I wonder if there is any legal meaning to "factory-direct prices"?!? Wholesale?!? I don't think so... It's like those restaurant supply places that say "Open to the public"... --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT Albuquerque, NM www.shusterpiano.com www.facebook.com/shusterpiano On Nov 13, 2010, at 7:58 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > > Baldwin has temporarily suspended manufacturing at our plant in > Trumann, Arkansas and has moved some of our existing inventory to > Plano, Texas where some of our classic American-made Baldwin pianos > will be sold at savings of up to 60% off. Also included are our > several new models of grands and verticals with deeply discounted > prices. > This is very typical wording for "factory" sales, along the lines of > "university sales". Keys words here are : "some of the existing > inventory", "some of our ... pianos", and "included are several > new models". Basically, a couple of Baldwin grand and uprights will > be on sale, as well as LOTs of other brands that this dealer carries. > > As far as Baldwin temporarily suspending manufacturing is concerned, > although I haven't heard anything, all Baldwin has to do is give > everyone a 1 or 2 week vacation, and they can claim that > manufacturing is being suspended. It's nothing more than a big > sales ploy. > > Wim > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101113/23bbab7e/attachment.htm>
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