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Old 01-05-2009
SlowOne SlowOne is offline
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I agree with Chris - SMD are not responsible for warranty on items not bought in the UK. We've brought this on ourselves by the practice of grey imports. If you were a distributor, and you knew there were a load of grey imports around, wouldn't you want to be sure that the speedo returned for warranty was one you sold? This isn't the motor car industry subject to EU Regulations!

As for who is ripping who off, we are ripping ourselves off. If we all refused to pay £200 for a speedo, the price would come down. There are cheaper speedos available. Again, I ask, if you were selling something that cost you £10, and the market price was £100, would you sell it for £50? Not if you wanted to make money you wouldn't!! Is there anyone except Oxfam in business to act as a charity? No. You're in business to make money. and you make money by maximising the difference between cost and selling price.
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