Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth Rosner wrote: > 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. Seth, Along with everyone else, I want to thank you for taking the initiative on this. Obviously, we will all benefit. I guess that wasn't as obvious from Leica USA's perspective as it is from ours. Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html