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Originally Posted by jet787
Of course I would like to save some money and don't honestly understand the pricing scheme outside of Japan.
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There is a simple explanation for the pricing scheme outside Japan.
In Japan Accuphase delivers directly to the retailers (no distributors in between) and all warranty and repairs are done by the factory.
Outside Japan Accuphase delivers to the distributor of the corresponding country and the distributor delivers to the appointed Accuphase retailers in that country.
The distributor has to run a service point on his own expense including some stock of spares. Running such a service point is not for free (location, equipment, technician)!
The distributor has to carry all the expenses for warranty (labour).
Original replacement parts and assembly modules are only available to the distributors service point.
The service manuals are only available to the distributors service point under a non disclosure agreement.
If you do not buy through the official distribution channel in your country, you will have no warranty, no original spare parts and no service at all.
Martin
P.S. I'm in full accordance with message #85 above from 'Formerly YB-2'.