Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Seth: This is good news - will certainly be welcomed by all, I'm sure. Thank you, also, for your interventions and willingness to place the issue fairly and to the right people. And thank you for letting us know so quickly. Ted - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Rosner" <sethrosner@direcway.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica parts > Hello friends: > > I spoke by telephone this past Wednesday with Roger Horn, President of Leica > USA (Northvale) to express the disappointment of LHSA members at the new > policy of declining to sell parts to independent Leica service providers. I > also stated to him that as a lawyer, while I was doubtful that U.S. > anti-trust law would support a legal claim against Leica, I thought that > there was a possibility that a claim might be sustained under a legal theory > called "promissory estoppel." But that I was not calling as a threatening > lawyer, rather as a Leica friend to point out the enormous loss of good-will > among Leica people that such a policy change had caused and would continue > to cause. > > Roger told me that he would be in discussions with Solms yesterday > (Thursday) and would have something to say today. > > I have just spoken with Roger again. He has informed me that Leica Northvale > is reinstituting its previous policy of selling Leica parts to independent > Leica service providers. One of the concerns that prompted the now-changed > policy was that some people in U.S. were ordering parts and selling overseas > in contravention of Solms' policy not to sell to independents. As a result, > Northvale will limit the sale of individual parts to a certain small numbe > to ensure that parts do not go overseas. Sounds very fair to me. > > All's well that ends well. > > Seth LaK 9 > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html