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From: "Kenny Millar" <yaroze@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: PS2 Dev kit
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 17:57:15 +0100
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Matt,

Last week sony were told by the european union to stop controlling what can
and cannot be imported, and who can and cannot sell, and at what price, the
PS2.

Sony said they would not appeal against the descision.

-Kenny
"Matt Verran" <mverran@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:9kovos$qtb9@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> >>how legal/grey are imports?
>
> Well I have a US PS2, arrest me !
>
> You can buy what you like, and take it wherever you like providing it's
not
> contraband, like drugs or guns. SONY don't want you buying US products
here
> because they want to control the regions seperately according to how much
> they can extract from the local economy. In the UK's case this means we
have
> to pay more for the machines and games. Retailers here expect a larger cut
> too, it's not entirely the game companies fault.  Sorry, rant over :)
>
> MattV
>
>