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echo: scanners
to: ROLAND STINER
from: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN
date: 1996-09-17 06:22:00
subject: RE: 1997 RS catalog (Canada)

Roland Stiner writes in a message to Guy Houle
 RS> Well, that's my point, there is no law in Canada that forbids 
 RS> cellular monitoring. So, why does RS block cellular in the 
 RS> scanners that it sells up there? 
3 reasons:  (1) US citizens would flock to The Great White North willing to 
pay the VAT on an unblocked scanner - or - (2) It's easiest to keep the 
inventory straight - or - (3) the stores are all stocked out of Fort Worth 
X.
  
You pick your reasons, I figure it's a combination of 2 and 3.
 
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