George Middius wrote:

Joseph O'Blather said:


The fact is that if a company makes it, the warranty should
be just as valid no matter where you buy it, as long as
it's new and has the warranty cards in it. That would be
like GM saying that their cars have no warranty or support
because you bought it in Canada.



Boy, you can certainly generate some steam when you get irritated.

Unfortunately for you, commodities and warranties don't mix too well. A warranty
is a service and it's certainly reasonable for manufacturers to base them on the
entire business model.

You could make a better case for distinguishing between point-of-sale warranty
coverage and manufacturer-direct coverage.

It's just another arbitrary rule by Denon to force us to pay
more. It's not an illegal cone, just it was sold in a different
country for a lot less money(note - the warranty is just as
valid overseas)

A better analogy would be if you bought your Mercedes in
Europe and brought it over to the U.S., then when you
took it in for servicing, they told you they can't touch
it as it wasn't a "real" Mercedes.