Rentals: Was Dealers, Prep, real success

[Nichols]

Clyde,
    There was a great mini-technical at a recent annual convention, by a 
tech near Chicago named Alice Alviani. Her rental program is unique, and 
worth looking at. Her e-mail is (was) alice@alviani.com. I'd suggest 
chatting with her about her program. In any venture like this, your most 
important tool is reality.

Regards,
Guy Nichols, RPT


At 07:36 AM 6/9/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Friends,
>
> >From time to time I've wondered if I could build a successful piano rental
>business.  Is anyone on the list doing this?  Is it worth the hassle?  As 
>I get
>closer to the typical retirement age I try to think of ways I can establish a
>continuing stream of income while freeing up more time for volunteerism or 
>even
>the possibility of not being able to carry the workload I do now.  Any helpful
>comments regarding aspects to remember and possible pitfalls?
>
>One possible misconception I have is that renting pianos, especially to
>customers who keep renting them for years, seems like taking advantage of the
>clueless, who would be better off going out and buying one.  On the other 
>hand,
>I can see the point of short-term rentals for people who move around a lot and
>don't want the headache of moving the piano, but then there would be a lot 
>more
>piano moving involved, something I'm not particularly excited about.
>
>Regards,
>Clyde Hollinger
>
>David Andersen wrote:
>
> > He ...  had a HUGE number of rental pianos in homes (1600)  <snip>
>
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"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." - John Lennon