visit to Biasco

[Farrell]

I'm confused. So what did you end up inspecting?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Tvak@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 7:06 PM
Subject: visit to Biasco


> List
> 
> Thanks to all for the advice...   To briefly recap, I was hired to examine a 
> Yamaha U1 which my client purchased from Biasco Piano.   He wanted me to 
> inspect it before he took delivery.   I arrived and was shown to the piano, which 
> had a different serial number than the one sold to my client. (!) So I inquired 
> if there was a mistake, but I was told that this was indeed my client's 
> piano.   When I pointed out to them that it had a different serial number, they 
> told me that they never sell the pianos off the floor.   They take a piano from 
> the warehouse to deliver to the client.   
> 
> Imagine a car dealer doing that?
> 
> Unanswered questions:   If they don't sell the pianos off the floor, where 
> did the piano my client bought go?   And if they don't sell the pianos off the 
> floor, then are they intending to deliver yet a different piano to my client?   
> Am I inpsecting a random U1?
> 
> Interesting sales ploy:   Yamaha U1 advertised for $1695 in the newspaper.   
> Sign on piano: "To qualify for this price, you must purchase bench."   Cost of 
> bench: $325. (no frills standard bench)   My client tells me he also paid 
> $175 documentation fee.   So you can add $500 to that advertised price.   ($2195 
> for a U1, still not a bad price.)
> 
> Tom Sivak
>