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I live in finland and everything costs a lot. I'm going to buy acer xf270hu but in UK it costs 330£ and in germany 880€. Can i use adapter for the UK monitor?

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I live in finland and everything costs a lot. I'm going to buy acer xf270hu but in UK it costs 330£ and in germany 880€. Can i use adapter for the UK monitor?

 

What? its £500 in the UK which  is like 700 euros

 

But yes you can!!! just use a European plug

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What? its £500 in the UK which  is like 700 euros

 

But yes you can!!! just use a European plug

Yeah, or just in any country just grab a universal adapter will do as well.

 

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Btw i see ShadowCaptain is in the holiday mood :)

He just has an ego trio, holiday edition.  :ph34r: 

 

I remember labels on some electronics and it grouped US and UK together and EU separately. Always bothered me

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Doesn't matter.

 

Just use the eu plug! 

 

I bought a Antec PSU, it was in UK plug. I just changed it to a normal EU plug and it's working fine. 

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Yeah, just need an adapter. Both run 230v ac

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Most of modern electronics can be used internationally. Not like old days when you'd have switch for it.

Partially off topic. If this is your first time buying electronics internationally, note few things. First is that shipping will be expensive no matter what. And remember to change currency when you are comapring prices between countries and stores. £1 = €1,38 (I prefer http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/ but your bank will use their own rate which is more favorable for them).

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Most of modern electronics can be used internationally. Not like old days when you'd have switch for it.

Partially off topic. If this is your first time buying electronics internationally, note few things. First is that shipping will be expensive no matter what. And remember to change currency when you are comapring prices between countries and stores. £1 = €1,38 (I prefer http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/ but your bank will use their own rate which is more favorable for them).

It's 370£ so that means about 510€. Currently that is 605€ in amazon.de. 

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You should read on inport charges or you might get a fierce bill.

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You should read on inport charges or you might get a fierce bill.

 

Its inside EU so should be fine. More issue is that most UK companies don't ship electronics internationally. Hence why most Nordics buy stuff from Germany instead. But agree. When buying internationally, shipping, import and warranty are just among things to check. Like import taxing when buying from US is insane. The limit is at €25. Over that and government will have their share.

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