A long long LOOONG time ago when this blog was still nice and young, I made a post about how all my shit had been stolen by a mailing company during my move from England to Sweden. Ever since then, and since moving to Japan, I've been trying to get my hands on a PS2 so I can start putting my collection back together.
However, finding a PS2 in Nagoya was the hardest shit in the universe.
Near my house, there is a place called Book Off. Book Off is a used manga store but because my branch happens to be slap bang in the middle of a big city, it does basically everything. Books, games, clothes, you name it, Book Off probably has it. What they didn't have in stock for some reason was PS2s. They have plenty of 3s, a few 4s and a bunch of Vita's and PSPs but no PS2s, which was a real pain in the ass because it's usually Book Off that give the best deals.
Now, on the other side of my house there is a street filled with retro stuff. These retro stores are for collectors and the owners go out of their way to make sure everything is in as close to perfect condition as humanly possible. The one store that I usually go to was selling PS2 Slims for about 20,000 yen which is equal to about £116!
For that same goddamn price I can buy a Wii fucking U and THAT'S a current gen system.
But that isn't the only retro store that sells systems on that street, but the other one is run by a total ass clown who ramps up the prices of his shit so high that it's never EVER worth it to buy hardware from this guys store.
He had an absolute crap ton of PS2s but here is what he wanted for them
7000 for the system
1500 for the video cables
1500 for the AC cables
2100 for a controller (x2 because I need to be able to accommodate people)
and 500 for a memory card
That's 12,600 Yen, which is less than the asking price for a slim but considering that this is the price for a big fat old model PS2 it's still a total fucking ripoff. So when it comes to buying systems these specialist stores can suck my ass.
But then I waltz into Book Off yesterday and they are selling SLIMS for 6000. That's still a little higher than the prices that I've heard about in some other stores where a few of my friends live, but for Nagoya it's a fucking bargain.
Moral of the story, if you live in Japan and want a PS2, don't come to Nagoya. Japan may be one of the best places to be for a retro collector (even though PS2 isn't really retro yet) but good lord is it total bullshit sometimes.
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