Old 09-26-21, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott
If the customer made an order and put down a deposit, the sale has been made, or at the very least a contractual agreement has been made. SBC breached that contract and the customer should get liquidated damages because they lost the value of their time and the opportunity cost of starting over. But SBC probably has weasle words in their orders to prevent it.

Then again, my experience is with legitimate contractors who act in good faith.
SBC isn't a direct to consumer brand, and by extension there is no contractual agreement directly between the manufacturer and consumer, Any contract is between the dealer and the customer. If MBS was acting in good faith they would redirect any Specialized orders to other SBC authorized dealers in the area. But then that would mean they would be losing sales when maybe they could convert these orders to a different brand, easier to blame the bad old manufacturer beating up on the poor bedraggled bike shop isn't it? Any damages or opportunity cost borne by the consumer would be be against the bike shop and their poor 'exit strategy'.

It isn't being a weasel to cut off a dealer that breaches your agreements or is acquired by a competitor. I didn't work in the bike industry, but if we found a dealer that breached their agreements with the factory their orders would go right back to the warehouse.
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