Le jeudi 29 Septembre 2005 15:59, Mark Dapoz a écrit :
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Manuel Viet wrote:
> > we, europeans, are a bit tired to finance your low
> > prices along with our purchases, so the trick is to brand devices
> > differently, and then you can't claim a warranty for a device not
> > officialy sold in your own country, making the bargain far less
> > attractive.
>
> I think you better check your facts there. I highly doubt that European
> Olympus sales are subsidising American Olympus sales.
It's more or less a general rant ; for anything including electronics, facts
are that the euro / $ parity is far less equal than it may seem from a pure
banking point of view.
> It comes down to a
> simple cost of doing business. If Olympus America offers warranty service
> on something they didn't sell (and hence didn't get the profit), then that
> is a net loss for them. Just like you wouldn't expect your local photo
> retailer to handle a warranty claim for something you ordered over the net.
<mode=former law science teacher hat on> It's against european consumer
protection laws, for a producer, to refuse the legal warranty over _any_
branded device, whatever be the retail outlet. Another world...
--
Manuel Viet
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