Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 6/12/01 11:09 AM, Gerry Walden at gerrywalden@cwcom.net wrote: > The following was posted on a UK message board. Personally I would be > reluctant to trade with them from now on: yes sounds very odd indeed. The staff were half the reason for trading with them. However I've dealt personally with Steve Byford and he always seemed reasonable to me. These lockouts are not uncommon in the retail photo trade (happened at Alt Camera two weeks ago). They are a way of preventing stock haemorrhaging in the runup to a closure, which is VERY common. They may also be required by auditors in the event of a liquidation. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com