> Me thinks Campy's lawyers have good reasons for doing what they do.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> First, any parts in use remain as potential liabilities, and continuing to
\r?\n> make parts for potentially fragile (or in any way mechanically dated)
\r?\n> components makes the old parts legally current. Many a manufacturer has
\r?\n> offered trade-in allowance for older product simply to remove the old
\r?\n> parts from service and eliminate their potential liability.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Second, allowing outside companies to counterfeit their parts could
\r?\n> reasonably be expected to escalate over time to the point where
\r?\n> more-current parts get produced, potentially (likely) to lower standards,
\r?\n> impugning Campagnolo's reputation for quality and possibly eroding
\r?\n> profits. Protecting trademarks would seem to be best accomplished by
\r?\n> nipping the bud of potential forgers.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I would expect a company like Campagnolo to aggressively protect their
\r?\n> trademarks.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> David Snyder
\r?\n> Auburn, CA usa
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n> ----- Original Message -----
\r?\n> From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Fake Hoods & Decals & What Else
\r?\n>
\r?\n>
\r?\n>> Well, the original is preferable, unless - as I mentioned
\r?\n>> earlier - it is so badly designed as to be unusable.
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> Still, sometimes the original part is just too difficult to
\r?\n>> obtain. Now, I can understand having to be a bit sly in your
\r?\n>> auction title to avoid Campagnolo's lawyers. What I do find
\r?\n>> objectionable, is receiving an answer like "they are what they
\r?\n>> are" to an emailed question.
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>> Granted, those eBay e-mails become a public part of the
\r?\n>> auction. Yet there are simple ways to answer privately.
\r?\n>> Perhaps a seller might be worried that Campagnolo's lawyers are
\r?\n>> posing as possible eBay bidders? In that case, isn't the best
\r?\n>> answer "I don't know for sure?"
\r?\n>> That's it for me,
\r?\n>> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
\r?\n>>
\r?\n>>> For me; the only thrill comes from original.
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but it ain't
\r?\n>>> the real deal !!!
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> Once again...WHY bother???
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> Nick Zatezalo
\r?\n>>> Atlanta,Ga
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> -----Original Message-----
\r?\n>>> From: "P.C. Kohler" <kohl57@starpower.net>
\r?\n>>> Sent: Nov 8, 2005 9:25 PM
\r?\n>>> To: Nick Zatezalo <nickzz@mindspring.com>,
\r?\n>>> classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n>>> Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Fake Hoods & Decals & What Else
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> "Why any one wants to buy a non-original part is totally
\r?\n>>> beyond
\r?\n>>> my comprehension; unless they are also looking to deceive for
\r?\n>>> profit or gratification.
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> Reproductions are nothing more or less than substitutes for
\r?\n>>> the real thing.
\r?\n>>> Why bother?????"
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> Wow, Nick... I thought I was a purist!
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> What about Nick's (Lloyds Cycles) decals? They are
\r?\n>>> reproductions of the
\r?\n>>> originals. Would these be worth bothering with? Are you going
\r?\n>>> to hold out
\r?\n>>> for originals. Or indeed what about repainting a cycle with
\r?\n>>> non original
\r?\n>>> paint? Or what about my reproduction (albeit clearly offered
\r?\n>>> as such)
\r?\n>>> Raleigh roadster grips c. 1950s? I guess this project must
\r?\n>>> have been
\r?\n>>> "gratifying"; it sure as heck hasn't been profitable!
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> How long has it been since Campagnolo made these globe badged
\r?\n>>> brake hoods? A
\r?\n>>> quarter of a century?? Methinks it's not going to be that
\r?\n>>> much longer before
\r?\n>>> the last of the "real thing" is dragged, kicking and
\r?\n>>> screaming, from the
\r?\n>>> fridge (or wherever these are best mummified) and put on eBay
\r?\n>>> for a Buy it
\r?\n>>> Now at $178.00? Sooner or later, reproductions of some of the
\r?\n>>> essential
\r?\n>>> perishables are going to be required. And welcome. Even if
\r?\n>>> the recreator
\r?\n>>> does it for gratification and profit.
\r?\n>>>
\r?\n>>> Peter Kohler
\r?\n>>> Washington DC USA