and that is because they’re the most high-tech. And whatever the rest of the world has, generally speaking, is outdated in Japan so it’s not cheap, it’s obsolete.
Fortunately for me, it usually means that having explained this, they’ll usually be put off and I never have to buy any latest gadgets for my friends.
Another interesting misconception spotted by The World Of M

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