Boing Boing links to a Japanese website that offers up the experience of shopping, minus that part about actually exchanging capital for goods [in Japanese and English versions] [Flash warning].
Various products are displayed by spokesmodels, and customers can order customized shopping experiences from a live feed. The archives include items such as tea (complete with formal ceremony), sushi, caviar, Halloween candy, "gifts from New York," and the experimental "I will talk about my personal troubles and make people buy the rights for giving me advice."
Here's a description of what a 300 yen/$3 level purchase (Amex, Visa, MC, Discover or PayPal) can get you:
I will sell ice creams online. I will make an ice cream for you and show it via live streaming video right after you order it.
Your ice cream will have your name on it.
In case you need a reminder, the "Notabilia" section adds, " The official transaction is limited within the streaming video, thus no actual product will be sent to you".
[via Boing Boing]
Posted by johndanseven at January 30, 2006 12:17 AM