Dave Bunch's advice

Info at alliedpiano.com Info at alliedpiano.com
Tue Apr 11 08:01:48 MDT 2006


Adding an amen to this response,

Ruth Phillips

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After reading some of your responses, I thought I would play devil's
advocate for the dealers.. Yes, there are shady, disreputable dealers out
there. I have had the good fortune of working for good dealers that
genuinely want their customers to be happy. There have been times when these
dealers have sold bad used pianos that had problems that they really did not
know about. They are salesmen, not technicians. In every case, they have
made good on repairs after I have brought them to their attention. The key
here is to bring the problems to the attention of the dealers, NOT the
customer. I have had dealers send me 150 miles to service pianos sold at a
remote sale because they live in fear of tuners that just love to point out
defects on their new purchases and at the very least imply that the dealer
was trying to cheat them on the deal. If you KNOW your dealer is treating
customers unfairly, then all bets are off and it would be in your best
interest to discontinue your assoc!

 iation with them in order to protect your own reputation. However, if it is
possible that the dealer was not aware of the severity of the piano's
condition, then give them the benefit of the doubt and let THEM know of the
problems first.

 

Dave Bunch

 

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