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mdo7
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Man, that's messed up for scalper to charge something that was originally for free, and trying to take advantage of the anime's fandom to get these neat stuff.
Is there a way Japanese pharmacies with whoever handle this memorabilia can do another re-print of it and make sure many fans can get this without scalpers pulling this crap again. |
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SinisterOracle
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Those are cute prescription record books. I would imagine younger people would use an app on their phone to track their prescriptions. It’s so much easier and more convenient than having to carry a book and pen with you everywhere.
Also, the scalpers are scum who should be held legally accountable for profiting off someone else’s work and expense. |
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Vee-Tee
 Posts: 148 Location: イギリス |
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There’s this absolutely nuts economy that’s sprung up around fan merchandise in Japan and while I don’t like the scalpers doing it, I can understand why it is done. I’ve seen merch for popular series like Haikyuu and JJK having so many collaborations and merchandise that’s limited edition. Then there’s places in Akihabara that sell it off for $100, because this can badge of Gojo was only given out at a theme park in August 2023. Or this coffee mat, acrylic standee, paper craft, plush, etc.
There’s also the fact that a lot of these goodies can come from exclusive things like crane games (for a limited time), or kuji (lottery), which you can mostly do online but which sometimes require going to a physical location. I mean… easy way to make money, because fans are very devoted and many of them spend a whole bunch of money on their oshii characters (favourites), before moving on to the next fixation. It makes you wonder how much of this stuff is produced under bad conditions in factories across mainland Asia, and how much of this fan merch will one day end up as landfill. I once saw a whole range of Prince of Tennis plushes in a UK charity shop (Goodwill for the US), and considering how much stock they have to waste if it doesn’t sell, and the carbon footprint of those items having originally been shipped over from Asia… Certainly something to think about. |
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Wasureta
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Every time one is handed out, personalize it by writing the patient's name and contact information into it.
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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When I visited The Transit Store in San Diego, CA for the first time in 1997, I noticed that although bus maps of individual routes were free to take, the full-color Regional Transit Map, while still free of charge, required individuals to visit the store counter and limited one per person. I asked why and the staff told me that scalpers had been selling those maps to unsuspecting visitors. That was the first time in my life (28 years ago!
 ) knowing how scalpers profited from free items offered by third parties.
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Bonebrain
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Someone call Rita Kaniska so she can sentence these scalpers to prison
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