Klarinet Archive - Posting 000127.txt from 1998/05

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Price coyness
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 21:48:30 -0400

At 09:01 AM 5/4/98 -0400, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>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?
>
The reason they do this is that the manufacturers do not ALLOW them to
print their prices. Apparently, Leblanc does not mind having the
catalogues undercutting their retail dealers, but many manufacturers
protect their other dealers (to a miniscule degree) by allowing the
catalogues to list the products, but not the prices, so if you really want
to know, you at least have to make an effort. Some, like Selmer and UMI,
do not even allow that.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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