Pricing, (was new Knabes

[Ron Nossaman]

> Michelle hit the nail on the head.  The manufacturers are inflating 
> their MSRP's.  Most of this is to pull the same game on the dealers, as 
> the deceptive dealers are pulling on their customers: an inflated price 
> which allows room for more discounting - discounting which doesn't 
> actually exist.
> A manufacturer may suddenly inflate their MSRP drastically, to allow 
> room for more discounting to dealers in an effort to sell more pianos.

Exactly. The "discount" from the MSRP never has meant anything 
real. The markup from the wholesale price is the figure I'd be 
more interested in.

Ron N