Klarinet Archive - Posting 000183.txt from 2003/03

From: CBA <clarinet10001@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] More corporate shenanigans in the instrument manufacturing world
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 18:18:10 -0500

Walmart, Sams Club, Cosco...all sell instruments and have for a
while. Sears and JC Penney have also...and they have been doing
it for decades. All crap...ALL crap.

As scary as it seems, there was a clarinet at a BJ's Warehouse
Club in NJ that I saw (BJs is like Cosco or Sams, but on the
East coast only, as far as I know) and it was packaged EXACTLY
like you said. Cardboard display box, clear plastic front, and
little white plastic bands to hold the clarinet to a cardboard
board inside the box for viewing. I believe it said "NEW
CLARINET!" on the box. Put a blond wig on it and it could be a
drag clarinet, imitating Barbie. I think this particular
clarinet would have worked better as a doll anyway. Was LESS
than $200. Was not WORTH $200 either.

Buffet isn't sold just yet. It is proposed, and is finishing
with the shareholders, etc. Pretty close to finished though. Not
sure of the conglomerate's name that is buying, as I don't have
the stamina for extensive legalese reading to actually sit down
and read the press releases to know which of the companies is
the buyer and which is a facilitator, etc.

Kelly Abraham
Woodwinds - New York City
--- Rebecca Brennan <rjbrennan1221@-----.com> wrote:
>
> Kelly Abraham wrote>>
>
> >I think Walmart is a little extreme, as Walmart carries
> >instruments of the lowest quality, without a lot of brand
> >recognition involved. It is similar to the whole generic drug
> or
> >generic paper product scenario except that you don't need
> >skilled craftspeople to make napkins, so the generic of those
> >products are usable, without the brand name.
>
>
>
> Wal-Mart already sells instruments? I can just picture the
> clarinets in
> barbie doll looking boxes with that clear window on it that
> says "Great
> Value!" on it. My friend and I are sitting here laughing
> hysterically right
> now. If only you could see the image I see!
>
> Who bought Buffet by the way?
>
> -Rebecca

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