Klarinet Archive - Posting 000492.txt from 2001/12

From: "Natalie Visage" <chateau_swamp@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Need Advice
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:33:16 -0500

I guess I left out some of the information. I live in a small town, and our
music store doesn't carry the high quality intruments, they have to order
them from who knows where. My mom doesn't know anything about clarinets, so
I tried to help by giving her URLs of online stores where she could get an
R-13 for about $1,500, but she's never been a big fan of the internet. A
friend of ours works at the music store, so she went to him for help. He
gave her a list of clarinets and this is how she explained to me the mixed
up: She showed me the list and the one she had highlighted was in fact the
E-12 but it said, "R-13 bore," which must have made her think that that was
what she was ordering. I don't know if she bought the E-12 at the retail
value (she wouldn't tell me how much it cost), but if that were the case,
then I might as well get the R-13 since the prices are the exact same. I'll
talk to her about it today. Maybe she'll let me pay for some of it out of my
savings account, like suggested. But my dad's another story. I'll have to do
a LOT of convincing to make him see my side of the story. Thanks again for
your help everyone.

>From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: RE: [kl] Need Advice
>Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:43:53 -0600
>
>I'm a little concerned about a $200 "restocking fee". Places that charge
>that kind of money for a "restocking fee" normally charge retail or above
>for the clarinet - if the R13 is selling for much more than $2000 then
>perhaps you should consider going somewhere else to buy the instrument,
>even
>mail-order if need be.
>
>(Yes, I know that you can get them R13s than $2000 via mail order, but I
>always give my local shops a chance so I add an extra 10% to the price.
>Considering that they're just ordering it and don't have the cost of
>actually holding on to the merchandise, this is a pretty good markup. I
>wonder what they do if the R13 is a lemon - bad intonation or some other
>non-obvious problem? Tell you it'll cost $200 to try another? Tell you it's
>"normal"? I'm really suspicious of this place.)
>
>Mark C.
>
>
>
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