another opinion on "...is this honest"

[Roy Peters]

Last year, the Ohio Attorney General squashed a local dealer in such a
manner.   The dealer was Henderson, who is the local Young Chang and Yamaha
dealer.  They held a sale at the University of Cincinnati, and were later
hit with a fine for deceptive advertising.  I believe that the fine was in
the range of $10k, but I'm not sure on the details.  They also had to offer
to buy back any piano sold there, and I heard that a few were returned.
So, there definitely is a line you don't want to cross, at least in Ohio.

Roy Peters
Baldwin Pianos/Cincinnati Retail
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Weston <waco@ari.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Thursday, November 13, 1997 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: another opinion on "...is this honest"


>
>
>Tolerating illegal or underhanded behavior because it will be profitable
>to me is a totally repugnant concept.  If we tolerate unfair or illegal
>practice, sooner or later we will become victims of it ourselves, and in
>many cases the law will hold us just as guilty as the perpetrators.
>
>The fact that a majority agree to anything does not necessarily make
>that thing right.  Don't you have teen aged children, and haven't you
>heard that argument from them? I bet you squashed it quickly, and I'm
>sure your mother asked you at least once: "If all your friends jumped
>off the bridge would you jump too?"
>
>Frank Weston
>