Text 33033, 81 rader
Skriven 2009-06-04 11:21:26 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 33025 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Loans
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04 Jun 09 08:16, Robert Bashe wrote to Roy Witt:

 RB> Roy Witt wrote to Robert Bashe on Wednesday June 03 2009 at 15:28:

 WD>>>> Sure ... and when there's a warranty-issue you have it towed 800km
 WD>>>> to Denmark for repair.

 RB>>> Since when? At least in Germany, discrimination of people who
 RB>>> bought their cars outside the country is illegal. The manufacturers
 RB>>> and service organizations tried this trick here too, and fell flat
 RB>>> on their faces.

 RW>> It's common knowledge here in the states that the warranty is the
 RW>> manufacturer's warranty and not that of the dealer. The dealer's
 RW>> contract with the manufacturer states that the dealer will perform
 RW>> warranty repairs and be compensated by the manufacturer to do so.

 RW>> You can drive your Chevrolet across the USA and be assured of
 RW>> warranty work at every point of your journey.

 RB> Apples and oranges, Roy. Ward and I were talking about buying a car
 RB> _outside_ your own country (including cars made in your country,
 RB> which is why this practice is often called "re-importation") and
 RB> importing it.

Lessee, my Camaro was made in Canada, but there was no price adjustment
when it was sold here. Dodge Ram pickups are made in Mexico, but there is
not price adjustment when they're sold here. Some Pontiac cars were made
in Australia, but again, no price adjustments are made. Then of course, we
have the dometics built in Japan, S Korea and China that bear no price
adjustments when sold here.

 RB> There are price advantages because the manufacturers adjust their
 RB> prices in keeping with the taxes in various countries: the prices
 RB> (without tax) are lower in high-tax countries like Denmark
 RB> in order to make the final price (with tax) to the consumer
 RB> acceptable. When a foreigner buys a car there and exports it, he/she
 RB> doesn't pay the Danish tax, but only the VAT of his own country
 RB> (lower) on the purchase price.

Those are what we called 'grey market' cars, which don't meet the
emissions requirements like the same car that is legally imported here.

 RB> This naturally doesn't please the manufacturers, nor the outlets in
 RB> your own country, and they have attempted to hinder such foreign
 RB> purchases in the past by denying warranty service to such owners.

If they couldn't meet the emissions requirements, they weren't allowed to
be operational here. Most owners of such vehicles never got to drive them
here.

 RB> However, the practice has become illegal in Germany and presumably
 RB> throughout the EU, as it hinders inter-EU trade.

Of course. It that were illegal here that would be like buying a car made
in Detroit and not being able to drive it in Dallas. Two cities, two
states in one country...

 RB> This was the basis of Ward's comment and my rejoinder.

 RB> There never was any problem getting warranty service throughout one
 RB> country, such as Germany. Buy a car in Bavaria and have it serviced
 RB> in Hamburg - no problem, and never was. Only foreign-purchased car
 RB> owners were discriminated, but now that's a thing of the past.

As it should be.


 RB> Cheers, Bob

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