JMS, no offence taken, It's just that we see this all to often over the last year or so at the shop I manage. People who have purchased engines up north and then when they need warranty work done ,we cant do it as Merc and Yamaha wont pay us for the motors that were sold up in Canada.
By the way folks, here at Mercer Marine we have CERTIFIED merc ,yamaha, evinrude,johnson,nissan
Tech's, Also Volvo, omc,and Mercruiser, techs.