What you may find is that to get them serviced you have to mail (at your own expense) to the USA.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Ian Martin wrote:
> Hi Peter, > In the one I belong to, my address includes my name at the top (and no > other business name on it). > That means for guarantee purposes my name is on the invoice , along with > my “US address”. No confusion at all who bought or owns it. > > Ian > > —– Original Message —– From: “Peter Shute” > To: “‘Ed Williams'” **; < > flambeau@labyrinth.net.au>; > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 2:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] A response from B&H re. non-shipment of some > brands of Binoculars > > > Would that make the warranty even more difficult to claim than it already >> is when you buy from OS? It might look like you aren’t the original owner. >> >> —–Original Message—– >>> From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.**vicnet.net.au >>> [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@**lists.vicnet.net.au] >>> On Behalf Of >>> Ed Williams >>> Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2011 1:41 PM >>> To: flambeau@labyrinth.net.au; birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.**au >>> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] A response from B&H re. >>> non-shipment of some brands of Binoculars >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> There are a number of businesses easily found on the web that >>> by-pass this issue in the states. They act as a US postal >>> address for you and will then post it on to you. It does add >>> to the cost – but with the overall savings are still >>> definitely worth it. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ed >>> >>> >>> > Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:08:27 +1100 >>> > From: flambeau@labyrinth.net.au >>> > To: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.**au >>> > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] A response from B&H re. >>> non-shipment of some brands of Binoculars >>> > >>> > On 21/12/2011 11:15 AM, Dave Torr wrote: >>> > > I guess the local retailers have been putting pressure on >>> the manufacturers >>> > > to try and cut down on internet sales – inevitable I suppose. >>> > > >>> > > On 21 December 2011 11:06, Peter Shute wrote: >>> > > >>> > >> I wonder why the change. Perhaps those manufacturers alway had >>> > >> restrictions, and one or several have decided to start >>> enforcing them, so >>> > >> they started following the rules for them all. If so, >>> then we should expect >>> > >> this to start affecting all the reputable dealers >>> > >> >>> > >> I know you can’t get Sennheiser stuff from them either. >>> Perhaps the online >>> > >> free for all is coming to an end. >>> > >> >>> > >> I’m sure you’ll always be able to find someone who’d be >>> willing to do it, >>> > >> but I’m not sure I’d trust them. >>> > >> >>> > >> Peter Shute >>> > >>> > I’m after a pair of Minox binoculars and am having the same >>> trouble as >>> > there doesn’t seem to be an Australian distributor. >>> “Gimmedigi” who seem >>> > to be in HongKong can do them. >>> > >>> > Any thoughts as to Gimmedigi’s performance? >>> > >>> > Brian Fleming >>> > Melbourne >>> > ==============================**= >>> > >>> > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >>> > send the message: >>> > unsubscribe >>> > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >>> > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.**net.au >>> > >>> > http://birding-aus.org >>> > ==============================**= >>> >>> ==============================**= >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >>> send the message: >>> unsubscribe >>> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >>> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.**net.au >>> >>> http://birding-aus.org >>> ==============================**= >>> >>> ==============================**= >> >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >> send the message: >> unsubscribe >> (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) >> to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.**net.au >> >> http://birding-aus.org >> ==============================**= >> > > ==============================**= > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.**net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > ==============================**= >
