Klarinet Archive - Posting 000008.txt from 2006/12

From: "Gerald R. Wolfe" <wolfent@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 1 Dec 2006 10:01:01 -0000 Issue 6986
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:23:50 -0500

I don't claim to have any special knowledge of law or business buy out
practices, but whatever the Chapter 11 implies I've received email ads from
all three of the these companies today already...WWBW, 123, and Musician's
Friend! Doesn't look like they are done yet. For the record, I've made
many purchases from WWBW also, both by mail and in person and have had
positive experiences for the most part.
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Albrecht" <jeffn8wr@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 2:55 PM
Subject: [kl] Re: klarinet Digest 1 Dec 2006 10:01:01 -0000 Issue 6986

> I'm sorry but this conspiracy theory on your part is utter nonsense, and
> if you
> have even a faction of the legal education you claim you had in the
> referenced
> post, you should know better than to make such unfounded accusations as
> these.
> If you had bothered to read the actual news articles regarding the
> bankruptcy,
> you might see that the following were more likely reasons for the Chapter
> 11
> filing:
>
> 1. The 9-million dollar decision against WWBW in US District Court as a
> result
> of a lawsuit filed by the Zapf brothers, the former owners of what became
> Music
> 123.
>
> 2. WWBW tried a much-too-ambitious expansion, as tevidenced by their
> acquisition of any number of smaller music stores and chains.
>
> 3. Poor aniticipation of what the costs these expansions would be.
>
> 4. (This is my own personal guess) THe owner of WWBW did not fully
> understand
> what this ewxpansion would cost him and his company, and did not plan to
> have
> adequate capital to deal with those costs. This is one of the prime
> reasnons
> many small busiinesses fail, and WWBW was a small business, by the usual
> definitions of the term.
>
> Ascribing sinister conspiracy theories to their downfall is more than just
> foolish on your part; it implies a malice that is undeserved and unearned
> by
> their general business reputation. As others may recall from the posts
> you
> made when you were initially complaining about your experiences of buying
> an
> R13 from them, you had unrealistic expectations to begin with, and you
> freely
> admitted it to the group. Any number of EXPERIENCED purveyors of fine
> clarinets attempted to explain to you that your desire to get a perfect
> instrument "fresh out of the box" without someone setting up the
> instrument and
> testing and adjusting it was pure fantasy. Clarinets require proper
> setup.
> You seemed unwilling to accept that reasonable premise, and instead,
> decided to
> level unfounded accusations on WWBW. I'm sorry, but that alone should
> immediately discredit much of what you have stated regarding that company,
> and
> in particular, your comments in this line of discussion.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
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