Getting second hand stuff in Japan is pretty easy. Mainly this is because you cant dispose off things for free. You have to pay (yes...pay!!) the junk yard guy for whatever stuff you need to throw out. So people rather sell their stuff using the internet. There's a huge forum for foreigners to sell/buy stuff. Some get soo desperate that they sell their stuff for free! If there are no buyers for the amount they are selling..and they really need to dispose things, they sell it for free. Its any day better to throw away stuff for free rather than paying for it (doh). Anyways so if people are selling stuff for free..guys like me are always on the lookout. So, after spending 3 weeks washing our clothes at the laundary, we finally found a guy in Kawasaki living barely a kilometer away from our place selling his washing machine..and yep .. more importantly..for free! So we got in touch..used our people skills and hence me and sumit became proud owners of an old Hitachi Washing Machine..a Sharp Vacuum Cleaner and a Bookshelf..for as low as....as my friend Barney says..wait for it!!....2000 Yen. Thats like a 1000 bucks in India!! Damn! .. we had to pay a li'l more for the transportation and stuff but its all good. Our next lookout is a fridge. Since the weather is pretty cold here .. we are managing it pretty well..but we have to consume whatever we make instantly. Although I dont mind even that..but heck..we really need some ice for whisky!
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