← Back to context Comment by hyperdimension 3 years ago Region locked ink?! That's a special kind of stupid. 5 comments hyperdimension Reply m463 3 years ago Amusing story.Sun used to sell different (large) CRT monitors to northern hemisphere vs southern hemisphere.Apparently the magnetic field was reversed and the CRT guns would be pre-aligned for the correct part of the world.(insert northern vs southern hemisphere toilet joke) NoSorryCannot 3 years ago They do it for the same reason as anything else: to charge different prices in different parts of the world and still stymie the gray market. yjftsjthsd-h 3 years ago Importing ink from another part of the world isn't gray market, it's a perfectly legitimate option that the vendor happens to not like. ac29 3 years ago Its the definition of gray market: "the trade of a commodity through distribution channels that are not authorized by the original manufacturer" 1 reply →
m463 3 years ago Amusing story.Sun used to sell different (large) CRT monitors to northern hemisphere vs southern hemisphere.Apparently the magnetic field was reversed and the CRT guns would be pre-aligned for the correct part of the world.(insert northern vs southern hemisphere toilet joke)
NoSorryCannot 3 years ago They do it for the same reason as anything else: to charge different prices in different parts of the world and still stymie the gray market. yjftsjthsd-h 3 years ago Importing ink from another part of the world isn't gray market, it's a perfectly legitimate option that the vendor happens to not like. ac29 3 years ago Its the definition of gray market: "the trade of a commodity through distribution channels that are not authorized by the original manufacturer" 1 reply →
yjftsjthsd-h 3 years ago Importing ink from another part of the world isn't gray market, it's a perfectly legitimate option that the vendor happens to not like. ac29 3 years ago Its the definition of gray market: "the trade of a commodity through distribution channels that are not authorized by the original manufacturer" 1 reply →
ac29 3 years ago Its the definition of gray market: "the trade of a commodity through distribution channels that are not authorized by the original manufacturer" 1 reply →
Amusing story.
Sun used to sell different (large) CRT monitors to northern hemisphere vs southern hemisphere.
Apparently the magnetic field was reversed and the CRT guns would be pre-aligned for the correct part of the world.
(insert northern vs southern hemisphere toilet joke)
They do it for the same reason as anything else: to charge different prices in different parts of the world and still stymie the gray market.
Importing ink from another part of the world isn't gray market, it's a perfectly legitimate option that the vendor happens to not like.
Its the definition of gray market: "the trade of a commodity through distribution channels that are not authorized by the original manufacturer"
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