I don't believe Carol is right! There are a few dealers in Southern California. My husband bouight a DC1A for a lot less than any other dealer would agree to. The set-up went well, and the service is great. After a week I noticed what I thought was damage, I called and that day the service man called to set-up and appointment. It turned out to be glue and easily removable. I believe all Yamaha dealers will provide good service and some are willing to work on volume rather than mark-up. Wording, spelling and grammer does not make a smart consumer, effort does. Most people work hard for their money, if dealers are too complacent they don't deserve to make the sale. -----Original Message----- From: Morris Smith [mailto:mdsatlanta@...] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 10:12 AM To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [disklavier] Buying Disklaviers out of state Carol, you are 100% correct. Keep up the good work. You know, some people should pay attention to their wording and grammar before posting to this sites. It really shows what they know. Good Luck. Joe Raziano <jraziano@...> wrote: 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. > > > > > To Post a message to the group, send it to: disklavier@YahooGroups.com To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and moderator, send it to: disklavier-owner@... To reach our group's web site go to: http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier Todd's family web site was completely updated 012/22/03. It contains some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, The url is: http://MuncyFamily.com <http://muncyfamily.com/> THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP? 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RE: [disklavier] Buying Disklaviers out of state
2004-05-18 by Ann Weiser