Save Lik Sang!

[808]

I am tired of hearing the same old story:

1)Free trade is legal
2)Lik-Sang paid Sony for all PSPs they had in stock (typical retail model). Lik-Sang sold these PSPs legally under Free Trade to people of different countries.

Regardless of the semantics of the issue, I am deeply saddened by the complete ignorance of the real issue at hand, which is:

Allowing Sony the power to tell us that we cannot import games and consoles from reputable sources in other countries and that we must buy solely from them or retailers they 'prefer'.

Please stop saying free trade is legal because in this case it obviously wasn't. You're not allowed to import electronic goods that aren't tested under strict EU guidelines. Lik-Sang claimed they did, but why would they do that? To get people on their side, to add fuel to fire, to make the internet community even more angry. They know what they're doing, don't pretend they're innocent.

I mean, God forbid Sony Europe try to protect their market! Because we all know businesses don't do that

If the importing continued, Sony would loose money and then shareholders could sue for loss of profits. Sony aren't evil, they're trying to run a business.

Tell me, which are the major gaming companies have been charged with abusive business practices? Sony you say? No. Nintendo AND Microsoft are the only two that have been charged with it. Not Sony.

And why do they prefer certain shops? MONEY. And guess what businesses like to make? MONEY. It's all about money, which you may think is greedy, but look, how the hell is a business going to continue without it? Sony did what they did, Lik-Sang fled the scene because they had no chance. If Lik-Sang has actually turned up to court what would of happened? Sony would of won. It doesn't matter either way. Sony win, game over.

[Shrygue]

Now listen; PlayStation Portable cosoles are all the same, wheather they are UK, Japanesse, American or Russian units. The only difference are the region code restrictions and that only applies to UMD media, not games. Other hardware are safe to use as well. AC chargers are also safe as long as you get the right one for your country, which is common sense. They are still at 5 volts, just the plug is different. Why shoud the goods that Lik Sang sold flout EU guidelines?

You might as well say that UK 1003K and European 1004K wouldn't be within the law at this rate.

[Walker]

i did my duty i signed it

[Shrygue]

Good for you!

[F9zDark]

Please stop saying free trade is legal because in this case it obviously wasn't. You're not allowed to import electronic goods that aren't tested under strict EU guidelines. Lik-Sang claimed they did, but why would they do that? To get people on their side, to add fuel to fire, to make the internet community even more angry. They know what they're doing, don't pretend they're innocent.

I mean, God forbid Sony Europe try to protect their market! Because we all know businesses don't do that

If the importing continued, Sony would loose money and then shareholders could sue for loss of profits. Sony aren't evil, they're trying to run a business.

Tell me, which are the major gaming companies have been charged with abusive business practices? Sony you say? No. Nintendo AND Microsoft are the only two that have been charged with it. Not Sony.

And why do they prefer certain shops? MONEY. And guess what businesses like to make? MONEY. It's all about money, which you may think is greedy, but look, how the hell is a business going to continue without it? Sony did what they did, Lik-Sang fled the scene because they had no chance. If Lik-Sang has actually turned up to court what would of happened? Sony would of won. It doesn't matter either way. Sony win, game over.

If you read the Lik-Sang article about why Sony took them to court, it had nothing to do with importation of PSPs; it was due to the fact that Lik-Sang published the PSP manual on their site, which apparently is copyright infringement.

The UK judge deemed it illegal to import PSPs for god knows what reasons. And in the last threads where you made the claim that grey importing is illegal, I brought you evidence that said grey importing was not only legal, but that the EU openly WISHES for it, because it brings items to consumers who would otherwise might not be able to get them.

If you have evidence, aside from this one instance of abuse of power and law, that proves your claim that importation is illegal then bring it forth for all of us to see.

[oooooomonkeys]

i dont think the gaming community will ever have any trust in sony anymore.
im gonna go out of my way to never purchase another sony product again.
Thats the only way they'll learn if everyone stops buying then they have no buissness,
even if lik-sang is re-opend i,ll never again give sony my money.

[JKKDARK]

i dont think the gaming community will ever have any trust in sony anymore.
im gonna go out of my way to never purchase another sony product again.
Thats the only way they'll learn if everyone stops buying then they have no buissness,
even if lik-sang is re-opend i,ll never again give sony my money.

I said something similar in 1995.. but everyone bought a PSX

[MIB.42]

I havent really read the lik sang closing down thing (doesnt concern me) but wasnt the reason because of court fees and all that.

You got that right. I bet the "parent" company will re-emerge under a different name...

[Vegetable]

Hey assholes, petitions do nothing and Lik-Sang will be back. It's happened before.

Sage this $#@!.

[Joe88]

i dont think the gaming community will ever have any trust in sony anymore.
im gonna go out of my way to never purchase another sony product again.
Thats the only way they'll learn if everyone stops buying then they have no buissness,
even if lik-sang is re-opend i,ll never again give sony my money.

you still will give them money
just wont know it

alot of electric equipment contains sony brand parts under the hood
their batterys (even though they cause the biggest comp recall in for history exploding batterys with sony, dell, apple, and IBM/Lenvo branded laptops >_> )