MB/OEM varaosamyynnissä muutoksia?

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Tällaista bongailin yhdeltä toiselta forumilta. Ihmettelen mitä kaikkia myyjiä tämä mahdollisesti koskee... (DB-Depot, SLS, Niemöller...ja entä Suomessa??)

This was sent by DB-Depot, where I buy some of my spare parts:

"Mid-November, Daimler AG imposed an immediate ban of sales for original parts to non-authorized dealers, under thread of penalty in case of violation on the part of the official Mercedes dealers to the point of withdrawal of the official dealer authorization.
In our case this meant the compulsory and abrupt ending of a trustful business relationship with the local Mercedes dealer that had lasted for nearly two decades.
In view of the sharpness and haste with which this sanction was et into the world, gives an idea of the pressure under which the Daimler AG is acting here. Unfortunate and questionable it is however, that no official information is given to enlighten the background – thus lets us only assume, that it might all have to do with the continuous issues betwenn the Daimler AG and the US stoch exchange supervision SEC.

Having said all this, you might finally want to know, how all this might affect you?
Well, actually there won’t be serious changes to our product range: we will still be able to offer OEM quality products such as rubber seals, engine-, axle- and suspension parts at very competitive prices. The one thing that will change, is that there will temporarily be no more comlementary smaller bits like clips, screws or other parts, that are exclusively supplied by Mercedes.
We will use the now free capacity to expand our product range to other Mercedes models and components not yet listed – so keep expecting the most of us."