Originally Posted by
yosithezet
Europe doesn't need to be a country to have a standard. You may have heard of this wee lil' entity called the European Union. Many people call it the EU for short.
Yes, but as you know not every part of Europe is included in the EU. Even within just the EU part of Europe, I have to deal with at least three kinds of power sockets routinely even when it comes to charging the same device.
Originally Posted by yosithezet
Anyway, back towards the original topic, I was on a plane with a Sony distributor from Mumbai. I asked him why I see so many people collecting huge LCD/Plasma/whatever TVs from baggage claim when I land from BKK. He said that due to the high taxes it comes out cheaper for them to buy them in BKK, claim the VAT and bring them to India rather than to buy them from his shops in Mumbai.
That's right. Then there are the returning diplomats and transfer of residence people who get the repatriating household help to play all sorts of games with import of such electronics that end up in stores and/or otherwise resold.