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Look what Ferrari did to prevent purchasers from bypassing Ferrari dealers

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Old 01-08-2002, 06:40 AM
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Default Look what Ferrari did to prevent purchasers from bypassing Ferrari dealers

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Ouch! I hope this doesn't screw up the grey market for everyone.
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Yeah, it's hard to feel sorry for them though.
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oh the poor rich....they can't drive the 200k car because they won't allow it in america....it must be horrifying
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I agree, must be real tough to wake up in the morning with these kinds of problems...I just don't know if I could handle it
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I think it's BS. It's flat out business. If I can get a product cheaper somewhere else why shouldn't I? Maybe Ferrari should drop their prices here to remain competative.

If you could have gotten your S2000 for half the price overseas would you have done it?
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I drive a Civic.
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Not only is Ferrari trying to control and halt their grey market importers to the US, if you have one and need something done to it: 1) no dealer will touch it, and 2) if you want parts from Italy for your Euro-F car, they will not ship them over.
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Unlike some other sportscar manufacturers, Ferrari seems to conduct it's business with a lot of pride and tradition.
I really like that.
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People want what they cannot have, it's human nature.


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