To Clarify:
Trialter is not 'the' current campy distributor. They are one of about 10 or 12 in the US, along with Quality, The Hawley Co, Sinclair imports, etc.
Maybe calling Campagnolo USA in SoCal would get you more attention.
Tom Martin
Oakland CA
> Hi All:
>
> Hey, FYI, eBay continues to cancel my NOS Record Pista chainring listings,
> saying that Trialtir USA (the current Campy distributor for USA) says I'm
> violating their intellectual property rights in some unspecified way!? All
I can
> figure is that they think I'm making them maybe, which any fool should
know is
> not the case. Very weird, and starting to be serious restraint of trade
IMLO.
>
> I've e-mailed Trialtir twice for an explanation, and they continue to fail
to
>
> respond to my e-mails. eBay is absolutely no help whatsoever (no big
surprise
> there...). I may have to get my lawyer to call Trialtir and/or eBay I
guess.
>
> Totally bizarre.....
>
> Anyways folks, please contact me directly if you'd like to purchase any of
> these NOS-in-the-Campy-envelope 151 BCD 50-tooth Pista 'rings for $50 each
> shipped. They are the early "Patent" ones with the extra-thick rib inboard
of the
> teeth, and were made by Campagnolo (not me or anyone else!).
>
> Has anyone else experienced the pleasure of a cancelled auction like this?
> E-mail me off-list if you have, and we can exchange legal strategies.
They've
> messed with the wrong cowboy this time! Yee-hah!
> < :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Greg "what the #$^&?" Parker
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
> Where my favorite lawyer is just a 'phone call away....