Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Good grief!

Stewart

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, <nicholas.gunn@b...> wrote:
> I wonder why somebody would be selling this kit so soon after 
getting it,
> makes me wonder ?

It sure is interesting that the seller isn't one of the "masses" and 
that he prefers acoustic. Does somebody buy a relatively expensive, 
brand new E kit and presumably sell, or be willing to sell, his A kit 
because he thinks he likes the E better? On what shoddy basis could 
he have made that decision, if in fact only a few days later he longs 
for the A kit again. Even though I did just fall off the turnip 
truck, I know that this scenario is perfectly possible, but, as 
Stewart said, good grief.

Ed

Well, you know, it does happen, even with more expensive systems. I 
can't tell you how many times I've had customers
make me jump through hoops to get them a DDrum 4 SE or a V-Session, 
only to have them return it within the week, because it "doesn't feel 
like acoustics" - well, duh, you played the kit in the store and 
insisted you wanted it, didn't you notice then that it feels different?
Still, those guys are better than the ones who insist they didn't open 
the box until a month after the return period expired, 3 months have 
passed since then, but they still want to return it. Ahhhhh, retail... 
;-)

Stuart McConaghy
Canopus Drums
Meinl Cymbals
SilverFox Sticks


On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 08:26  AM, emf wrote:

> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, <nicholas.gunn@b...> wrote:
> > I wonder why somebody would be selling this kit so soon after
> getting it,
> > makes me wonder ?
>
> It sure is interesting that the seller isn't one of the "masses" and
> that he prefers acoustic. Does somebody buy a relatively expensive,
> brand new E kit and presumably sell, or be willing to sell, his A kit
> because he thinks he likes the E better? On what shoddy basis could
> he have made that decision, if in fact only a few days later he longs
> for the A kit again. Even though I did just fall off the turnip
> truck, I know that this scenario is perfectly possible, but, as
> Stewart said, good grief.
>
> Ed
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--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Stuart McConaghy <stuart@s...> wrote:
> Well, you know, it does happen, even with more expensive systems. I 
> can't tell you how many times I've had customers
> make me jump through hoops to get them a DDrum 4 SE or a V-Session, 
> only to have them return it within the week, because it "doesn't 
feel 
> like acoustics" - well, duh, you played the kit in the store and 
> insisted you wanted it, didn't you notice then that it feels 
different?
> Still, those guys are better than the ones who insist they didn't 
open 
> the box until a month after the return period expired, 3 months 
have 
> passed since then, but they still want to return it. Ahhhhh, 
retail... 
> ;-)

I love the human comedy (in which I have a leading role, by the way). 
This seller, who's trying to unload his E kit after a matter of days. 
also has to convince everyone that it's the best thing since sliced 
bread. This sales pitch could only be aimed at an impulse buyer who 
wasn't all that familiar with the DTXPIIISP, presumably like the 
seller himself, though the seller's own precedent undermines it (he's 
selling it, isn't he?). Anyone who was informed about the DTXPIIISP 
wouldn't need the superfluous, superficial build-up. So, in other 
words, the seller is targeting someone like himself who doesn't 
really want it. All right, I admit the sophistry, but in every 
sophistry, there's at least a smidgeon truth. However, I submit that 
he could cut the crap; no one needs the carnival barking. 

Ed