RE: SER1 LRSOC parts

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Not to stir things up, but I would tend to agree that LRSOC's on this side 
of the pond are seriously shortchanged, not just with respect to the club 
shop (although that is a sore point here as well) but regarding coverage 
of events.  Are we making it clear enough that we own Series Ones over 
here?  May be they think all the old Landys are in Australia, South Africa 
and Malta ...

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
 			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Michael Carradine wrote:

> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:12:07 -0700
> From: Michael Carradine <mc@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: RE: SER1 LRSOC parts
> 
> At 06:25 AM 9/25/2005, Ben Pooley <bpooley@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>> No, they won't ship to the U.S. or Canada.  I think it's because our
>> "highly litigious" way of life in N. America gives them insurance problems.
>
> I have heard this before, but it is very poor argument for the plain fact
> that the LRSOC shop is too lazy to ship to the US (or not sophisticated
> enough) and deal with currency exchange, Paypal, packaging, UPS, Fedex,
> and the like, and heavens if a part were ever to be returned.  We pay
> a lot for membership, but only get partial and inadequate benefits.
>
> Being a club isolates the members from being sued, ie, it is not possible for
> a member to sue himself.  In addition, any litigation requires being served
> with the lawsuit, a very difficult task for out-of-state (out of 
> jurisdiction)
> entities not doing business "in the US".  Even if a suit was won, it would
> be impossible to locate any assets.  A lawsuit in the US would require the
> possibility of a financial return large enough or larger to warrant the 
> expense
> of litigation, which for a few LR parts would not cause a blip on the radar
> of a any solicitor.
>
> As I see it, the only thing preventing enthusiastic club sales to US/Canada
> members is our prevalent use of credit cards where the card companies are
> very strict about sales protocols (ie sending goods to a street address that
> matches the card holders, insurance, returns, etc).  However, North
> Americans can employ other forms of payment, set up group purchases,
> and or deal with a responsible local party or member that will reship parts.
>
> Michael Carradine
> 1950 80" RHD ex-MoD
> ex-LRSOC member still in need of a few parts :(
>
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