Re: [Leica] Leica parts

[Steve LeHuray <steve@streetphoto.net>]

Hello Seth,

WOW!! Good job. Thanks for taking the inititive. You have made a lot of
people happy.

Regards,

sl


> 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
> 
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