> In Belgium, tied sales are illegal (or were mostly illegal until very recently), and subsidized phones linked to contracts are considered tied. Which makes th

> In Belgium, tied sales are illegal (or were mostly illegal until very recently), and subsidized phones linked to contracts are considered tied. Which makes them illegal in Belgium. Tied sales ('koppelverkoop') have been declared legal by minister Q since about end of 2009 (1), due to Belgian law conflicting with European law. I'm not sure if the revised Belgian law has gone through parliament already, but Euro law takes precedence anyway. (1) http://www.quickonomie.be/nl/persberichten/29oktober2009-kopverk.jsp?referer=tcm:248-78962-64 http://www.quickonomie.be/nl/persberichten/29oktober2009-kop...