piano rip off

[Leslie Bartlett]

Marvin Zindler, the local screamer for the "little guy" says, "IT's hell
being poor".  These people had no knowledge to make an informed decision,
and trusted when they shouldn't have.   In a way they're almost like
children, and it cost them dearly.
les 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Jonathan Finger
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 12:42 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: piano rip off

My point is only that (without sounding too insensitive) they got what they
paid for.

I'm sort of trying to hold my tongue here because I do empathize with the
situation - but I just see it a bit differently. 

It is unfortunate that the store won't refund the money.  However, it is
still the responsibility of the consumer to know what they're purchasing.
I'm sure an honest dealer would have been happy to help them find an
instrument that suited their needs, was affordable, and could hold tune.
That's not going to be at $350 though.  The dealer will have more than $350
just in moving it, not to mention a fresh tuning and whatever prep work it
may need.  Now you've got $1000.00+ into a piano that you have to get back
out of it, without even taking into consideration the value of the piano.

I guess what I'm trying to say is: I feel sorry for the people, but I don't
feel like they were taken advantage of - I feel like they made a bad
decision.  I hope that with their technician they can either make the
instrument work, or find a way to remedy the situation, but I just don't see
it as poor people being taken advantage of.  Perhaps I've missed something
though.

Jonathan Finger



Ron Nossaman wrote:
> Jonathan Finger wrote:
>> I can't see how they were taken advantage of - they spent $350, and 
>> it is probably worth that in raw materials.
>
> Say what?
> Ron N
>
>

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