I'd be surprised if Olympus could enforce restrictions on dealers. Doesn't the
US
have laws against "restraint of trade", especially re foreign markets.
tOM
On 29 Sep 2005 at 10:36,
Mark Dapoz <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Alan Wood wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure that you are correct. I recently wanted to buy some
> > Olympus microscope accessories. Even with a 10% discount for
> > payment with order, the price from Olympus UK was nearly double
> > the price that USA dealers sell for. Unfortunately, Olympus USA
> > forbids exporting by their microscope dealers.
>
> That's correct. Each distributor sets their own prices and
> policies. Usually a distributor is not allowed to sell into another
> distributor's region but I suppose they are free to impose those
> restrictions on the dealers as well. It's likely a result of
> complaints from other dealers. I'd find it astonishing if the UK
> prices were subsidising the USA ones.
> -mark
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