A New Way to Make Money

By Yuna Wu

中文版

We recently went to Hard-Off, the largest second-hand store in Japan, which is a place where people can sell unwanted things for money and then Hard-Off will sanitize what you sell them and turn it into something new that will provide value to the next owner.

On this trip to Hard-Off, I sold my unwanted stuff for some money. When I went there, I sold my cell phone case, shoes and a doll that I would not use again. While waiting for the number to be called, I went to Hard-Off, where there were many cute dolls and musical instruments. I wanted to buy a doll there, but my mom wouldn't give it to me, so I didn't buy it.

During the trip to Hard-Off, my mom went with me. Because we were there to sell things that I did not want. Mom saw it and said to me, “You can bring your unwanted clothes to sell here, and unwanted dolls.” Mom thought that if we had anything we didn't want in the future, we could come here to buy it. My mother has since found a way to make money.

I think Hard-Off is a good company, Hard-Off is a recycling concept to make money. In fact, this way is quite good for society. It is another way to be environmentally friendly, that is, people can take unwanted things to sell to make money. It's good to clean up what people sell at Hard-Off and sell it again to create new value.

I think this way to environmental protection is very good. It's really smart to use this kind of circular economy to protect the environment. I think we can go to sell the unwanted things and then make money is not bad, we can really use this way to environmental protection. The circular economy is a way of environmental protection that everyone can participate in.

我們最近去到了日本最大的二手店，Hard-Off。Hard-Off是一個可以讓人們把不要的東西拿去賣掉賺錢，然後Hard-Off會再把你賣給他們的東西消毒讓它變成新的能提供給下一個新主人價值的東西。

在這次去Hard-Off的旅途中，我把我不要的東西拿去賣換到了一些錢。去那邊的時候我把我不會再用到的手機殼，鞋子還有一隻娃娃拿去賣了。等待叫號的過程中，我逛了Hard-Off， 那邊有很多可愛的娃娃還有樂器等等。在那裡我本來想要買娃娃的，但是媽媽不給買所以就沒買了。

去Hard-Off的旅途中，我媽媽有跟我一起去。因為我們有在那邊賣我不要的東西。媽媽看到後就跟我說，“你可以把你不想要的衣服拿來這邊賣，還有不要的娃娃。”媽媽覺得我們家如果以後有什麼不要的東西可以來這邊賣。我媽媽從此又發現了一條賺錢的道路了。

我覺得Hard-Off這種公司是不錯的。Hard-Off是一種循環利用的概念來賺錢的。其實這種方式對社會是蠻好的。這是另一種環保的方式，就是人們可以拿不要的東西去賣來賺錢。然後再把人們在Hard-Off賣掉的東西清理好再拿去賣來創造新的價值。

我覺得這種方式來環保是很好的。用這種循環經濟的方式來環保真的很聰明。我覺得大家可以去把不要的東西賣掉然後賺錢還不錯，大家真的可以去用這種方式去環保。循環經濟是一種大家都可以參與的環保方式。

Back to Yuna's Essays.