Re: Nikon fined in Switzerland for anti-competitive practices
I don\'t have much of a dog in the fight on gray market, but I expect in a few years you\'ll be seeing some class action cases about this in the U. S. It\'s not just that they won\'t do gray market repairs at their factory service centers but that they work very hard to prevent independent shops from being able to repair them either by limiting sales of parts and software to program cameras and lenses. (While Nikon is the only one refusing to pay gray market, they aren\'t the only company trying to make sure all repairs go to their factory service center.)
If you don\'t think parts sales from the factory are limited go look on eBay and see what \"not working, just for parts\" lenses and cameras bring. You\'ll notice certain lenses broken are worth a lot of money, the parts in them are worth that much. It\'s not home hobbyists that are needing those USM motors and VR units, not in that quantity.
Dec 17, 2011 at 02:35 PM
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