Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good work Seth! Nice to know we'll still have the ability to choose whomever we want to do CLA's and repairs. Regards, Greg 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. > >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