Comments on: 100 yen shops and the concept of value http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/03/100-yen-shops-and-the-concept-of-value/ Money saving tips and ideas for foreigners in Japan! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Joe Jones http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/03/100-yen-shops-and-the-concept-of-value/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Joe Jones Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:09:53 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=223#comment-98 Don't feel *too* guilty about your burnable garbage. In many parts of Japan, the incinerators are now designed to extract and recycle the chemicals emitted by burning plastic... hence those huge smokestacks with nothing coming out. Don’t feel *too* guilty about your burnable garbage. In many parts of Japan, the incinerators are now designed to extract and recycle the chemicals emitted by burning plastic… hence those huge smokestacks with nothing coming out.

]]> By: Frugalista Japan | Purchasing Value: The iPhone http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/03/100-yen-shops-and-the-concept-of-value/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Frugalista Japan | Purchasing Value: The iPhone Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:26:30 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=223#comment-76 [...] I mentioned in a previous post on why 100 yen stores are not always the best choice, I am not adverse to spending money if I am getting value. For me, the iPhone represents an [...] [...] I mentioned in a previous post on why 100 yen stores are not always the best choice, I am not adverse to spending money if I am getting value. For me, the iPhone represents an [...]

]]> By: mtfuji3776 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/03/100-yen-shops-and-the-concept-of-value/comment-page-1/#comment-61 mtfuji3776 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:52:06 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=223#comment-61 Hi nice to meet you. I'm a Japanese man. Low price products give us low values, I think. But I sometimes buy some products at a 100-yen shop. Some products are useful and the others are not good. If you can distinguish good products from bad products, 100-yen shops will give you benefits. <abbr><em>mtfuji3776’s latest blog post is...<a href="http://japanese-pics.blogspot.com/2009/03/yunker.html" rel="nofollow">Yunker</a></abbr></em> Hi nice to meet you.
I’m a Japanese man.

Low price products give us low values, I think.
But I sometimes buy some products at a 100-yen shop. Some products are useful and the others are not good. If you can distinguish good products from bad products, 100-yen shops will give you benefits.

mtfuji3776’s latest blog post is…Yunker

]]> By: David http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/03/100-yen-shops-and-the-concept-of-value/comment-page-1/#comment-60 David Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:32:32 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=223#comment-60 Plenty of stuff in a 100-yen shop provides good cost-performance. From clothes hangars to cups and silverware to umbrellas to bento boxes, there's a ton of stuff that is fundamentally identical in quality to something you'd find at Tokyu hands for ten or more times the price. Plenty of stuff in a 100-yen shop provides good cost-performance. From clothes hangars to cups and silverware to umbrellas to bento boxes, there’s a ton of stuff that is fundamentally identical in quality to something you’d find at Tokyu hands for ten or more times the price.

]]> By: jamie http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/03/100-yen-shops-and-the-concept-of-value/comment-page-1/#comment-52 jamie Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:05:32 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=223#comment-52 Thanks for the comment Dave; indeed an important point that I missed. Lesson here - stop shopping at the hundred yen store! Thanks for the comment Dave; indeed an important point that I missed.

Lesson here – stop shopping at the hundred yen store!

]]> By: Dave Webb http://www.frugalistajapan.com/2009/03/100-yen-shops-and-the-concept-of-value/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Dave Webb Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:04:17 +0000 http://www.frugalistajapan.com/?p=223#comment-50 It should also be noted that some items in the 100 yen stores can be bought cheaper in the San-A or Jusco store which is invariably nearby. So be careful - things are cheap there but you can sometimes find even cheaper. It should also be noted that some items in the 100 yen stores can be bought cheaper in the San-A or Jusco store which is invariably nearby. So be careful – things are cheap there but you can sometimes find even cheaper.

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