Klarinet Archive - Posting 001072.txt from 2004/07

From: Virginia Hill <gigi1182@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A Phone call from FIRST ACT
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:03:07 -0400

Well, in past posts I mentioned that it all STARTED with my letter to
Wal-Mart. THEY forwarded my concern to First Act.

"Ormondtoby Montoya" wrote:

> Virginia=A0Hill wrote:
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>> With that being said, I urge you ALL to send an
>> e-mail to the first-act corporation
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> It seems to me that the place to strike --- the 'soft underbelly' --- is
> the retail store rather than the manufacturer. The only thing that
> First Act has going for it is ridiculously low prices, and they can't
> survive if they spend more money on forged keys, etc. So you have no
> hope (imo) of convincing them to change the instrument. WalMart, on
> the other hand, can choose what to sell or not to sell, and they can be
> influenced by public opinion, such as reports from kids at school that
> the teacher warned them away from WalMart's instruments etc
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> It's always an uphill battle when a sufficient number of customers
> continue to plunk their money down, and therefore merchants continue to
> offer cheap products so long as lawsuits (which cost them money) don't
> result and the government doesn't prosecute for health, safety or fraud
> violations.
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> But I think that your chances of convincing First Act are just about
> zero that they should compete directly with $400 student instruments by
> Yamaha, Buffet, Selmer, etc. They go after the $150 market, and for
> $150 you can't forge keys.
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> What does the song say....? "With one meat ball, you don't get no
> bread!"
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