gray market piano

[Richard Brekne]

Paul Plumb wrote:

> I read a post from Mark Wisner on the U2 being a gray market piano.  If it
> was never sold in the USA new, how is it a gray market piano?

er... because it was sold used in the US ?????

> It's just another used piano.  My definition of gray market is buying new
> stuff
> somewhere and avoiding the normal chanels so it can be sold for less.  But,
> you also don't have a warranty.

I think... you are operating with a rather unique definition. Perhaps that is
why there is some confusion. Grey market pianos by the definiton I see just
about everyone opererating with are exactly"imported used pianos"

> If a Yamaha piano is purchased new in the USA by someone, then sold to
> someone in Canada - the piano is now used and has no warranty anyway.  If I
> then buy it for resale is it now a gray market piano by Mark's definition?

grin.... well thats stretching it a bit... but I suppose technically yep... I
think you sorta have to look at the context in such cases... like if it was joe
and irene from whitefish montana who wanted to sell their acrosonic and just
happened to know a dealer in calgary really well and liked him better then the
dealer in kalispell.... visa vi if it was kumi ogano akamazi and fred "the hat"
olsen from respectively sakimoto and los angeles doing a deal for 150 crapped
out pianos from the suburbs of tokyo...:)

> If I buy a new Yamaha in the USA as a customer and have it shipped to Canada
> is it now a gray market piano and there is no warranty?
>
> Sounds like scare tactics to me.

Hmmm... I think perhaps if you had run into some of those pianos say Roger had
described a few weeks back you might re-evaluate that standpoint ?

>
>
> Paul Plumb

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Richard Brekne
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