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Watch Repairpersons Need Parts! Owners of Watches Should Have The Right to Chose Who Works on their Watch. SWATCH GROUP Cuts Off All Supply of ETA Parts and Omega Parts along every other Brand they Control. Independent Watch Material Houses Worldwide and Independent Watch Repair Persons will no longer be able to get any parts. This will effect every US Citizen one way or another by a loss of jobs and income for those in the USA Watch and Jewelry industry as well as increasing the cost of service to the watch owner as much as 10 times more than it would cost if fair trade competition existed.Watchmakers you need parts to be able to work, let the FTC know it now. Sent your complaint to:
Federal Trade Commission
Submit a Consumer Complaint to the FTC on-line. Could you please post this letter just as soon as possible on your front page of your web site. This ongoing trend obviously affects your company as well. and anyone willing to take up the fight for the watch industry is very important to support. The posting reads as follows from the Horology Matters forum (THANK YOU);
Friends, It is Andre's hope that if he can demonstrate to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that the Swiss industry parts restriction policies are harming our businesses and our customers, that they will act. As has been explained in recent previous e-mails, it is a matter of priorities for the FTC. With only a handful of responses from affected watchmakers, the FTC doesn't not see the issue as a priority. That is not to say that it isn't a violation of U.S. law, but rather the FTC, with limited resources, has what they consider bigger fish to fry. The nice folks at FTC need to be convinced that these restrictive policies are affecting several thousand watchmakers. The only way to get there is to send many (hundreds one hopes) individual e-mails from affected watchmakers. In the Horology Matters group, there are, at this morning's count, 539 members. We should be able to generate a few hundred e-mails. My thought is that perhaps the appeal for e-mails has not been presented with sufficient specificity. Here is what needs to be done: First the e-mail should be sent to Andre. He will forward them to the FTC. If there is only a handful of e-mails to send, then it makes little sense to send them, because with such a meager response, the FTC officials will assume that the issue is of no great importance. 1.. In the "TO:" line of the e-mail the address will be : andre@fleury.com 2..The "SUBJECT:" line of the e-mail will be: Re: Swiss Watch Parts Restrictions 3.. In you own words, just a few sentences, state that the restrictive parts policies of the Swiss industry are affecting your income and if the parts restrictions are allowed to continue, you may be forced to close you business, or if you work in another's shop, you may lose your job because of the shop's inability to get repair parts has reduced the shop's income. 4.. Include your name, and contact information. For example, First Name, Last Name, E-mail Address, City and State. Optional: Telephone contact, Street address. This really should be simple. There is no need to write a long letter. What is most important are numbers--many emails from many individuals. All that is required is that the restrictions are causing you to lose money, and that you are in danger of either having to close your business or lose your job if the restrictive policies are allowed to continue. Everyone in the group whose livelihood is affected needs to write. While it would simplify the matter if we could just draw up a petition and have people sign it, that will not carry the impact of individual e-mails. This e-mail needs to be in your own words. It will take a few hundred e-mails to impress the FTC, not just a handful. There is no guarantee that this will solve the problem, but it is certain that if everyone