Recently, I contacted a manufacture concerning two models of .177 air guns I was interested in. I've seen both of these air guns in "action" on YouTube and wanted to purchase at least one of them to test out the YouTube claims. My problem starts with the fact that I am based in the US and neither of these .177 air guns are listed for sale by the manufacture's distributors. This lead me to contact the manufacture directly concerning availability.
While I kind of understand their response from a business perspective (it isn't smart to make/offer products you can't make a profit on), it also frustrates me (if the air guns are being made and sold elsewhere, why not offer them where you can to your entire market as there is no additional overhead to do so). Anyway, I thought I'd share the response here and see what input the forum gives in support of the manufacturer's decision or if they disagree with it. I may be wrong with how I am thinking about this and am interested to see how everyone else feels.
Here is the edited response I received (I've edited out the manufacture name and model numbers as they are not relevant to my question).
"This model has a maximum power of 12 ft lbs, 16 joules, so it is not really suited to the US market, as our more powerful models seem to be more popular."
My question to the forum is what do you think about manufactures only offering specific models (where/when not restricted by laws) and limiting what you may purchase instead of giving you the opportunity to purchase whatever you want (again, based on laws)?
Personally, I prefer being able to choose from the entire product line and not a scaled down version of it regardless of what product I'm looking at.
The manufacture did suggest I contact the US distributor concerning my inquiry, but I'd like to see what responses are posted here before I contact them.
While I kind of understand their response from a business perspective (it isn't smart to make/offer products you can't make a profit on), it also frustrates me (if the air guns are being made and sold elsewhere, why not offer them where you can to your entire market as there is no additional overhead to do so). Anyway, I thought I'd share the response here and see what input the forum gives in support of the manufacturer's decision or if they disagree with it. I may be wrong with how I am thinking about this and am interested to see how everyone else feels.
Here is the edited response I received (I've edited out the manufacture name and model numbers as they are not relevant to my question).
"This model has a maximum power of 12 ft lbs, 16 joules, so it is not really suited to the US market, as our more powerful models seem to be more popular."
My question to the forum is what do you think about manufactures only offering specific models (where/when not restricted by laws) and limiting what you may purchase instead of giving you the opportunity to purchase whatever you want (again, based on laws)?
Personally, I prefer being able to choose from the entire product line and not a scaled down version of it regardless of what product I'm looking at.
The manufacture did suggest I contact the US distributor concerning my inquiry, but I'd like to see what responses are posted here before I contact them.
