**中古品** – _chūkohin_. **Resale goods** or **Second-hand goods**. Japan’s consumer culture still has a sizable market for physical goods. For instance, even with a ton of digital options, people still buy physical CDs for their collection. Often, people get rewarded for purchasing items in quantity since they come with random _tokuten_, collectors’ items, lottery, and advance event tickets, especially for meet-and-greet and cheki opportunities. There are also items that are only purchasable at events such as photos, badges, pamphlets, shirts, towels, etc.
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**中古品** – *chūkohin*. **Resale goods** or **Second-hand goods**. Japan’s consumer culture still has a sizable market for physical goods. For instance, even with a ton of digital options, people still buy physical CDs for their collection. Often, people get rewarded for purchasing items in quantity since they come with random *tokuten*, collectors’ items, lottery, and advance event tickets, especially for meet-and-greet and cheki opportunities. There are also items that are only purchasable at events such as photos, badges, pamphlets, shirts, towels, etc.
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This leaves people with too many of the same item, or items they don’t want or have to let go of. **Resale shops** or **Second-hand goods stores** (リサイクルショップ; risaikuru shoppu // 中古店; _chūko-ten_ // 転売屋; _tenbai-ya or tenbai-shi_) are always happy to purchase them off you so they can sell them at an arbitrary price based on demand and popularity. This is a good place to gauge how popular someone or a character is because you can compare it from the price, availability, positioning, and the level of anti-theft measures it has relative to everything around it. That said, things also go for really cheap if you know how to look. Items also cycle on a regular basis so you can lose a day and not find what you need only to see it in plain sight the next day.
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This leaves people with too many of the same item, or items they don’t want or have to let go of. **Resale shops** or **Second-hand goods stores** (リサイクルショップ; risaikuru shoppu | 中古店; *chūko-ten* | 転売屋; *tenbai-ya* or *tenbai-shi*) are always happy to purchase them off you so they can sell them at an arbitrary price based on demand and popularity. This is a good place to gauge how popular someone or a character is because you can compare it from the price, availability, positioning, and the level of anti-theft measures it has relative to everything around it. That said, things also go for really cheap if you know how to look. Items also cycle on a regular basis so you can lose a day and not find what you need only to see it in plain sight the next day.
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A variety of such physical stores exist, each with a focus or specialty depending on where it is located: K-BOOKS. LASHINBANG. Surugaya. Bookoff. Anime Jungle. Mandarake. Amiami., etc. You can also find resale goods on online marketplaces: Mercari, eBay, and Yahoo! Auctions, etc.
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A variety of such physical stores exist, each with a focus or specialty depending on where it is located: K-BOOKS, LASHINBANG, Surugaya, Bookoff, Anime Jungle, Mandarake, Amiami, etc. You can also find resale goods on online marketplaces: Mercari, eBay, and Yahoo! Auctions, etc.
