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> Selling overseas would require hardware changes with the plugs Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, and a few other Central/South Amer
by MisterTea 2y ago
> Selling overseas would require hardware changes with the plugs
Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, and a few other Central/South American countries can plug these tools right into the wall.
- dylan604 2y agoFor whatever reasons, my mind equates overseas with Europe and even Eastern Europe more specifically when it comes to trading in illicit wares. In my mind, any where in the Americas just isn't overseas. But you are absolutely right in that a lot of stolen items do end up in that part of the world.
- closewith 2y agoNone of those countries are overseas from the US. Maybe there's a case to be made for Venuzeuela and Colombia because of the Darien Gap, but that's pushing it.
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- lupire 2y agoYou seem to be ignoring concavity.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoChina exports lots of stuff to the USA and those containers go back empty. They can easily be filled up with stolen iPhones and catalytic converters for recycling, so that they aren’t all empty. Power tools probably not though.
- dylan604 2y agoI thought the empties carried all of the stolen cars to their new homes.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoThat’s way too much trouble, and Chinese customs is really serious about their 100% tariff for DIY car imports. Stolen iPhones and cats are much easier to smuggle in, and have little value outside of Chinese recyclers.
- dylan604 2y agoYou seem to think that a ship can't pull into a different port in a different country on the way back to China.
- ChoGGi 2y agoAlso a lot of power tools are battery operated, chop saws, skill saws, sds drills, etc. All you'd need for overseas is a charger.
- MisterTea 2y agoI bet most of those chargers operate on 90-250 VAC 50-60Hz since they're switching supplies. You'd just need an adapter.