For further clarity.....
I have never found Amazon to be a particularly well presented site especially when it comes to finding out the supplier. When I stated "it turns out to have come from Germany" that was not clearly written, I was aware that the hood was a European hood but not of it's origin at the time of ordering, I thought that it was being /supplied by a warehouse in the UK as the postage was reasonable - exactly who supplies it is almost immaterial as with so many companies trading from all over Europe - not to mention 'dropshippers' - you are never really sure, I have bought things off eBay which have UK supplier addresses, yet the item comes with a Chinese Customs label, and arrives after 6 weeks! I tend to go by country of manufacture more than supplier and simply look for EU compliance.
I was under the impression that appliance bought in the EU all had to comply with certain standards and regulations and were largely compatible in all EU countries.
My original question was simply is it OK to use an adapter - not too unreasonable as we all use them with savers! and why does the supplier suggest that I should not cut the plus off.
I have since thought that perhaps Germany uses a different wire colour code which would confuse Brits when cutting off a plug to replace with a UK plug.
Why did I buy it? Well the assertion that it was perhaps to avoid paying import taxes is totally unfounded as there aren't any - we are still in the EU! it was for no other reason than I happened to like the design.
I have never found Amazon to be a particularly well presented site especially when it comes to finding out the supplier. When I stated "it turns out to have come from Germany" that was not clearly written, I was aware that the hood was a European hood but not of it's origin at the time of ordering, I thought that it was being /supplied by a warehouse in the UK as the postage was reasonable - exactly who supplies it is almost immaterial as with so many companies trading from all over Europe - not to mention 'dropshippers' - you are never really sure, I have bought things off eBay which have UK supplier addresses, yet the item comes with a Chinese Customs label, and arrives after 6 weeks! I tend to go by country of manufacture more than supplier and simply look for EU compliance.
I was under the impression that appliance bought in the EU all had to comply with certain standards and regulations and were largely compatible in all EU countries.
My original question was simply is it OK to use an adapter - not too unreasonable as we all use them with savers! and why does the supplier suggest that I should not cut the plus off.
I have since thought that perhaps Germany uses a different wire colour code which would confuse Brits when cutting off a plug to replace with a UK plug.
Why did I buy it? Well the assertion that it was perhaps to avoid paying import taxes is totally unfounded as there aren't any - we are still in the EU! it was for no other reason than I happened to like the design.
