Klarinet Archive - Posting 000027.txt from 2003/11

From: "Musician" <musicians@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] What's the deal with Music123.com??
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 13:42:07 -0500

Seems that music123.com is affiliated with the Woodwind Brasswind but
they don't have the same flexible return policy that Woodwind
Brasswind has. A student of mine ordered a Hite D Mouthpiece from 123
and online it said that it was in stock (was backordered from WWBW)
and when he got their confirming e-mail it said that it was not in
stock. (He had just ordered a Buffet E-12 from WWBW but the Hite was
out of stock hence the other vendor). When he tried to cancel the
order and get it somewhere else but was told by them that they give
store credit only so pick another mouthpiece.

I wasn't going to put up with that for a second so I told him what to
say to them and he got them to credit his card back and cancel the
order. But the person on the phone did say that they are affiliated
with the Woodwind Brasswind when he asked. If you look at their
site - it is identical in basically every way to the WWBW site
including format and the daily specials.

What gives here??? And why the secrecy???

David Blumberg
www.TopTempo.com

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