Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can only tell you what I know. You are free to speculate from there. It would be nice if some of the grey market distributors (not retailers) out there would fill in the blanks. John Collier > From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> > >> The distributor buys product from Leica AG and profit from the >> sale of that >> item is used to pay for a number of expensive services we benefit >> from. > > Is there a difference in price the manufacturer charges for the same product > between gray market and "official channels"? I do not believe there is. If > that is the case, why doesn't EVERY item from the manufacturer come with the > manufacturers warranty (and I believe it does)? > > Also, it sounds to me that if there isn't a difference in price charged, > that the manufacturer makes MORE money from the gray market item, since you > claimed that they don't have to provide warranty service for them (which I > do not believe BTW). > >