Roland Sands Design is a motorcycle, product, and apparel company that has its roots in racing, custom bike building and design. Our inspiration comes from a high-performance background that blends the love of two wheels with the desire to create unique products. We live the two-wheeled life and our crew is a diverse collection of road racers, off-road, dirt track, supermoto, and custom bike builders and riders. It’s this diversity that allows us to work with the best in the industry on a variety of projects. Our clients include Ducati, Dunlop, Harley-Davidson, Panasonic, Performance Machine, Piaggio, Polaris, Toyota, Triumph, Vance and Hines, Yamaha and many others.
Effective February 1, 2019
In order to preserve its reputation for providing customers with high value products and strong after-sales support, and to further enhance the Roland Sands Design (RSD) brand image and its competitiveness in the marketplace, Roland Sands Design is unilaterally instituting a policy of minimum advertised price standards for RSD Motorcycle Accessories (Hard Parts) products. This Minimum Advertised Pricing Policy (“MAP Policy”) will become effective January 1, 2019, and will apply to distributors and retailers, including catalogs and internet retailers (collectively, “Resellers”), who resell RSD Motorcycle Accessories/products to end users located in the United States. Roland Sands Design greatly values the efforts of all Resellers to distribute Roland Sands Design (RSD) products and support our customers. This MAP Policy is adopted for the benefit of all Resellers and will be uniformly enforced.
This MAP Policy shall work under the following guidelines:
Attn: MAP Policy Administrator
Roland Sands Design / RSD Motorcycle Accessories
10571 Los Alamitos Blvd.
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
(or via e-mail to info@rolandsands.com)
No oral communications about this MAP Policy are authorized. The MAP Policy Administrator shall be solely responsible for determining whether a violation of the policy has occurred, communicating decisions to Resellers regarding the policy and receiving any communications regarding sanctions imposed under this MAP Policy. Any action taken by Roland Sands Design under this MAP Policy shall be without liability to RSD or Roland Sands Design.
POLICY Violations:
Failure to abide by this Policy may result in penalties, including those specifically set forth below, as well as being terminated as an authorized Roland Sands Design dealer.
First violation: Dealer will receive a written notification informing the Dealer that it will be subject to a two (2) day prohibition from purchasing Roland Sands Design products. Corrective action must be implemented within 48 hours for electronic advertisements (email/internet sites) and the relevant production cycle for print and other advertisements, but no later than thirty days. If corrective action is not implemented within the aforementioned timeframe, the two-day prohibition will be extended and Dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted until reinstated at the sole discretion of Roland Sands Design and/or its authorized agent on its behalf.
Second violation:
Dealer will receive a written notification informing the Dealer that it will be subject to a thirty-(30) day prohibition from purchasing Roland Sands Design s products, and the dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted during this period. If corrective action is not implemented within the timeframe delineated above, the thirty-(30) day prohibition can be extended and Dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted until reinstated at the sole discretion of Roland Sands Design and/or its authorized agent on its behalf. Violations after 180 days from the first violation will be considered a new first violation.
Third violation:
Dealer will receive a written notification informing the Dealer that it will be subject to a ninety-(90) day prohibition from purchasing Roland Sands Design products, and the dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted during this period. If corrective action is not implemented within the timeframe delineated above, the ninety-(90) day prohibition can be extended and Dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted until reinstated at the sole discretion of Roland Sands Design and/or its authorized agent on its behalf. Violations after 180 days from the first violation will be considered a new first violation.
Fourth violation:
Dealer will receive a written notification informing the Dealer that it will be subject to a one (1) year prohibition from purchasing Roland Sands Design products, and the dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted during this period. If corrective action is not implemented within the timeframe delineated above, the one
(1) year prohibition can be extended and Dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted until reinstated at the sole discretion of Roland Sands Design and/or its authorized agent on its behalf. Violations after 180 days from the first violation will be considered a new first violation.
Notwithstanding the above, based on the sole discretion of Roland Sands Design and/or its authorized agent, a Dealer who demonstrates multiple first violations of this policy may be subject to a permanent prohibition from purchasing Roland Sands Design and the Dealer’s rights to use Roland Sands Design trademarks and copyrighted material will be forfeited and not permitted.
Besides monitoring and MAP policy enforcement we also develop a healthy relationship with your compliant sellers.