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Re: I'm sorry to read this John.

In Response To: Re: I'm sorry to read this John. ()

: Just out of interest....do you think that Omega
: maybe found out about the discounts your AD
: was giving??

: Maybe that was one reason why they withdrew the
: AD status, and Omega were just hiding behind
: the "image" issue???

: Perhaps this is part of Omega's agenda to
: prevent lowered prices from tarnishing their
: exlcusive image??

: I call the discounts generous as I live in the
: UK and I don't think discounts like that
: exist this side of the Atlantic, but I'm not
: sure whether they are typical in the USA.

: Either way, the way that Omega dealt with your
: AD was totally arrogant and unacceptable.

: Just my thoughts....

: Darren

My AD and I spoke at great length about whether Omega had become unhappy about their discounts, but we discussed this before Omega gave them their official reason for termination. Never at any time did their Omega sales rep or anyone within the Swatch Group mention "excessive discounting", so I don't think this was the cause. Of course, we have no way of knowing for sure since we don't know what may have been said behind closed doors, but I'm inclined to believe it really was the "image" issue that was the problem. Mr. Swift actually sent a sales rep to my AD's store to take pictures for submission to Switzerland, so that only confirms my belief that he was trying to make their "image" look as bad as possible. Perhpas he used PhotoShop to add some spiderwebs and homeless people sleeping on the floor?????