From fortepianonj@yahoo.com Wed Apr 26 05:29:58 2006
Subject:Re: Speakeasy mk III - price?

Very few manufacturers are brave enough to publish
their MSRP. Certainly, of the products that we examine
here, there are no prices listed on the respective
manufacturer's websites. I just checked HS, Korg,
Roland, Diversi, Motion Sound and Voce. Motion Sound
and Diversi were the only ones that I could find MSRP
pricing.

I won't go into this too much, but the music industry
is going through a dramatic transition right now. Our
industry has caught the attention of some of the large
consumer goods stores such as Best Buy, Target,
Walmart and even Linens & Things, and they are now
selling some of the MI products such as entry level
guitars, amps, etc. The smaller music stores are very
threatened by this, as well they should be. So,
manufacturers are expoiting distribution channels that
were not utilized in recent memory. However, back in
1960's and 1970's, you could buy musical instruments
at Sears, and even out of their catalog. This is why I
am so adamant about doing business with local music
dealers. They need your business. Also, the drawbar
clones will probably never be found in consumer goods
stores since it serves such a small niche. Sorry, got
OT a bit.

So, don't look for pricing on manufacturers sites in
the near future. They're not going to screw with their
dealers who can set their own pricing.

FP

--- Vaughn Smith wrote:
> I've always had a strong distrust of companies that
> won't put their info out as public knowledge - why
don't we ever see published price lists for these
products. Haggling a discount from a dealer is one
> thing but a floating list price is quite another!


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