Scubapro being a US company, I thought the prices would be more expensive (or at least the same) abroad.
Am I missing something or should I actually be getting my gear overseas?
Scubapro is an US/Italian company, with its main production site in Casarza Ligure (near Genoa), ITALY - Most SP regulators are manufactured here.
This explains (at least partially) why you can find very good bargains here, for example a friend recently purchased online from an Italian well known shop a kit of MK17+G260+R195+SPG+Bcd hose+bag for 480 eur, tax and shipping included, and two-years warranty.
The regulator arrived with regular sale documents ("scontrino fiscale" in Italian), which ensures worldwide warranty.
I am not sure how such a document will be evaluated by an official SP repair center in the US, indeed. But if the regulator is shipped back for repair to the Italian shop (or to any EU shop), they will definitely honour the warranty.
It must be understood, indeed, that the warranty does NOT cover wearing parts, those included in the periodic service kit.
And all the other parts of a SP reg are, in my experience, designed for lasting forever: it would be very, very rare to see them break apart within the warranty period.
So really this point regarding warranty is quite irrelevant, in my opinion. The real point is periodic servicing. Does your LDS provide service for SP regs not sold from them? They should and in this case there is no problem. But if they refuse, you have a problem.
You can solve it deciding to service your regs yourself, as I am doing since 1977, and as many others here on SB will also suggest. Finding the SP original kits on the Internet is easy, however they are quite expensive nowadays.