Japanese vs American game treatment

In Japan, if your stuff isn't in new condition it's not worth your time to trade it in. No one in their right mind would buy a scratched up game anyways, not to mention one without it's case and manual(unless it's just a couple US dollars).
 
I'm glad this topic has come up. I totally agree with the original post.

Everytime I've gotten a used game from eBay, it's practically factory fresh. Meanwhile in the US, you're lucky if there isn't mustrad stains on the disc.

Seriously, how the fuck do people get even a tiny scratch on a CD/DVD? What happens on the disc's journey from case to machine?

Hence why at this point I simply don't lend stuff out to anyone.
 
Blanket statements rule! Here, let me kick it off:

Americans are spoiled brats who don't know how to appreciate the value of anything, and thus treat everything like disposable garbage!
 
I was amazed at the quality of the two used Saturn games I bought in Japan last summer. Leagues and leagues beyond most used stuff I buy here in the U.S.
 
One thing I can never understand is when Americans wear shoes inside the house. Sometimes, even as they lay on top of their beds.

The bottom of your shoes are just about the dirtiest of the dirty, and you wear them in the house and put them on all sorts of furniture?

Oh, and um, who cares about pristine games. :)
 
In the uk its just as bad. I work in a game shop and nearly every trade in is in shitty condition and we dont accept about 30-40% of them.

Once or twice we had some customers repeatedly bringing in 'used' games in mint condition and we contacted the police and it turned out all the games were stolen :lol

And since when did mention something positive about japan make you a 'japanophile'?
 
Spain is usually terrible for second hand. I´m sure they are people here that care about their games and systems...

...but that people don´t sell them at second hand shops, that is sure.

However, that doen´t show spanish users as careless, just means a kind tendence that second hand videogames and systems doen´t look very well. We shouldn´t generalize a tendence to an entire country.
 
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