on 02/21/2003 09:27 PM, Richard M Sachs at richardsachs@juno.com wrote:
> snipped:
> <mail@woodworkingboy.com> writes:
> Can we get the ever astute and always valued opinion e-Richie to hold
> forth
> on this? How would you feel about marketing a 'out of house' Sachs frame
> made by someone else, presuming it was made to your specs, and to meet
> your
> standards? (feel lousy?) Is the customer getting a 'raw' deal?
>
>
> i cannot see myself marketing an 'out of house' Sachs frame made by
> someone else. hypothetically, were i to do design work that was, in any
> way, shape, or form part of a successful consumer good (hmmm...), i'd
> happily share in the profits. were i to include frames in this mix,
> they'd
> clearly be reproductions-and sold and marketed this way. but they
> wouldn't
> be labeled so as to confuse. that is-they'd be "ritcheys".
Sachs Fifth Avenue! Designed by Richie ... made on 5th Avenue in Bayonne, Taiwan.
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