Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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