Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica USA no longer selling repair parts > > If the issue is that supplying old parts compromises Leica's ability to > support current product (you grammar is a little unclear), then Leica > should sell the old tooling (or license the designs and name) to someone > who wants to make the old parts and sell them. > > ------------ > Dante Stella Jeez, this is not a difficult concept. Selling off old parts from a dwindling and unreplenishable inventory of parts compromises Leica's ability to support the older products. As for the new stuff, Leica probably wants to produce a limited stock of spare parts in order to keep costs down. With availability of parts the issue, would Leica sell the old tooling (assuming it even exists today) to a third party? There are copyright and control issues as well as a bunch of legal stuff that would likely make this unattractive to a third party. And could a third party actually show a profit making parts for 40 year old photo gear with perhaps one generation of use remaining before they're mostly out of circulation anyway? Gary - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html