Error in the Chris' claim concerning excluded gliders: NOT limited
to those he specified, also excluded are those produced by AMS
(mine in 2001, for example). I could not get from Mr Weber how
AMS could produce gliders without having generated some
(licensing?) revenue for his company, but alas, he was adamant
that my glider is also subject to the fees.

I also agree with many of the other DG owners who have written
he wonderful machine in almost every way, I love it dearly,
but I wouldn't buy a pencil from any company led by anyone from
DG's management team. IMO: despicable.

cheers,

--ken


At 00:04 28 July 2012, wrote:
On Friday, July 27, 2012 1:50:44 PM UTC-7, S. Murry wrote:
If I lived in Europe and needed EASA-approved "flight
manuals" annually,
=
=20
perhaps I would be willing to pay the annual fee (I guess I
would have
n=
o =20
choice besides selling my glider). However, living in the US,
I do not =
=20
need this, all I need (maybe) is parts. Charge me a
profitable price
for=
=20
the parts-fine. Charge me by the hour for consultation
regarding parts
o=
r =20
service-fine. Charge me an annual fee for something that I
probably
will=
=20
never use, and make it back-dated forever-not fine. I have
no problem =
=20
paying for services rendered, but I have a big problem with
being
charged=
=20
for things I don't need or want.

Just to add on to what Stefan said, I've owned three DG gliders
over the
ye=
ars, including one purchased new from the (Glaser-Dirks)
factory. I've
bee=
n quite happy with service provided by the factory, and the US
distributors=
, including Chris, who goes out of his way to batch orders for
small parts
=
to reduce shipping costs. =20

Chris, quite sadly, I won't buy another legacy DG or LS glider,
as the
annu=
al fee adds a significant amount to the ownership costs. Nor
will I ever
b=
uy a new DG or LS glider, as I can't trust that the the company
won't seek
=
to add additional fees in the future. Unlike Mr. Weber, I'm not
a wealthy
=
man, and I can't take the chance that ownership of one of these
gliders
wil=
l end up being a financial burden, or lose part of its resale
value
overnig=
ht...

Marc