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 > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au > > [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of > > Carl Clifford > > Sent: Wednesday, 21 December 2011 10:41 AM > > To: Birding-Aus Aus > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] A response from B&H re. non-shipment > > of some brands of Binoculars > > > > Dear B-A, > > > > Below is a response from B&H regarding non-shipment of some > > brands of > > binoculars to outside of the USA. Unfortunately, it seems > > that most of > > the brands preferred by birders are affected. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Carl Clifford > > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > From: Henry Posner > > Date: 21 December 2011 6:28:52 AM > > To: “carlsclifford@gmail.com” > > Subject: Re B&H Photo Video no longer shipping Biins > > > > The binoculars section of our site at http://bhpho.to/sDiMCo has 950 > > products from 30+ brands. Most can be shipped anywhere. In > > some cases > > the manufacturer or their licensed US distributor limits > > where we may > > ship their product and as an authorized retailer we’re > > honor-bound to > > honor that agreement. That said, there are hundreds of binocs in all > > price ranges which we can ship anywhere. > > > > It is not our job to police the behavior of other retailers, > > but in my > > opinion honoring our contracts with our vendors is as important as > > honoring our agreements with our customers. > > — – > > regards, > > Henry Posner > > Director of Corporate Communications > > B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio > > http://www.bandh.com/ > > > > I have just had a look binocular prices at B&H’s web site. Every pair > > of bins I checked (even low end Barska and Kenko models) had a note > > saying that they can not be shipped outside the USA. Strangely enough, > > spotting scopes are can still be shipped. Anyone who is thinking of > > buying bins from B&H should factor in the cost of using USA address > > providers such as Shipito. > > > > I have checked Adorama’s site and there seems to be no problems with > > them. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Carl Clifford > > > > > > > > =============================== > > > > 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 > =============================== > ===============================
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