sits on their hands, there will be no solution. If not you, who? If not now, when? Questions? James Sadílek Carson City NV 89703 ccwatchmaker@gmail.com 121Time Fully-Restrictive, Accutron Not-RestrictiveAdidas Fully-Restrictive Aerowatch Fully-Restrictive Alpina Armani Fully-Restrictive Balmain Fully-Restrictive Belair Semi-Restrictive Berea Fully-Restrictive Bisset Not-Restrictive Blancpain Semi-Restrictive Boccia Fully-Restrictive Breguet Semi-Restrictive Breitling Fully-Restrictive Bulova Not-Restrictive Candino Semi-Restrictive Caravelle Not-Restrictive Cartier Semi-Restrictive Catwatches Fully-Restrictive Cellini Semi-Restrictive Certina Semi-Restrictive Charriol Fully-Restrictive Chopard Fully-Restrictive Citizen Not-Restrictive cK (Calvin Klein) Semi-Restrictive Coach Semi-Restrictive Concord Semi-Restrictive Corum Semi-Restrictive Croton Refused to participate in survey Cyma Semi-Restrictive Da Vinci Not-Restrictive Daniel Mink Fully-Restrictive David Yurman Fully-Restrictive Diesel Fully-Restrictive Dior Fully-Restrictive DKNY Fully-Restrictive Ebel Fully-Restrictive Ecclissi Fully-Restrictive Elysse Not-Restrictive Emporio Armani Fully-Restrictive Ernst Benz Fully-Restrictive Ernst Benz Fully-Restrictive ESQ by Movado Semi-Restrictive Exchange Fully-Restrictive Flik Flak Fully-Restrictive Fossil Fully-Restrictive Glashuette Original Semi-Restrictive Glycine Fully-Restrictive Grimoldi Fully-Restrictive GUCCI Fully-Restrictive Guiliano Mazzuoli Fully-Restrictive Hamilton Fully-Restrictive Hamlin Portrait Not-Restrictive Hanhart Fully-Restrictive Harry Winston Fully-Restrictive Hermes Fully-Restrictive Ice Link Fully-Restrictive IWC No survey responses Jaeger-LeCoultre Fully-Restrictive Jaquet Droz Semi-Restrictive Jean d'Eve Fully-Restrictive JEAN MARCEL Fully-Restrictive Joe Rodeo Fully-Restrictive Judith Ripka Fully-Restrictive Jules Jurgensen Not-Restrictive Junkers Not-Restrictive Karl Lagerfeld Fully-Restrictive Kobold Not-Restrictive Laco Not-Restrictive Lambretta Not-Restrictive Leon Hatot Fully-Restrictive Longines Fully-Restrictive Luminox Fully-Restrictive Marc Jacobs Fully-Restrictive Maurice Lacroix Fully-Restrictive Meister Not-Restrictive Michael Kors Fully-Restrictive Michele Fully-Restrictive Mido Semi-Restrictive Mondaine Fully-Restrictive Mondia Not-Restrictive Montblanc No survey responses Movado Not-Restrictive Nine Fully-Restrictive Omega Fully-Restrictive Oris Semi-Restrictive Pandora Fully-Restrictive Panerai Semi-Restrictive Perrelet Fully-Restrictive Philip Stein Fully-Restrictive Philip Stein Semi-Restrictive Philip Watch Fully-Restrictive Pope Watch Co Fully-Restrictive Rado Semi-Restrictive Revue Thommen Fully-Restrictive RGM Fully-Restrictive Roberto Cavali Fully-Restrictive Rolex Semi-Restrictive Rotary Not-Restrictive Saint Honore Semi-Restrictive SB Fully-Restrictive Sector Fully-Restrictive Serket Fully-Restrictive Sinn Fully-Restrictive Skagen Fully-Restrictive Southern Tide Fully-Restrictive Swatch Fully-Restrictive Tag Heuer Fully-Restrictive Tavannes Not-Restrictive TechnoMarine Fully-Restrictive Teno Fully-Restrictive Teno2 Fully-Restrictive Tiffany and Co. Fully-Restrictive Tissot Fully-Restrictive Toy Watch Fully-Restrictive Traser Fully-Restrictive Tsovet Not-Restrictive Tudor Fully-Restrictive Union Glashutte Fully-Restrictive Universal Geneve Fully-Restrictive Vabene Fully-Restrictive Vacheron Constantin No survey responses Van Cleef & Arpels No survey responses Visetti Not-Restrictive Wittnauer Not-Restrictive Zenith Fully-Restrictive Zeppelin Not-Restrictive Zodiac Fully-Restrictive Sent your complaint to:
Federal Trade Commission
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Otto Frei, Watch Parts Since 1930 Customers Entrance 126 2nd St. Oakland, California 94607 Mailing Address: PO BOX 796, Oakland Ca. 94604 Freight Shipment Address: 119 3rd St. Oakland Ca. 94607 USA
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