JohnT wrote:
> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
> news:1ievoft.1t0w3iihb37aoN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
> > John Kulp wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:00:43 +0100, "Mike........."
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Following up to Alfred Molon
> >> >
> >> >> No, at the moment manufacturers are charging 50% more in Europe, for
> >> >> no
> >> >> apparent reason. They must be thinking Europeans are stupid.
> >> >
> >> >They are doing it because they can. There have been campaigns to get car
> >> >prices down in UK. Should we be looking at buying via web from US? I
> >> >remember Amazon has some restriction on the number of US "issue" either
> >> >CDs
> >> >or DVDs you can buy.
> >>
> >> That may be due to different regional coding used on them
> >
> > Region coding is not an issue for users in the UK, as DVD players
> > reading all zones are common here. However, don't get me started on
> > laptops which have this idiotic region coding built in... :(
> >
>
>
> I have a software fix for that for laptops and can send you a copy as an
> e-mail attachment if you wish.
You don't have a software fix for my laptop.
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