The reason the car dealer has to show how much the dealer prep is, might be due, in part, because of the some legal requirements by the state. It not only has to list the gas mileage, but the dealer also has to show the base price for the car, the add on's, and other items the customer is paying for, like transportation, prep, undercoating, etc. Since piano dealers aren't even required to show the MSRP on a piano, they can ask any price, and sell it for whatever the traffic will bare. If they did add on "prepping", customers will probably just negotiate that out of the price they pay, either expecting the dealer to pay for it, or not wanting it in the first place, since they don't know what it means. Then they call us 5 years later, and wonder why we have to charge them $500 to tune and regulate the piano. Wim -----Original Message----- From: William Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Fri, Nov 27, 2009 2:42 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] To Don, Mark, and Roger. Was Jeannie, etc. I am not aware of any, and have never heard of such an arrangement used by piano dealers. Will From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Albert Picknell Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 1:03 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] To Don, Mark, and Roger. Was Jeannie, etc. --- On Fri, 11/27/09, William Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net> wrote: Dealer prep is the dealer's responsibility and should be done, but where do the manufacturers responsibilities end and the dealers begin? _ _ _ Good question. After a car arrives at a car dealership, they dust it off, check fluids, etc., and the buyer pays for this process, which they call PDI, or "Post-Delivery Inspection". It, like piano prep, is a necessary process, but car dealersips actually MAKE money on it. I don't suppose there are any piano dealers out there who charge a similar fee to their customers? Albert Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091128/cba6741f/attachment.htm>
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