Are E-300s sold outside the US minus the EVOLT moniker? Just wondering.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Viet" <oly@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:51 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: E-500 specs (long)
>
> 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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