SC>3 reasons:  (1) US citizens would flock to The Great White North willing 
to 
  >the VAT on an unblocked scanner - or - (2) It's easiest to keep the 
inventor
  >straight - or - (3) the stores are all stocked out of Fort Worth TX.
SC>You pick your reasons, I figure it's a combination of 2 and 3.
I would tend to say that it is one and two.  If they had to make more
than one version of the same scanner, it would be costly.  They'd have
to restock the assembly line and keep the versions segregated (g0d
forbid that some should accidentally land in the US!
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