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Old Jun 12, 2023 | 4:31 am
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Originally Posted by radonc1
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Gray market.
In USA, get a small discount from retail price.
In countries with high luxury taxes you sell without paying them.
Finally, in countries with import restrictions for whatever reason, you skirt them.
Interesting how much trouble people will go through for this. It makes sense for large ticket electronic items, but some things like the Roku stick or Echo for $19.99 just seem to be so much hassle for so little.
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