Prior to retiring from the Air Force I traveled all the time. There were several times during my travels I wanted to purchase something and the dealer had to call the manufacturer to get approval to sell to me, because I lived out side of their district. Each time the answer was no, I had to use my local dealer. As a matter of fact I recently had a similar situation, because there isn't a dealer close to me. I sent the manufacturer an email and he said that I didn't have a local dealer and I should purchase direct from him. He didn't want to refer me to a dealer. I decided not to pursue his product.