Klarinet Archive - Posting 000627.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] The comments on W&B
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 02:12:45 -0400

Don't be afraid of your statements. You said what needed to be said and
perhaps they will take heed to it. They boast on being musicians/artists
that are in touch with us, but then the $ overtakes them.

Some places to try to have a monopoly or in the case of the big three a
trinopoly.

I've experienced this from the big music store in my city. I haven't done
real business with them since high school.

Daniel Leeson wrote:

> It appears to me that I touched on a sore point with a great many people
> when I made my comments about the unpleasant experience I had with w&b.
> I do not doubt for one moment that this dialogue is being reported to
> them. In fact, if they don't know about it, they may be more out of
> touch with reality than I thought.
>
> But businesses have a way of developing a level of arrogance that cannot
> be penetrated. They don't see themselves as arrogant, they just don't
> listen when this kind of criticism is offered. Instead they perceive
> such remarks as the rantings of dissatisfied grouches.
>
> On Wall Street it is called "The Darling Syndrome." That is, whenever a
> company begins to thing that it is "the darling of Wall Street" and that
> its products and business services are immortal, one would be wise to
> sell their stock at once.
>
> It just sounds to me that W&B has developed an arrogance that cannot be
> penetrated with reason. They won't be the first company to hurt should
> that continue without modification.
>
> --
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