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Originally Posted by tompe
I have always thought that is because they do not want to handle all different rules in different countries for electronics. Also different countries have different laws about mandatory consumer rights. A smaller company can get away with selling to any country easier without too much risk of hurting their reputation.
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Another point to consider is that the USA has a "domestic market" of 300-odd million people. For many companies, that is a perfectly adequate customer base and they have neither the desire nor the need to go through all the hassles of dealing with international customers. This is, of course, annoying for us Europeans, who expect companies to trade internationally (because pretty much all companies in Europe do), but it is understandable.