Update on the Canon USA vs Grey Market Retailers Legal Action

[Valvebounce]

Hi John.
That is a very valid point, well thought through imho.
Our local camera shop started diversifying years ago by selling high end hifi, I guess they didn't see the same happening there, now they sell DAB radios, p&s and X00 X000 cameras third party glass and they offer imaging services like slide scanning and photo repairs as in salvaging old prints.

Cheers, Graham.

In the long run it's the manufacturers who will suffer as they will have no more "Authorised" dealers to tempt newcomers with the latest toys. They are destroying their own shop window!

 

[Local Hero]

The irony is that Canon USA is the source of heaps of Grey Market product for other markets like Australia, Asia etc.

For example the full retail price at somewhere like B&H or Adorama on a lot of Canon gear is cheaper than the dealer buy price in Australia.

So Canon USA are cutting their own throats so to speak with regards of sales.

 

[martti]

The dealers in Asia will be delighted if they get the American grey market dealer out of the game.
Canon US will not gain much else than a nasty reputation.

 

[acorbett]

Not in favor of MAP? ha. Have fun buying from only amazon in 15 years. If that was overturned today there would be no B&H adorama or any small camera store/processing houses in a solid 15 years. Have fun learning how to use a camera on youtube and getting crap quality from shutterfly.

If blueberries(or most any fruit) from south america were not fair traded then we would not have blueberries in the US in the winter. Unless you wanted to pay $30 a pint.

On top of that, that means Canon cameras for instance would be the same price as crap cameras made in some basement in china.

If canon rumors still wants to make money from more then one source(amazon) I would strongly recommend being in favor.

But hey thats just me, what do I know about economics.

 

[acorbett]

some people just want to watch the world burn.

 

[martti]

You can blame it all on the Internet.