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I spent two weeks in Juarez a few years ago for my wife's visa stuff. The hotel was pretty cheap, the food was pretty cheap (and delicious!), but I was surprise
by tombert 2y ago
I spent two weeks in Juarez a few years ago for my wife's visa stuff. The hotel was pretty cheap, the food was pretty cheap (and delicious!), but I was surprised to see that an Xbox was actually more expensive than it was in NYC.
It makes enough sense, Microsoft isn't a charity, they're selling the console at a fairly competitive price already in the US, it's not going going to magically get cheaper just because it crossed a border, but it was still surprising to see that.
- HDThoreaun 2y agoMicrosoft also knows that if they sell xbox's for less overseas people will start buying those cheap ones and importing them to the US for resale.
- tombert 2y agoThat makes sense, and not really theoretical; it's pretty easy to buy Blu-rays and DVDs from foreign markets, and they're often considerably cheaper than their American versions. They of course are region encoded, but I suspect nearly anyone who frequents Hacker News knows how to get around that.