Dude, I am a *major* Dilbert fan. Not ditchin', instead I applaud Scott Adams, he absolutely points out the insanity of big business every day. And that's what I'm saying about this company-competing-against-itself attitude -- it's INSANE.
I think they should all just put each territory under one big corporate umbrella and do away with the territorialized competition thing. How does it help anything to have Panasonic Singapore "competing" against Panasonic China? Or Sony Europe "competing" against Sony Australia? Only thing I can see that happens is that the customer loses. Customers don't know about gray market or whatnot, all they know is that they've got a Sony camera, and the Sony service center says "you have no warranty."
How is that "customer first"? It's crazy. That business model may have worked fine 20 years ago, but now that we have the internet and global communications, it's time to start recognizing that this is a global marketplace and for the manufacturers to start treating us as one global marketplace.
A very interesting concept but 'one big corporate umbrella' will be difficult to execute as long as currency exchange rates are flying all over the place.
By the way...got our PMW-EX1 already and besides the fuss of territories, warranty, rebates...etc. - this camera is DY-NO-MITE!
