Unable to buy seiko from Asia

[thekingisdead]

Apologies if this has been done before.

I emailed an ebay seller about a seiko watch (discontinued) and postage to Europe, to be told that seiko would not let him sell to the EU!?

Has anyone heard of this before? I thought creation watches did a fine trade in selling seiko'g globally?

I wouldn't mind so much but this is the only place I've found still selling the watch!

[bigandclever]

Creation aren't authorised dealers for most (all?) of the brands they sell... so you won't get manufacturer warranty, for instance. Maybe your ebay seller is a proper dealer, or maybe they just can't be arsed selling to someone on another continent Some Japanese sellers (Seiyajapan, for instance) aren't allowed to sell Grand Seiko to EU or UK because Seiko told them so. Brand / supply chain / price protection and all that.

Edited by bigandclever on Tuesday 6th May 20:36

[thekingisdead]

I thought that. But they sell (and list shipping on their ads) for every continent bar the EU! :-/