rfdesigner said:
RGF said:
rfdesigner said:
And to think, Canon/Nikon etc could shut down the grey market overnight simply by introducing a flat price worldwide.
But they try and charge customers in "rich" countries substantially more.. I don't have lots of sympathy.. but I do have far more for time for Canon as they still provide support for grey market and parts, unlike Nikon.. one more reason to stick with Canon.
actually very hard since currency fluctuates unless everyone bad in a single currency
bad.. paid?
actually no it's not hard at all.. it just means revisiting prices fairly frequently. Canon et al could just say RRP is X-yen or equivelent in your currency.
This is exactly what's happening on the grey market, and that functions.
sorry typo - bad should be had.
agree gray market functions to a point. Except that home market support needs to be paid by someone Either local buyers since they get the benefit (in which gray market items don't support local market support) or from the parent company. But how should the parent company allocate $. If by sales, gray market items cause a miss allocation.
In the end gray market sales in small quantity don't matter but in large quantity can cause problems.
best way be to allow buyers of gray market products to transfer warrant to their home market (either free or for a small fee).