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tbone
by masspector
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Sep 04, 2002 (4:05 am)
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Replying to: dusti (Apr 16, 2002 3:53 pm)
Sign me up for one of those E12000 thingys. Can i get 10 geforce 4600 ti's with 10 50 inch monitors? LOL The ultimate gaming rig. Sounds like you could create a holodeck with that much processing power.
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GUYS
by sonjaab
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Sep 04, 2002 (7:07 am)
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Replying to: dusti (Apr 16, 2002 3:53 pm)
Was at the used car dealer across street yesterday.
The importer guy was not there...He is in
Canada buying 4x4 trucks to bring over !
I mentioned to the mgr. about GM cutting
off warranty work on Can. vehicles. He
said "since when" ?). He did mention that
Chrysler is/has cut off warranty repaIRS.
On used cars too !
He says he don't know how much it cost to bring
them over. Yea right..I think he was trying to
give me the dust off.
Loopholes closing quick !.geo
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thboner - our worlds
by robr2
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Sep 04, 2002 (7:49 am)
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Replying to: dusti (Apr 16, 2002 3:53 pm)
My company distributes building products - manufacturers add features and better warranties with no fear of raising prices and/or cutting our margin. Unless of course their customer has an orange or blue logo.
Hardware/Software/Electronics are some of the few businesses where a drop in price is expected by the end user. Technology is expensive to develop at first then gradually costs drop as production increases.
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mass
by robr2
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Sep 04, 2002 (7:50 am)
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Replying to: dusti (Apr 16, 2002 3:53 pm)
Aw shucks - you're making me blush!!
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by kcram HOST
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Sep 04, 2002 (2:02 pm)
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Replying to: dusti (Apr 16, 2002 3:53 pm)
Feel free to email each other regardintg computer hardware and software... but it is off topic at Edmunds. Thanks!
kcram
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Gray Market Vehicles - Revisited
by Car_man HOST
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Feb 21, 2003 (12:10 pm)
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Replying to: dikran (Jun 29, 2002 12:11 pm)
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Gray Market Vehicles - Revisited
by Car_man HOST
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Feb 20, 2003 (5:24 am)
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Replying to: dikran (Jun 29, 2002 12:11 pm)
Hi everyone. A while back we had a discussion about gray market vehicles here on the Smart Shoppers Message Board. Essentially gray market vehicles are cars and trucks that are purchased from dealers in Canada and imported to the U.S. Many people were and I suppose to some extent still are importing these vehicles from Canada because manufacturers price their products lower there to help offset the higher taxes and exchange rates. To combat this, manufacturers refused to honor the warranties of Canadian vehicles that are imported to the U.S. As you can imagine, this upset many people. Apparently, yesterday a group of consumers filed a class-action lawsuit against several automakers because of this situation. Here are links to two articles on this subject: USA Today - Lawsuits filed over auto prices and Automotive News - Lawsuit Claims Automakers Block Canada-to-U.S. Sales. Enjoy, and please feel free to share your thoughts on / experiences with gray market vehicles and this lawsuit in this discussion.
Car_man
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good articles
by masspector
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Feb 21, 2003 (4:56 am)
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Replying to: dikran (Jun 29, 2002 12:11 pm)
Essentially wraps up both sides of the arguements that were discussed previously. Hopefully now the courts will decide which side is crying foul.
Class action...so let me see, if consumers win I may see $3.00 for my 2002 new car purchase. At least maybe the courts will put an end to the practice of not honoring Canadian warranties in the US.
Are there any websites that list manufacturer policies on this issue?
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Good or Bad ...?
by rroyce10
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Feb 21, 2003 (5:17 am)
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Replying to: dikran (Jun 29, 2002 12:11 pm)
..... They can Class action this one, til' the cows come home .. they tried it in 89, 92, 96 .. even including the dealers -- what they forget is ~ it's part of their dealer agreement.
I'm not taking sides here .. but, the overhead in build cost, is also about 25% less in Canada (alot has do with Govt subsides and allowances there) --
So, should we just close all the plants in the US, knock 500,000+++ folks out of work and open all production in Canada -- Or, let's get really aggressive, let's close every plant in the US and Canada, then open up 9/10 plants in China, that should get the prices waaay down ..!
Terry.
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Factories plot strategy to fight gray market imports
by Car_man HOST
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Feb 21, 2003 (12:10 pm)
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Replying to: rroyce10 (Feb 21, 2003 5:17 am)
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