LeMond Cycling, Inc. v. Trek Bicycle Corporation
Filing
138
Attachment 2
AFFIDAVIT of Dan Titus in OPPOSITION TO
114 MOTION for Summary Judgment filed by Trek Bicycle Corporation. (Attachments: #
1 Exhibit A, #
2 Exhibit B, #
3 Exhibit C)(Rolf, Benjamin)
LeMond Cycling, Inc. v. Trek Bicycle Corporation
Doc. 138 Att. 2
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TITUS EXHIBIT C
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CONFIDENTIAL
Message----Kevin Ishaug (mailto:Kevin@FreewheelBike.com] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:48 AM
From:
-----Original
Titus,
To:
Subject:
Dan RE: Lemond
Dave Ebel and Jim Kudorer (sp?). One of the guys mothers brought us to build, included was the packing and cost (nice what your margin is on a Victoire!) and ship-to address (Greg's). mother knows Kathy Lemond somehow, that is as much as I know.
in for
list
the bikes to know
The
Again,
I
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Regards,
Kevin
hate wasting your time and mine my blood pressure a few points.
on
this issue, but you
can imagine
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:48 To: Kevin Ishaug
-----Original Message----From: Titus, Dan [mailto:Dan Titus@trekbikes.com]
PM
Subject:
Kevin,
Can you
DT
RE: Lemond
provide first and last names of these kids?
Thanks.
To: Titus, Dan SUbject: Lemond
Dan,
I
Kevin Ishaug [mailto:Kevin@FreewheelBike.comJ Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:10 AM
From:
-----Original Message-----
my
wanted to bring to your attention
Lemond.
a
matter that recently occurred in
I
worked with two young that were interested in buying road bikes for the upcoming season. After making the presentation and getting our selection narrowed down, the customers selected Lemond Zurich's based on my recommendation of
men
1
market regarding Greg
Two weeks ago,
fit,
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value
(we had
men
complete the sale last weekend.
and performance. We did not have the exact young men were looking for, we ordered bikes
specifications that the
and were expecting
two
to
After ordering bikes to
fill
the customers order
young
the
last years bikes and they wanted this years models), one of the returned this past weekend to inform me that they were able
to get
bikes.
The
from Greg Lemond himself, and since they were saving over 50%, they ordered Victoire's instead. And, to make matters even worse, they ordered an extra bike to sell online to cover that cost of the first two
"hook-up"
results of Greg's actions:
*Undermining the dealer relationship *Devaluing the process and services we provide *Taking profit SS directly out of my pocket *Straining the relationship between Freewheel and Lemond/Trek
we
Why
would
to
support
a
vendor that is
As an
deliberately using back-channels
immediate resolution to this the only fair and practical thing that I can see is to bill Mr. Lemond's account for the lost profit $$ that we have foregone as a result action. Furthermore, going forward, I would like an apology and of his his word
problem,
sell products
in our
market?
that he
Regards,
will
not sell around his dealers going forward.
Kevin Ishaug
Freewheel Bike Minneapolis, MN 55454
Owner,
612-339-2223
2
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