WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.040 Welcome to a new segment about technology and computers around the 00:00:03.360 --> 00:00:10.160 world. This is obviously not something that we're going to be able to do all the time, but whenever we kind of travel 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:14.480 somewhere, we'll try to pick up another episode. It's largely going to be about 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:18.320 the consumer experience of living there and shopping for things within the 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:22.000 country. This will obviously require different angles taken for different 00:00:19.840 --> 00:00:25.760 various countries. Like if we did one in Taiwan, it would be much different than 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:29.599 this one which was done in Switzerland. And I believe that is natural. So 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:37.090 hopefully you guys find it interesting. And without further ado, let's do 00:00:40.040 --> 00:00:46.399 it. Tunnel Bear is the easytouse VPN service that lets you use the web as if 00:00:44.559 --> 00:00:50.879 you're in 20 different countries. Learn more and try Tunnel Bear for free at the 00:00:48.239 --> 00:00:56.239 link in the video description. Before I even came to Switzerland, it was echoed 00:00:53.120 --> 00:00:57.440 over and over and over again. Buy online 00:00:56.239 --> 00:01:01.680 when you're looking for computer components. That's all anybody said. A 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:06.080 moderator on the forum, Alpen Wasser, happens to be from Switzerland and he 00:01:04.479 --> 00:01:10.000 very specifically was like, "Yeah, nobody buys in stores. You just buy 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:12.880 online here." And I went on forums, local forums to Switzerland, traveler 00:01:11.600 --> 00:01:18.880 forums for people that were visiting Switzerland and might need computer components. Everybody's saying buy 00:01:16.720 --> 00:01:23.040 online. Okay, interesting. But I'm stubborn, so I want to try a store. So, 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:27.360 let's check it out. And what a store. It was huge. We went to Media Mart and this 00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:31.840 place was massive. At first, it seemed like they'd have everything you could 00:01:28.799 --> 00:01:34.560 have wanted. Peripherals out the butt. 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:38.479 They had keyboards, mice, monitors, headphones, speakers, whatever the heck 00:01:36.479 --> 00:01:42.560 you wanted, and huge amounts of them on display ready to use, which is super 00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:45.920 cool. It's kind of a problem in North America, as far as I know, at least 00:01:43.920 --> 00:01:49.840 where I'm from. Like, people will ask what Cherry Switch they should use, and 00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:54.720 they can't go try any of them, or like what's the comparison between, say, a 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:58.000 Cherry Brown and a ROR G. Well, at some place like Mediaart, you could actually 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:02.240 try that. Super cool. You can also try all the mouse, headphones, whatever. 00:02:00.399 --> 00:02:06.240 It's awesome. Even their camera section had like really high-end nice cameras 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:10.720 and studio lights, which is kind of cool to see in a consumer electronic store. 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:14.560 But the computers themselves was a little bit of a let down. There was kind 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:18.879 of a a semi small row of them tucked under some monitors, forgotten in a back 00:02:16.640 --> 00:02:23.120 corner of the store, and no components to speak of, which was a little rough. 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:27.680 Also, the prices, at least compared to North America, was a little brutal, but 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:31.440 that did seem to be a consistent theme throughout Switzerland. So, I'm not sure 00:02:29.200 --> 00:02:35.599 if that's necessarily tied directly into only computer parts. Now, for buying 00:02:33.440 --> 00:02:40.160 online, Switzerland isn't actually part of the EU, so there's some import costs 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:45.280 and problems there, but you're probably okay. There's a website called 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:49.760 topprice.ch, which is actually freaking awesome. There's a huge amount of online 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:54.560 computer parts stores in Switzerland somehow and you can filter all of their 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:57.760 prices through this website. And one thing that's actually really cool about 00:02:55.760 --> 00:03:02.319 shopping online is that shipping is basically free on everything as far as I 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:06.720 could tell. Not quite everything, but the vast majority of things. And a lot 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:09.680 of them, depending on where you live, are even available for stuff like one 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:14.720 day shipping. So, it's not really that big of a deal that you can't go to a store to pick it up if you can just get 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:17.840 it that day anyways. Now, prices are kind of hard to compare to the brick and 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.599 mortar store because they didn't actually have the same things. But when 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:25.360 comparing other various things, the margin did seem to be slightly higher 00:03:23.440 --> 00:03:28.560 for brick and mortar, which is kind of expected. So, that's not a huge deal. 00:03:27.200 --> 00:03:33.920 And one thing that's really nice about the top price website is that uh well, 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:37.040 you can do a mass search for a product and find the cheapest one. So, you're 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:41.440 probably going to end up getting a pretty good deal. But then again, things are kind of expensive in Switzerland, so 00:03:40.239 --> 00:03:45.280 it's probably still not going to be cheap. In terms of cell providers, we 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:48.799 were there for under a week, so we only really had time to try out one. There 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:52.799 are two or three, however, but I've heard that they're all kind of somewhat 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:57.680 the same in terms of service providing and cost. We paid 10 Swiss Franks and 00:03:55.920 --> 00:04:02.080 were able to get coverage for the entire week with unlimited data and a bunch of 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:05.920 other things included. And that's actually really cheap. Also, it was 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:10.080 really easy to set up. The process was quite quick and it worked on our phones 00:04:07.920 --> 00:04:15.280 immediately. Actually quite satisfied in terms of that. We went everywhere from 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:17.120 Geneva to Lousan to Lutern and a few 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:21.680 places in between and one a little bit further and yeah, coverage everywhere, 00:04:20.160 --> 00:04:25.560 including when we were hiking out in the hills. So, I'm quite satisfied with the 00:04:23.520 --> 00:04:30.000 self service in Switzerland. Dollarshaveclub.com. They 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:33.840 deliver shavers right to your door for about a third of the price of what that 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:37.520 other greedy razor company charges. 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I know this is a little bit 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:18.160 different than kind of the standard stuff we put out there, but it's been a topic that's actually been quite 00:05:16.080 --> 00:05:21.039 interesting to us at the office as we travel around the world, checking out 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:24.080 the different ways things are done, how hard or easy it is to buy computers, 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:27.280 checking out different tech malls, all that kind of stuff. So, hopefully you 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:32.639 enjoyed it. if you have ideas for different angles that I could take in the future or honestly places that I 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:35.360 should visit, although we'll probably only go there if there's a computer 00:05:33.840 --> 00:05:38.800 show. But anyways, let me know in the comments down below or on Twitter. That 00:05:36.880 --> 00:05:42.960 would be super helpful. 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