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Originally Posted by MMM
But are they really ever "cheaper"? I was in Den Den Town last year, and although I didn't look so closely, the prices didn't seem much different than everywhere else. I could be off, though.
I actually found sometimes things were more expensive in Akihabara. I was there not long after the PSP launch and while most shops were sold out, a could were selling PSPs at double the retail price. I went to Yokohama and found a PSP at the normal list price.
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As I recall, prices in Den Den Town were good, but not amazingly, jaw-droppingly great or anything. The main reason I liked it was the ability to comparison shop, check out a wide variety of makes and models with different features. If 1 store doesn't have exactly what you're looking for, try next door, and the next, and the next until you find it.
In the small town where I lived, the local electronics shops tended to have few options. A few brands/models of each type of item was all you had to choose from.