daves@dbase.A-T.COM (Dave Schnepper) (06/07/90)
Software Publishers often put the "Not for export" stickers on US products to prevent the "grey market" problem in other countries. For instance, Ashton-Tate's Framework III (English) is sold in France, for a higher price than Framework III (French) and is also higher than a Framework III English sold in US. However, buying the FW III English in France (at the higher price) assures you of support from our French distributor. Buying the US English product gives you support in the US (and we do get calls from time-to-time), but does not assure you of support in French. You get the picture. Primarily, the stickers are there to prevent a retailer from buying up a trailerload in the US, selling them for cheap outside the US, and resulting in unhappy customers when they realize they must phone the US for support as the retailer bypassed the distributor. Further discussion (if any) to comp.misc. This group isn't appropriate for a long discussion on the topic. Dave Schnepper