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Apsara



Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, by the way, there are new cellphones here now that can be used as electronic money- you load several thousand yen onto them and then can use them to pay at convenience stores, vending machines and also for your train fare at stations just by running it over a touch pad as you go through the gate, without you having to buy a ticket. That's with JR East anyway, not sure about the rest of Japan.
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Jazz1975



Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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Location: Zama, Kanagawa
PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Apsara wrote:
I really don't think your company was advising you to get a cellphone for their own nefarious purposes, they are probably thinking that like themselves, you wouldn't be able to survive without one.


I never thought that at all @ nefarious purposes. At least not for ECC. All I meant was that we weren't getting the full story/scoop. And the reason you stated is exactly why they told us to get a cell.
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Apsara



Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh, sorry, you said in one post "I knew the company was trying to "persuade" us to get a cellphone for their own reasons" so I thought that meant you though the compnay had a hidden agenda. Never mind Smile
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