Klarinet Archive - Posting 000405.txt from 1999/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Buffet E 11
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 01:03:55 -0400

At 03:35 PM 7/14/1999 -0500, Jack Kissinger wrote:
>Many other areas are not so fortunate, however. (Around Detroit is one,
>according to Mark C. Around St. Louis is another. In St. Louis, list
price is
>the rule and I can echo the experience of Band Rental night that Jim Hobby
>referred to. The two large music stores that showed up (which happen to
be two
>of the most highly regarded in town) came with stacks of new Selmer 1410's
(one
>of Selmer's plastic student models), still in their original sealed plastic
>wrapping, dispensed like hotcakes to eager (but mostly naive) parents for
only
>$650 apiece (about $300 above mail-order price, I would guess). Would these
>stores replace a pad that had fallen out or a bumper cork or repair a bent
key?
>Probably. But suppose a kid dropped the instrument and broke a tenon
three or
>four weeks after the purchase. Would the store rebuild (about a $70 job)
it for
>free? Perhaps but, having lived here for over 20 years observing the local
>stores, I doubt it.

Just jumping in to defend us music stores. We SELL instruments at
substantial discounts, but our rentals are based upon list price, although
with no interest over the three year contract, and discounts for early
payoff. You have to make some money SOMEWHERE! Our rental contracts
include maintenance coverage (also available on purchased instruments).
The tenon rebuild WOULD be covered on a rental or maintenance contract. On
any purchase, we probably would replace that loose pad or cork at no
charge. But, unless you bought the maintenance contract, the tenon is not
our responsibility. Would you expect your car dealer to fix your car free
if you wrecked it after a month?

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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