Re: "NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK"?

In article <5iman6F3q1t6dU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Resident Drunk <Notsure@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
In article <gOkxi.36040$vi3.19722@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
\(O\)enone <oenone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Anyway, when I was reading the back of the box, I noticed that it states in
capital letters, "NOT TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN THE UK." I thought it must be an
import copy or something, but just below this it has an 08710 tech support
number, "charged at 10p/min", and a web address of www.sierra.com/uk.

These details are all obviously UK-based, so why the distribution warning?
Anyone know?

Not that I have any direct experience, but this sounds like an Irish copy
that's not meant for consumption or use south of a particular arbitrary
border or on the other side of a particular body of water.

I think you may have got your Irelands flipped. The north is (for the
time being) part of the UK.

And it couldn't be from the south as they use Euros now.

My mistake, thanks for the correction. If the South is fully a member of
the EU, currency and all, then I can't think of why there's that warning
except that it might be a simple misprint. Perhaps they meant 'Not for the
EU (continent)' if there's no multi-language support? Wouldn't be the
first time a case label's had the wrong info on it.

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