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Author: Ed
Date: 2016-07-09 16:14
Sometimes a good deal is just too good to believe. It is worth the extra cash to buy from a known retailer.
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Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-07-10 04:21
Even then, you still may end up taking it to a technician for an overhaul. After getting a "good deal" from a reputable music store, I ended up paying another $500 to get it in top playing condition. It wasn't anything they did. It just obviously had been played in a while.
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Author: knotty
Date: 2016-07-10 05:22
The problem is getting worse and will continue to because they let it. Like most things, they let it get beyond control and cry about it later. And they are STILL are given the "most favored nation" status are they not?
~ Musical Progress: None ~
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2016-07-11 19:43
More of the counterfeit crap is also turning up these days in flea markets, junktiques stores and pawn shops. It's useful to visit legitimate manufacturers' websites to find out the specs on the real goods, but beware of the tiny misspellings in the urls and other clues to fake websites.
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
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Author: SarahC
Date: 2016-07-15 16:03
once upon a time.. you couldn't online shop. this has opened up a whole new market for cheap rubbish instruments...
once upon a time, a shop had a reputation to protect. eBay/amazon don't have to.
So if you knew nothing.. went into a shop.. you might be sold a not so great instrument, but it was a fair few steps above the CSO's available online. I recall my first clarinet was the armstrong... not the best clarinet, but reliable, in tune, and robust.
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