Comparison Yanmar lawsuit.

[clemsonfor]

I am hopeing that At leat Hoye will stay at it currently set up. Not that i want any legit business to go under but i get plenty of stuff from them.

 

[Car Doc]

I hope they all do ok the parts guys anyway. If not then I know I will have a hard time buying another Yanmar tractor just so I can buy parts for it. I may well end up with Yanmar power and be happy about that but it will be in a green and yellow tractor.

 

[Andy in Gap]

I'm starting to think it was a case of a big company pushing the little guys around. Yanmar maybe never intended to win in court, just put together some legal documents, serve papers to the dealers, and bully them into doing something else. Something stinks about this whole thing, i.e. "If you comply with our demands, we'd be happy to make you an authorized Yanmar dealer." Not sure anyone can fight them alone, we may never see a real result from this whole thing.

 

[HoyeTractor]

Hi Everyone! I just thought I'd post an update here since there seems to be a lot of interest again. I don't want to really get into the details of what went down but... we were able to reach an agreement with Yanmar. We are still here and not going anywhere. We took our legal flogging, spent truckloads of cash on legal fees, and are business as usual again.

 

[California]

Congratulations!!!!

That is very good news.

 

[Andy in Gap]

That is good news! I have a domestic model, but will continue to use Hoye for parts.

 

[Car Doc]

Great news Aaron thanks for the update glad you are still in business! :thumbsup:

 

[HoyeTractor]

We really appreciate it! We are very lucky to be involved in an industry that has such great customers. Again... thank you and we certainly appreciate your business!

 

[clemsonfor]

wow glad to hear from you Aaron. Hate that you got caught up in this thing and had to spend hard earned case on some stupid lawsuit for the right to STAY in business LEGALLY selling parts?

 

[kenmac]

Good news ! :thumbsup: Glad to see you just didn't roll over for them like they probably wanted/thought you guys to do