Talk:Parallel import

Just posting a little note here to remind people that neither T.J. Maxx nor T.K. Maxx is an error in this article. Both are real stores (owned by the same company). "J" stores are American, "K" stores are British. Just hoping to forestall some mistaken "corrections". --Khajidha (talk) 14:36, 5 April 2017 (EDT)

"K" stores also exist in Germany. They reportedly had the first wave of FOC Legends, at a time when Generations was supposed to be a TRU exclusive line here in Europe. Then again, the Decepticon data discs were also found at TK Maxx and B&M stores in the UK, and at least at B&M they came in European packaging...--Nevermore (talk) 15:56, 5 April 2017 (EDT)

I just remember thinking it was a typo the first time I heard of TK Maxx. --Khajidha (talk) 20:53, 5 April 2017 (EDT)

Grey vs Gray

Surely if most Grey Imports are found in the UK, then the UK spelling of Grey with an e is more appropriate?

• There, better? (Please remember to sign your posts in the future using the second button from the right).--Nevermore (talk) 16:41, 6 April 2017 (EDT)

Mispacks

Should we mention somewhere on here that this is different from the occasional find of items intended for one market erroneously packed in cases meant for another market? --Khajidha (talk) 09:36, 6 November 2017 (EST)

I think the problem is it's very hard for fans, especially years later, to tell the difference between a shop receiving product through the regular supply channels that just comes in the wrong packaging for whatever reason (e.g. mistakes at the packaging plant or surplus stock from the US being sent to a market a year behind rather than producing new cards or packaging intended for one grouping of European countries going to another), an individual shop or chain getting a product otherwise skipped in that country as an exclusive (my memory is that the G2 Aerialbots in the UK were stickered as being a Woolworths exclusive), collector focused shops that legitimately import directly instead of or in addition to the local distribution and a shop having alternative suppliers who provide out of territory product. It all results in foreign packaging being on sale in that country but isn't all for the same reason. Timrollpickering (talk) 10:15, 24 August 2022 (EDT)