TT purchased the physical assets and intellectual property of Premier. They DID NOT take over the company. Some of you need to learn a little bit about business and do your research before you go ranting.
HYPOTHETICAL:
I purchase the machinery, tooling, and all other property from a well known gunsmithing operation, that has or is going out of business. I bought the assets, not the fucking company. I want to use their shit to build a whole new line of products under a new company. Am I required to honor the warranty of everything that company built?....FUCK NO. Now, I might be nice, and say "hey I might can fix a few things because I have the parts and tooling", but I am not required, nor should I be expected to.
I agree with your assessment, escept for one thing you omitted. That one thing makes all the difference in the world!
That being, there was a "guarantee" posted here on the Hide by a vendor, with an assurance from an executive from TT, that Premier's warranty would be honored, "no matter what".
To that point, Premier scopes were not offered on any 'closeout' sale, or any 'going out of business' sale. With the above 'assurance', Premier products were specifically kept at full retail price. And used scopes retained a higher value.
If it were not for the above assurance, as 'insurance' to purchase Premier scopes with confidence, their value would most assuredly have been affected. Negatively....
So, there's the difference, and its a BIG one.
If Premier scopes went on 'Fire Sale', 'closeout', etc., that'd be one thing. I wouldn't expect ANY future company to honor a warranty on ANY 'closeout' items. That would be as you described in your analogy. That makes great sense...
However, in contrast to your analogy, the fact of the matter is this:
WE, the customers (buyers AND used market sellers) were assured one thing, that ALL Premiers would be covered under TT.
The more recent reality is that, effectively we were duped. Whether by design, or default, the carpet got ripped out from under many Premier owners...
Not wanting to dig up that whole mess. Just compelled to clarify that there WAS an "assurance" offered and taken with regard to Premier scopes. With that in mind, your analogy above is not exactly representative. Consider this addendum to your analogy:
If you'd offered customers of the company you acquired an unconditional warranty, then backtracked on it, how do you think those customers would react???
