Klarinet Archive - Posting 000427.txt from 1998/05
From: "Kevin Fay" <kevinfay@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Price coyness
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 16:28:45 -0400
Simple reason for this--the manufacturer has a contract provision
specifically prohibiting the cataloger from listing the price. This is
an attempt to help out their other distribution chain--the small
retailer.
Selmer even prohibits their instruments from being mentioned in the
catalog. WW&BW do sell these instruments--but you never see them listed
anywhere!
kjf
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Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 09:01:11 -0400
From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Price coyness
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
Kenneth Wolman Information Technology Morgan Stanley Inc.
750 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 212-762-1685
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one thing while I am saying another." -- St. Teresa of Avila
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