On 27/10/06, John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Granted, this is somewhat different from selling gray market cameras, but > the loss of sales and profits is the same.
Um, no it's not, it would be similar if you could clone cameras. Grey market import protection is in place simply to ensure that the local market can gouge local buyers. I often hear talk of cost differences due to warranty services but each country has similar requirements WRT new product warranties so these cost will be built into every wholesalers retailers buy prices. Kid yourself if you like but the world is now an international market. If I can by the same item from another country and pay duties/taxes and freight then still pay less than local prices I know simply that the local wholesalers are expecting to make too much profit and shouldn't prosper in the market. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
