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Why is tech so very cheap in US?
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woody14619
2013-05-30 , 17:52
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Originally Posted by
juiceme
Why are these stores in US named like "X&Y" ?
How do you tell them apart?
Very few are named like that. Most of those mentioned earlier I've not ever heard of, and I live in NY. (Though not NYC.)
The real reason most of the stuff is cheep is the US is a "buyer beware" country. If you buy something and it breaks a day later, the seller, in most cases, has 0 liability or obligation. Some may help you out, to keep a good reputation. But unless you have a written warranty, you have no warranty, at all. If you do get a warranty with something, it often comes with a separate wagon to hull the legal document home, despite being printed in 5 point font. Expect lots of exceptions, limits, and very little actual "coverage".
Cheep tech sounds great, until you have that tech die on you a month in, and find out your "warranty" doesn't cover it or expired 2 days ago. Then that tech just cost you 2x when/if you get another one. Not quite the deal it's being made to be...
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