Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I always wondered what happed to Willoughby's. I think they were (at that time) maybe the only honest mail order camera store. Honesty = Bankrupt, that explains it. - -----Original Message----- From: sam [mailto:salex@idt.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:02 PM To: lug Subject: [Leica] Voigtlander? Bessa R ad. > The (London) Daily Telegraph had in item a few years ago about the futility > of trying to get money for an unpaid bill by from a company that advertised > "...since 1756" (or something) when the company had gone bankrupt six > months earlier, been bought by another company which continued to trade > from the old address and in the same line of business but under a slightly > changed name while using the "...since 1756". The man who wanted his money > argued that if they used "...since 1756", then they should pay old bills, > even if the new company was a different legal entity from the old one. I > sympathize with him. A few years ago, in NYC, Willoughby's, the "B&H of the 50's-70's", went bankrupt. They refused to honor a 260.00 credit I had been holding. The store re-opened as Willoughby's. . .with the "since 1896" - or whatever the date was for the original Willoughby's - still used. But I was told that the credit was still worthless, since they new owners had just bought the name. No problem there, but they should not use the date, IMO. sam