One of the more interesting quotes from Mark Reilly (or is he Mark Joynt) yesterday:
"Well it all started a couple of years ago when me and my business partner were registering domains names, we tried hetchins.com and were astonished to find it wasn't registered, we did so immediately."
Do you have richardsachs.net and richardsachs.org registered? DB Ak, NZ
Richard M Sachs wrote:
>these guys both offer a frame with the same brand name.
>aren't choices better? either way, it's been 30 plus years
>since the seven sisters road shop was in its heydey. any way
>you cut it, they're co-opting the name and keeping it alive
>for those who didn't live through it. hetchinspete himself
>admits only jones-ing for the brand for three years.
>the amount of 'in the image of' hetchins frames offered
>by both of these guys will be small. they'll make them.
>people will buy them. i don't see any losers in this issue.
>
>both wenger and victorinox each lay claim to the 'swiss
>army' brand knifes/watches/etcetera. legal and moral issues
>aside, the buyers always think they're getting the 'real' one.
>
>e-RICHIE
>Richard Sachs Cycles
>No.9, North Main Street
>Chester, CT 06412 USA
>www.richardsachs.com
>Tel. 860.526.2059