The contract was with the manufacturer James, though the obligations are interwoven with the sponsoring dealer. Mark C. On 01/04/2010 6:00 PM, James Schmitt wrote: > Mark- Just a question, were the programs through a manufacturer or > with a single piano store. I guess that I need to be more specific in > saying that will only do a program through a local piano store. > James Schmitt-Marylhurst U > On Apr 1, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Mark Cramer wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> these terms sound identical to those offered by (the) two major >> manufacturers offering loaner programs in past. The program we were >> involved with was beneficial overall, while others have found their >> experience less so. >> >> Nonetheless, I'm not sure either of these two companies still offer >> the loan program, as a result of recent economics. Unfortunate, if >> so, as IMHO there is still a/ need,/ and with it plenty of >> "opportunities," as you mention. >> >> best regards, >> Mark Cramer, RPT >> Brandon University >> >> >> >> >> >> On 01/04/2010 1:36 PM, James Schmitt wrote: >>> dear Dr.Nicolaides, >>> Here is what needs to be in place for me to support one of my >>> universities starting a loan program >>> 1. There needs to a local dealer that will loan the pianos apart >>> from a manufacturer program. I have found that the post sale >>> support for those purchasing and the quality of the pianos loaned is >>> much better and more flexible. >>> 2. The school needs to be willing to support a sale with a strong >>> mailing list not just a token list. >>> 3. The dealer needs to have a policy for sharing profits from the >>> sale so that there is a real way for the school to purchase pianos >>> and eventually have a strong fleet of there own instruments. At two >>> of my universities both schools have purchased nice pianos without >>> using any of the university resources. >>> 4. The school needs to support the sale being held at the dealers >>> store. so that all the dealers resources can be available for the sale. >>> 5. service of the loaned pianos can be paid for by the dealer with a >>> refund of the money spent for service coming from profits of the sale. >>> The above points are making these programs work for both the >>> school and the dealer. >>> >>> James Schmitt >>> On Mar 31, 2010, at 9:50 PM, Dr. Henry Nicolaides wrote: >>> >>>> I think loan programs are common with other industries and >>>> manufacturers. This gives them an opportunity to expose their >>>> product to a target audience and is considered a long term >>>> marketing strategy. It benefits the college as well as the >>>> manufacturer. Problems are encountered when the college depends >>>> too much on loans and does not have enough of their own inventory. >>>> *I for one would be interested in what you have learned. * Though >>>> we have a good inventory of studio and performance pianos our >>>> practice rooms are sadly in need of replacement pianos. Not that >>>> all of the studio pianos are new, some needing rebuilding, they are >>>> keepers. Budgets being what they are, if you are fortunate to have >>>> a budget, loaner programs serve a useful purpose. >>>> >>>> Henry Nicolaides >>>> Piano Technician, School of Music >>>> Southern Illinois University >>>> >>>> > From: pianotenor at comcast.net <mailto:pianotenor at comcast.net> >>>> > To: caut at ptg.org <mailto:caut at ptg.org> >>>> > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:16:18 -0700 >>>> > Subject: [CAUT] loan programs >>>> > >>>> > Hi all, >>>> > I am the new kid on the block and understand you have done a fair >>>> > bit of talking about the subject of loan programs. If anyone is >>>> > interested I would be happy to let you know what I have learned that >>>> > is making two significant programs work for two Universities I serve. >>>> > But it may be that everyone is tired of the subject. Anyone >>>> interested? >>>> > James Schmitt >>>> > Service tech for University of Portland >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from >>>> your inbox. Learn More. >>>> <http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_1> >>> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100403/428cb147/attachment.htm>
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