Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]tha't not truem not atleast in the torrance nikon office, they just charge you On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:52:37 -0800, Christopher Driggett <driggett@mac.com> wrote: > Feli, > In Nikon USA's case if you purchased something grey market in the > US > then they will never touch it for service no matter if it is in > warranty or not. If you purchased it outside of the US then they will > honor the warranty. This is usually the same for the other companies. > If you are going to purchase grey market then purchase it outside of > the USA. > Cheers, > Chris > > On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Feli wrote: > > > So, Leica's profit is the same. It really boils down to the warranty. > > > > feli > > > > On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:40 AM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > > > >> I think Leica helps the dealers out by offering their "passport" > >> protection for items purchased through authorized dealers who obtain > >> the > >> items from their domestic market. Even an 'authorized' dealer can > >> offer new, > >> grey market stuff, but without passport protection. He is not able to > >> decide > >> which items are which. > >> As a user you've got to decide on whether or not the passport is > >> worth the difference in $$$. I assume that, since the cost of passport > >> protection pays for underwriting the plan, that the bottom line isn't > >> affected either way. > >> -Lew > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad