Klarinet Archive - Posting 000098.txt from 1998/05

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Price coyness
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 09:01:11 -0400

Occasioned by this comment:

>I just recieved my new WW&BW catalog a few days ago, and they had this big
>thing about Fiberreeds.

Not about Fiberreads, but about pricing or lack of same in music supply
catalogues.

I used to do a lot of semipro photography years ago and I LOATHED going
through advertisements for equipment where someone said "CALL!" in lieu of
a price. If I wanted to CALL, I'd CALL rather than be subjected to some
salesman's hard sell tactics on the phone. WW&BW does this kind of thing
with both Buffet and Yamaha clarinets. I cannot for the life of me
understand the objective of price coyness. If they're afraid of being
undercut by a competitor, what is to stop someone from the competition from
actually calling up and getting a price on a horn or two?

Ken

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