Klarinet Archive - Posting 000173.txt from 2003/01

From: "Steve Fleckenstein" <spfleck@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:15:58 -0500

Try crossing over the US / Canadian Border with your clarinet and then try
to come back in with the same clarinet without the border guards first
taking down the serial number of your instrument on the first pass.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subject: Re: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets

| On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Steve Fleckenstein wrote:
| > | You get what you pay for. When the instruments sell for HUNDREDS of
| > | dollars less than legitimate music stores ask, little warning buzzers
| > | should go off in your ears............
| >
| > Why can you get the same high quality instruments in Canada much cheaper
?
| > ( I didn't say you could import them into the USA)
|
| Where can you buy them for significantly less? I live near Canada, and
| even with the strong exchange rate I haven't seen R13s or equivalent for
| significantly less than I can buy them in the US, even with VAT refunds.
|
| Mark C.
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