Enterprising individual

[Gregory Torres]

Dear List:

I also ran into this web site a few months ago, and I even contacted Ed Schadler
at American Piano Supply and explained that this fella has gone thru the trouble
of scanning a lot of the pictures in the catalog and making web pages out of them
for public viewing. He even uses the same part numbers. I am sure he is in
violation of copyright law as well as just being plain unethical in my opinion.
On the first page of American's catalog it states (if my memory serves me)
"please do not refer retail customers to us" which means to me that their prices
are for technicians so they can make a little profit on parts. This guy is
charging the full list price also so where is he actually helping the customer?
With "free" advice? I don't think so.  But if the folks at American Supply don't
give a hoot that they are being used by this guy then I guess it doesn't matter
does it? I tried...

Regards,
Greg Torres

Larry Fisher wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I found this in the newgroups .....
>
> http://balaams-ass.com/piano/piancont.htm
>
> Some tech has really tried to make the internet work for him.  On each page
> he's got a leech ad along with his dialogue about his "fix yer own pianner"
> stuff.  I guess he's not got enough work that pays that well.  The "$45
> tuning if you mention this ad" speaks for itself.  The backgound music was,
> ..... well, I'm reminded of a skit on Saturday Night Live ....... "Now isn't
> that special"!!
>
> Here's a real choice one ........
>
> http://www.mooretec.com/piano.htm
>
> Run right out and git it today folks.  Supplies are limited, not sold in
> stores, no salesman will call, operator is standing by to take yer order
> now!!  Don't delay, DO IT TODAY!!!
>
> I'd expect that we'll be seeing more and more of this kind of thing out
> there as time goes on.  I don't expect we'll have to deal with the customer
> that has encountered such a web site on a regular basis for quite a while
> ........ if ever ......... so I don't see this sort of thing as a threat,
> however ........... I feel we should be informed of such activity.
>
> Interresting how they're both in Arizona!! .........  but then so are nudist
> colonies.
>
> For those of you that aren't so savy in the ways of the internet
> (cyberspace), those http lines (URL's) are addresses you can plug (cut and
> paste) into the location line found on your browsers (Netscape, Explorere,
> AOL WWW, etc)then hit enter and you should land on the page in a few moments.
>
> Surfin' USA!!!
>
> Lar
>
>                                     Larry Fisher RPT
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