<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>When I has a store in St. Louis a potential buyer of a piano  called me to "prep" a piano he had bought on line.  A dealer in New York sold the piano, and had it delivered straight from the distribution center on Kentucky. I was not happy loosing the sale, but I made my profit from un-crating the piano</div><div><br></div><div>Wim <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Nov 5, 2012, at 6:40 AM, Jurgen Goering <<a href="mailto:pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com">pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I have heard of dealers shipping pianos in the crate/box to clients.  There is no dealer prep, and the customer can "save" some money.<br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Jurgen Goering<br> <br><br><br><br><br></span> </div> <br></div></blockquote></body></html>