TS said he called them up. no references to emails or anything stating confidentiality.1. Sony resellers signed an agreement to sell at RRP, and not lower. Therefore selling at a discount can get the shop into trouble (Cathay received stocks of the 70-300G 2 weeks after the others because of a street price posted on CS seen by Sony).
2. When the shops send you the e-quote, it specifically states that it is confidential and you should not share it. To then immediately post it on a forum says a lot about character.
3. In CS, there's an "Edit" button. Please use it.
If sony wants to, they can call the shops up too and receive the same quote. so what's the difference?
The cathay incident, i think, is someone who got a special discount due to connections to them, then proceeded to post the personal discounted price here.
That, i feel is a different case altogether and shouldnt be mixed up with somebody doing his homework researching prices.
lastly, RRP means Recommended Retail Price, which is supposed to be literally what it reads.
so if they needed a fixed price, they should put it nett price instead and not be bothered about 'recommending' a price.
of course one could debate that they wish for the RRP to be the lowest price offered, but that would also indirectly mean that they wouldnt care if shops sell their cameras at ripoff prices to tourists. would they be wanting this situation on their hands?
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