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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Tom,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My advise is not to buy any product =
from
Biasco. Find another dealer with a better reputation. I =
worked for
them a few years back...trust me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Tvak@aol.com href="mailto:Tvak@aol.com">Tvak@aol.com</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 07, 2003 =
3:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> advice today =
please!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva =
color=#000000
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR><BR>Tomorrow I go into the den =
of iniquity,
i.e., Biasco Piano, to examine a piano on a client's behalf. It =
is a
pre-owned U1, serial #725700. Biasco is expecting me to come =
tomorrow to
check it out and have agreed to let me see it. Now, he has =
already put
money down on this piano so I'm not sure if the deal can be nixed at =
this
point, no matter what I find, but what general advice would you have =
for
someone in this situation? I've never been called on before to =
examine a
piano at any dealer before, let alone at Biasco. I'm not looking =
for
advice on what aspects of the piano to check; I can in all modesty say =
that I
am fully qualified to examine this piano for its integrity, quality =
and/or any
potential problems. <BR><BR>It's the ethical/business aspects =
that I ask
advice on. For starters, I plan on saying nothing to the folks =
at Biasco
about what I find. The client is paying me for advice and I will =
give it
to him directly. But if I find something that is truly wrong =
(and being
Biasco...this could be possible) can I be held liable in some way if =
the
client decides to back out of the deal? <BR><BR>I've already =
warned him
of gray market Yamahas, but he's not particularly concerned. He =
already
owns another Yamaha and thought he could provide the serial number to =
that
piano if any parts were needed for this piano. I had to admit =
that most
of the parts would probably be interchangeable. Not an ethical =
way to
deal with a problem, but since the problem at this point doesn't =
exist, I
chose not to address it. <BR><BR>So, any advice will be =
appreciated. I
don't want to get myself into any trouble over this. I really =
don't
expect to find anything radically wrong with this piano. I think =
it's
just going to be another one hour service call, but I'm sure many of =
you have
been here before and will have some great advice. <BR><BR>If I =
can avoid
stepping in it, I'd gladly walk around it!<BR><BR>Tom
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