serial numbers

[Ronald R Shiflet]

	I don't think the manufacturers are checking the serial numbers
but rather the flooring company.  I have never seen numbers being
checked for the manufacturer but rather for the flooring company.
	Usually they have just been down the street to the appliance
dealer.  Next stop the music store.  They have a printout of everything
bought from the manufacturer and they check (this is monthly).
Everything missing gets paid for, everything sitting over 90 days gets
charged interest.

Ron Shiflet

On 8/28/96 William Sadler wrote:

Manufacturers hire private companies to check serial numbers on floor
stock
pianos at piano dealers across the country.  Even though most dealers do
a
good job of taking care of inventories and serial numbers on their own, a
private company goes and physically checks all the inventory on a regular
basis.

The dealers are supposed to pay for their product at the time of sale. An
inventory check from a private company keeps the dealer from the
temptation
of using the money from a sold unit to buy a new boat.  Aside from the
fact
that mistakes can be made, most reputable dealers do not have a problem
with
this.  They don't say "are you trying to make us look bad?" "don't you
trust
us?".