Rockford corporation and audio motive will monitor any sites that violate the rockford fosgate brand and or it’s ip, what constitutes a violation of rf,s intellectual property under the digital millennium copyright act. If any of the following points below are found on the world wide web, rockford corp has the ability to take immediate action. In the case of ebay, this usually means the auction is removed in a matter of hours.
Any website or auction that is using product photography that rf corp took.
This includes photos taken from rf corps website, media gallery or dealer image cds.
Any website or auction where the seller has "lifted" our copy or specifications from our website or literature.
Any website or auction that is using any of our trademarked logos such as rockford corporation, rockford fosgate, punch, power, connecting punch, fanatic, rf, swirl logo, etc. It is not a violation to reprint these in standard type fonts.
Any website or auction that infers that a full warranty, factory warranty, rockford warranty or manufacturers warranty is included or available.
Any website or auction where the seller says that he is authorized (and isn't). Remember that our authorized internet partners are crutchfield, sound domain, bestbuy.Com and of course high desert audio.
Any website or auction where the seller has false or misleading information about any of our products or rockford corporation.
Any website or auction where we know or suspect the product to be counterfeit. We've seen this quite a bit with t-shirts and subwoofer enclosures where someone has slapped the rf logo on it.
IF ANY PERSON/S DISCOVER ANY OF THE ABOVE ON A NON-AUTHORISED ROCKFORD FOSGATE WEB SITE WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU FORWARDED US EITHER THE IP ADDRESS OR THE WEB ADDRESS. CLICK HERE - TO FORWARD INFORMATION.
Internet Scams
I have personally received letters from Kicker, Rockford Fosgate, Yamaha, Harman International, Russound, BelTronics, Clarion, MTX, and Cadence.. Basically telling me (and everyone) to stop selling their products online. I have also gotten calls from Phoenix Gold, MB Quart, Elan, and various others.. Most internet sites have taken the position of deceiving the consumer and telling them that their products come with manufacturers warranties.. There is no truth to this at all. You can call or visit many of the manufacturers websites now where they warn you that they do not allow internet sales and offer no factory warranty for products purchased on the internet. links are below...
Here are the 2 main rules that are broken by selling on the internet.
1. Trans-shipping: Receiving products in your store and shipping them to other parts of the country infringing on another dealers territories.
2. Price structure: You are not allowed to advertise below certain price level designated by the manufacturers
If you break these rules you can and will lose your dealership
Polk Audio can in fact sue you for triple the money you SHOULD have made on the products. BY contract..
For proof about what manufacturers are saying look here...
Other manufacturers that do not honor internet sale warranties Kenwood Excelon, Clarion, Toshiba, Aiwa, AutoTek, Focal, Dynaudio, JBL, Aiwa, Sony, Sony ES, Audio Control, Precision Power, JVC Digifine, OZ Audio, ADS, Cadence, SoundStream, Infinity, Yamaha, Denon, Harman Kardon, Orion, Clarion, Kicker, pretty much all of them at this point...
Serial number removal Think about this folks.. You get pulled over by a police officer and they search the car.. They find your amplifiers, speakers with no serial numbers on them... Is the equipment stolen??? Who really knows... But.. it is a possibility you could get your equipment confiscated..
Almost every line in car audio is having serial numbers removed ... Kicker, Polk, Alpine, Kenwood Excelon, Infinity, Eclipse, Nakamichi, all of them.. This is what is called "Gray Market" folks. Dealers do this as regular business like it is just OK to do.. Serial number removal has become a normal part of internet sales and seems to go "unsaid" or hidden by the dealers the stuff is bought from. Keep in mind that if the dealer you buy from goes out of business and you have no serial numbers.. You will get no warranty from the manufacturer.. Period! Additionally if they go out of business you will have no one to turn to for help on your R4000 amp, or R6000 CD Player.. Remember online that price is not everything.. The cheapest price usually means that that is the person hiding in their closet the best and having the least customer service. Most online retailers get the stuff from their sources without serial numbers on the boxes.
Also remember that all you need is a spreadsheet and R500 per month and you can be a "retailer" online.
Of about 20 manufacturers at the show CES 2001-2005 in Las Vegas and all had the same issues with the net. NO INTERNET SALES.
BBB Online, Verisign, CNET, GOMEZ Online... A member service only. Pay your dues and you are a certified member.. Even if you take the serial numbers off your products. They will not and do not look into your business practices.
