Imo, there is NO legit reason the colors aren't sold here via the internet, at the very least.
Product is already produced in the U S of effing A for crissakes!
Weber, I luv ya, but man you PISS ME OFF on this one.
Who is going to hold the inventory of these colored grills?
Who will process and ship these orders?
Who will deal with returns and damaged goods?
How much larger will the customer service team need to be to accomodate all of these new processes and the inevitable challenges that come along with them?
That's probably $500,000 to $1M per year in overhead just to sell ,optimistically, a few hundred grills?
Doesn't sound like a money maker.
Don't forget that if Weber opens up their OWN distribution channel, their key distributors like Home Depot, Walmart, Target, Lowes, and Ace Hardware will likely be pretty pissed off.
It might even be already documented and prevented within distribution agreements.
I'm not saying it can't happen, or that it shouldn't happen. I'm just saying that there are a lot of complications and we CLEARLY do NOT know all of the factors.