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- From: robert@sys.sweden.dg.com (Robert Claeson)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: different camera names in US - why ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.083043.13146@sys.sweden.dg.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 08:30:43 GMT
- References: <26OCT199214022602@vms1.iscs.nus.sg> <PHR.92Oct25235022@napa.telebit.com> <1992Nov2.084418.18142@sys.sweden.dg.com> <1992Nov6.120549.28716@spider.co.uk>
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- In article <1992Nov6.120549.28716@spider.co.uk>, mikec@spider.co.uk (Mike Coren) writes:
-
- > I think it has more to do with deterring high-volume grey market importers
- > than individuals who purchase the cameras outside the US (or outside Europe
- > or outside Asia, depending on your frame of reference). I recently bought
- > an EOS-100 in the UK, which is the EOS-ELAN in the US, and with it came a
- > list of Canon's world-wide service network, along with a statement to the
- > effect that any Canon camera could be serviced anywhere in the world.
- >
- > When you look in the ads in Popular Photography, and they show the same item
- > costing $30 more with a US warrantee, you know you're getting grey market
- > merchandise.
-
- Yes, but if the camera comes with a world-wide warranty, why would one
- need a U.S. warranty?
-
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