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<blockquote data-quote="misfit138" data-source="post: 6814604" data-attributes="member: 611275">:facepalm:Yes, they do have overhead, but selling grey market gear allows them to rake in huge money.&nbsp; Local shops are privately owned, therefore most of them aren&#039;t catering to thousands of customers and can&#039;t afford to buy massive quantities of grey market stuff to keep in stock.&nbsp; Being authorized to sell equipment isn&#039;t cheap, as most companies require a specific &quot;buy-in&quot; if you want to carry their products.&nbsp; Shop owners are forced to pay the buy in and become authorized dealers.&nbsp; If they aren&#039;t authorized, they have to pay for warranty items out of pocket.Think about this;&nbsp; Say a local shop buys a shit load of the RD 3250v.2 amps that were recalled on the grey market.&nbsp; This shop is then faced with dozens, or hundreds, of customers returning faulty amps.&nbsp; If the shop doesn&#039;t have RD to fall back on, they could lose their business as well as their home by paying for refunds and/or repairs out of pocket.Understand please.Thanks...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="misfit138, post: 6814604, member: 611275"] :facepalm: Yes, they do have overhead, but selling grey market gear allows them to rake in huge money. Local shops are privately owned, therefore most of them aren't catering to thousands of customers and can't afford to buy massive quantities of grey market stuff to keep in stock. Being authorized to sell equipment isn't cheap, as most companies require a specific "buy-in" if you want to carry their products. Shop owners are forced to pay the buy in and become authorized dealers. If they aren't authorized, they have to pay for warranty items out of pocket. Think about this; Say a local shop buys a shit load of the RD 3250v.2 amps that were recalled on the grey market. This shop is then faced with dozens, or hundreds, of customers returning faulty amps. If the shop doesn't have RD to fall back on, they could lose their business as well as their home by paying for refunds and/or repairs out of pocket. Understand please. Thanks... [/QUOTE]

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