You Better Skip This One
( published 9th April 2002 )
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Hi All,

If you want to buy second hand stuff ( furniture, bike, car ), do it in Germany! Why? Well just think about it, in the UK one says "I bought this or that second hand", but who tells me it is SECOND hand? Could be third or fourth hand, hmm? Same in Portugal, "comprei este carro em segunda mao ( second hand )", when the 30 year old car has definitely been used in several stock car races. So the buyer is already being fooled before the purchase when talking about the product he is going to buy.

In France and Luxembourg it is even worse: there they talk about "produit d'OCCASION". Well "occasion" can mean event, but as well "good deal". So the buyer is already being psychologically prepared for buying a bargain, which I am sure does not happen all the time.

So buy second hand in Germany: there Disziplin is still present, and you buy for instance a "Gebrauchtwagen" ( used car ). Thanks to this wording honesty, German second hand cars are among the most respected in the world ( BMW, Mercedes, etc ). Oh shit, it's early Alex...

Have a nice day
Alex Planation

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