I have been wondering.. shoulnd be great if we could have a valid RICOH (Pentax) international warranty? I dont know if they had it in the past..or if they have it now.. but we all know that is really hard to find stores that actually sell Pentax products ( as retailers ), so many of us buy the equipment online, sometimes ( like myself ), I buy it at Amazon, Adorama B&H or other online stores but have the problem that to rapair the equipment you have to ship it back to them, if you live outside the US it could be expensive. In my country we have a good store that sells Pentax but prices are much more expensive than online retailers.. so.. shouldnt be nice, if doesnt matter where you get your equipment you can send to to your nearest RICOH retailer and make valid your warranty ( Then they can manage the $$$ with RICOH ) But for us, the buyers will give us GREAT security buying RICOH products no matter where you are. NIKON/Canon have service centers everywhere and its going to take a long time to build something like that. But it guessing that doing a sort of international warranty that can be validated at local RICOH retailers ( perhaps paying a resonable fee for the store )..
Once again. dont know if this could be something viable for the DSLR market.. but is an idea that could be nice to have and will help to grow the brand.