Is this possible?

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i tought tv s , computors ect would be cheaper in phil, being near to hong kong, am i wrongly informed ?

actualy i cant imagine a need for a tv in such a place

[Englishman2010]

i tought tv s , computors ect would be cheaper in phil, being near to hong kong, am i wrongly informed ?

actualy i cant imagine a need for a tv in such a place

That was certainly true a few years ago, electrical goods were much cheaper in the middle and far east. I'm a bit of a gadget fan and always compare prices of phones, cameras, laptops, TV's ...etc when I'm in Asia, and over the last few years I really think Britain has become very competitive. I can only put this down to internet competition driving down the prices so much that retailers don't make a great deal per unit, but rely on volumes of turnover instead. Think of it this way. Whether the TV is sold in Phil's or Europe, it is still made in a factory in China and stiil costs the same to make it. The only difference in cost to the retailer is the cost to transport it from China to wherever. However retailers in wealthy western countries will turnover more TV's than a Phil retailer, so they tell the manufacturer they want a bigger discount for volume.

[JimOttley]

i tought tv s , computors ect would be cheaper in phil, being near to hong kong, am i wrongly informed ?

Even 6 years back electronics were not noticeably cheaper than the UK, I once patiently explained to a computer salesman in Malate that while the machine and parts he was trying to sell me were cheap they were also three years older than the modern parts I could buy in the UK for the same price.

So usually I bought the bits here and took them over (I have had a 40KG luggage allowance for 5 years) and built the computer over there, I could buy the big bits like monitor and case over there but everything else was cheaper in the UK.

Saying that my machine over there is now very old and really needs a massive update :(

Camera's are sometimes a little cheaper but that's a tax issue.

actualy i cant imagine a need for a tv in such a place

I would miss the Tele, I'm not a big fan but I do like some of the cable channels over there.