Dear all electrical retailers in the United Kingdom,
This may be a bit much to ask, but could you possibly check the plugs on equipment before you sell them, as I happen to live in England and not Spain. Over the years I have bought a CD player, VCR and an amplifier which have been fitted with those two pronged Spanish moulded monstrosities*.

Ta very much, Saddo

*Shavers are excluded.
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 15:05, 8 replies)

I see the problem here
you've obviously been buying goods from spain
(The Cat Hater punch a cow for the planet, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 16:53, closed)

Heh I wish
all items were bought in Britain, (*edit* probably) bought from Spain by Curry's, Comet and the other I can't remember.
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 17:49, closed)

Why Spanish?
Isn't the traditional European place to slag off Brussels, or our neighbours France?
Heck, to be more up to date you could say Polish or Lithuanian?
Sorry, just my way of saying that most of Europe uses those "Spanish" plugs (but I admit I don't recall if Poland does and didn't check Lithuania).
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 17:36, closed)

But Britain doesn't
and given that he's buying from a British store, you'd think it'd come with British plugs on, no?
( Kroney, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 17:52, closed)

I agree with him about the plugs.
But I was wondering why the Spanish got the blame.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 18:17, closed)

Spanish plugs
are the one's I'm most familiar with e.g. been to Spain. Didn't know about the rest of Europe using the same.
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 18:00, closed)

Yup, they do.
You are right to complain of course, as you know, I just thought I ought to mention that those plugs are used in much of Europe -- the UK is very odd when it comes to electricals.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 18:14, closed)

Cheers
for the info.
(Sadarse works like Mist condensing mud flaps, Tue 7 Sep 2010, 19:09, closed)