. . Gray Marketeers.

Well do I remember the bad old days when vendors tried every trick they could think of to find out who was supplying the grays. Not only did the grays take overstock and "end of life", but a reseller could order more than he could sell to get a price break, then sell off the surplus to the grays.

Hewlett Packard's printer division was the only organization that ever forced me to buy gray market and I have never forgiven them. I am still strongly prejudiced against HP printers and always will be, and that bleeds across to other HP lines.

Back when there were computer shows and vendor shows I never missed a chance to tell HP reps why I would not consider selling their products.