Disklavier

There is no special deals.  I got a DC3 made in Japan
for USA along with any other DC3 that was made the
exact same way.  This is called being a competetative
consumer. I didn't get a grey market paino.  I got the
real deal.  I just happend to spend 5 grand less doing
some homework.  I look at buying this piano like
buying a car.  Go to a bunch of dealers and get the
best price.  Nothing wrong with that and if the dealer
done't like it you can get the same exact piano
somewhere else.  

Sour grapes for the dealer.  Long live the free
economy.  I guess if you don't like it competative
bidding pay full retail price see if I care.  I have
the same piano you do at less cost.  For some reason I
don't think they lost one cent on the transaction -
they just didn't make as much profit as they would
have liked.


--- Carol Beigel <crbrpt@...> wrote:
> I understand the value of  saving a lot of money.
> However, when I read on this list about the "deals"
> some of you have purchased, I from time to time must
> chime in about the value of such practices.  Some of
> you did not get comparable value as in you bought
> older, or discontinued, or different models than the
> prices you were quoted locally. Had you gone back to
> the local dealer with your "deals", comparing apples
> to
> apples, you may have come very close in price.  Your
> best bet is to negotiate locally.  You can always
> show
> another price quote and give the local people a
> chance
> to match it or at least come reasonable close. 
> There
> is much more value in the sale of the Disklavier
> than
> the actual piano itself.  The quality of service and
> warranty issues beyond a few years should factor in
> because someday they may be needed.  For those who
> purchased out of the country, you will never be able
> to
> get parts or warranty service.
> 
> It costs a lot of money to run a piano retail
> business.
> It costs even more to run these businesses near the
> better neighborhoods where people live who can
> afford
> to buy Disklaviers.  Sales and business taxes
> support
> local government infrastructures, like the roads the
> delivery truck drove on,  police, fire and rescue
> support, and the local public schools.  Just because
> the piano shows up all shining and new does not mean
> that it wasn't dropped or had some other accident in
> the warehouse of  the out of state dealer.
> 
> You can tell I didn't get a business degree from
> Harvard - in fact, to paraphrase badly, I like the
> sign
> in the Baskin Robbins ice cream stores, something to
> the effect; "those who consider price only get what
> they deserve" or something like that!  I suppose if
> everyone approached retail sales in this manner, we
> would only have Walmarts, delivery companies and the
> internet.
> 
> Carol Beigel
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Raziano" <jraziano@...>
> To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 12:17 AM
> Subject: RE: [disklavier] PianoDisc versus
> Disklavier
> 
> 
> > Here is another method that I used with great
> success.
> >
> > Call around to other states that are certified
> > yahamaha
> > dealters.  Pick the disclavier that you like and
> call
> > around for the best price - remeber it doesn't
> cost
> > all
> > that much to ship the piano - they are all
> guarunteed
> > by Yamaha - not the local dealer - for a year.  It
> > will
> > save you thousands.  Or get the best price that
> you
> > can  by phone and bring it to your local dealer -
> > either he
> > give you a good deal or just give your money to
> > someone else.
> >
> 
> 
>