Sony's Win a Major Blow for Importers

Joan Cross writes "Sony won a battle in the UK Courts over the importing to Europe of Playstation Portables by Lik Sang. They say that 'Ultimately, we're trying to protect consumers from being sold hardware that does not conform to strict EU or UK consumer safety standards, due to voltage supply differences et cetera'. Of course, the PSP comes supplied with a 100-240v adapter which is safe worldwide. Lik Sang has posted their reaction to the court decision. Could be bad news for those wanting PS3 Consoles on import."

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Re:Globalization

[Anonymous Coward]

Prices have to be higher in the U.S. because people there tend to sue for 1 billion when they drop their PSP on their toe. For global trade to be fair, you should pay/collect insurance money when shipping to/from countries of different litigious levels.

Re:Globalization

[mrchaotica]

People try to counter this by saying "if people of country X didn't want country Y's product they wouldn't buy it" but this is misleading because one thing almost every culture has in common is everyone wanting to pay the cheapest possible price for an item, regardless of any more subtle drawbacks (like lack of warranty, risk of fire as well as any possible cultural side-effects).

So the people don't care about their different culture. And that's fine!

Who the fuck do you think you are anyway, to be trying to DICTATE people's culture to them?!

Re:Friends dont let friends buy Sony

[dangitman]

Fellow /.ers, help me fight aganst the evil Sony agents and mod this up.

You deserve to be modded down just for asking to be modded up, regardless of the quality of your post. Only a stupid fucknuckle asks to be modded up. Why can't you let your post stand on its own merits, without the insecure pleas for positive moderation?