Klarinet Archive - Posting 000159.txt from 2003/01

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 06:21:57 -0500

At 04:07 AM 1/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>At 05:56 PM 2003-01-07 -0500, Bill Hausmann wrote:
>> The people selling them in Costco and wherever have no clue, and the
>> typical parent buying doesn't either. Boy, do they feel foolish when
>> they realize they have been taken and all they have to show for it is an
>> expensive "caveat emptor" lesson.
>
>I am under the impression that Costco, at least, has a "satisfaction
>guaranteed" policy. If people get instruments that fail quickly or are
>unplayable, they can return them and get a refund. My thought was that
>the miserable clarinet described might have been returned. Many times,
>stores that simply want a visual sample so they use something that will
>eventually be returned.

Often, the instrument is not returned until it is too late, since the
assumption is made that the problem is with the student, not the instrument.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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