<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 name="Compose message area" CanvasTabStop="true" acc_role="text"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are you suggesting that no one at Pianotek has seen a Schaff price list and vice-versa? I don't think so.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think the reason is that they don't want the public to have access to the wholesale prices. As someone else suggested, a password-protected catalog web site would maintain that secrecy. A password - like maybe your account number! How would anyone else know that?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jimfrazee@msn.com href="mailto:jimfrazee@msn.com">James H Frazee</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">Their reluctance to be more forthcoming is based on their Neanderthalian desire to prevent their competition (not us) from knowing their prices.  And, if you've ever done a price comparison from company to company, you can understand why they'd be afraid of a face-to-face comparison.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>