<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Background: Customer wants new or exc. = cond. used baby grand. Local piano/guitar dealer is going belly up and liquidating. = Has a Suzuki AG500 (5') piano in stock ...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Please lemme know your opinions on = the nature and quality of Suzuki's -- this is the only one I've ever seen so I'm in = no position to recommend it</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Don't know if his "liquidation:" = prices are based on real, competitive numbers or just his inflated sticker prices = ... what are typical dealer net percentages from = manufacturers/importers???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard, PhD</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(That's "Piano Handy Dude," a dubious = degree at best)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>