wrote:
> B wrote:
> > flyaway840@... wrote:
> > > I was told Akihabara station has lots of
> > > electronic stores, in reality it is more like a flea market
> > > with little mom and pop stores that all carry the same
> > > things, and no extensive parts deparments as I thought,
> > > as is the case in the USA.
> >
> > You didn't look very hard. If you want components there are dozens of
> > stores that sell resistors, capacitors, solid state devices,
> > transformers, leds, wires in all variety of guages, cables of infinite
> > design and length. If you want computer parts then you find everything
> > from Z80s and Apple IIc up to the latest CPUs and video cards. Want a
> > battery for a 1990s laptop? Right there.
>
> For components Akihabara (& the equivalents in Osaka, Nagoya etc) still
> seems the best place to go. What about for completed widgets? I'm going
> to buy a new video camera, but was thinking that it would be better to
> go to one of the major discount shops (Bic Camera etc) for that sort of
> thing.
If it's new stuff, yes, one of the biggies would be better because they
issue "Point Cards". You get as much back as points (10% upward) as you
would as a discount at one of the cheapie places, and you can be sure
that the place will still be there if ever you have problems with the
camera later.
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