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Old 02-23-2006, 09:37 AM
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Re: Illegal to now sell second hand goods in Japan

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Originally Posted by Drewbert
Is this sort of thing the reason eBay isn't in Japan?
eBay had to pull out of Japan because Yahoo and Rakuten got the market. A great sense of self-importance and lack of urgency killed eBay's chances in the world's second largest economy. They regret it too - now.

Olney, I agree that the law won't stop a lot of things from getting sold. That is precisely why I said it is so unnecessary a hindrance to the larger scale used business.
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