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HP sues reseller
Ben Furfie Mar 13 2008, 11:46am
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USA: Vendor suing Maxicom PC for selling products on the grey market
HP has filed for a lawsuit worth $4 million against a US reseller that allegedly manipulated the vendor's partner scheme to gain larger discounts than it should have been entitled to.
HP claims that Maxicom PC misrepresented who the equipment would be sold on to, adding that it believes the company then went on to use the discounts gained to sell on the 'grey market' at an unfair advantage.
Speaking about the case, HP's US channel chief Adrian Jones said: "HP is committed to supporting our authorized business partners and protecting our mutual customers.
"We're committed to prosecuting those parties who use fraudulent means to obtain HP products for the purpose of selling them through unauthorized channels."
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“HP sues reseller - grey markets should go!”
Posted by: Gary - Apr 25, 6:12pm
The manufacturers have created their own monster with grey markets. Why is it possible to buy the same product in different parts of the world for masively different prices??? Case in point is that of Adobe and their geographic pricing of CS3 in US and Europe. It is cheaper to fly to the States, buy the software and then bring it back than buy it "legally" in Europe..
Why are we always held to ransom? This is price fixing and this should be stamped out - not the grey market