Schaff buys American Piano Supply

[David M. Porritt]

Susan:

So how much should parts be marked up?

dave

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On 10/2/00 at 7:27 AM Susan Kline wrote:

>>I also like their price list set-up, a very simple markup.  I show the
>>custormer the price in the book, It's great for customer relations.  On
>>bigger ticket items I even give them a break.
>
>Actually, the "retail" price list (200% of true price) is one thing I'd
>enjoy watching quietly fade away. It seems an embarrassment to me, and
>means I could never show it to a customer, because I would have to
>explain why the company would print inflated prices. I can hope that
>the bad old days when a company _assumed_ that most of us would like
>the chance to deceive our customers are over. Not that we shouldn't
>mark up parts prices, but we shouldn't need to hide the fact that we
>are doing it. Life seems easier when there isn't that shadow of
>duplicity between us and our customers, IMHO.
>
>Susan




David M. Porritt
dporritt@swbell.net
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275