College sales

[Lance Lafargue]

The sales people at the Baldwin U. sales here have been selling Samick-made
DH Baldwins as the real thing.  I think that's very misleading and such a
shame for the poor buyers.  They're sick when they find out and start
having problems later.  Even the staff at the University didn't know.  I
think it's a fact worth mentioning. I just feel, as in so many things in
life, there's a machine churning and no one will take personal
responsibility.  
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: David M. Porritt <dporritt@swbell.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: College sales
> Date: Friday, November 14, 1997 6:45 PM
> 
> List;
> 
> The Baldwin piano co. loans us 13 pianos each year and at the end of the
> year they have a sale.  It is not held on campus (our legal department
> would not allow it fearing the loss of tax exempt status if we had a
> commercial venture on campus.)  The sale is held at the local
> dealership.  It has been very successful there.  The advertising is
> honest and straight forward mentioning the loaner pianos and other new
> and used instruments. When our ethical standards get in the way of our
> better business judgement it's always best to go with the ethical
> standards.
> 
> In this as in every venture in life, it's not the activity that is bad,
> but the people doing it.  If you only work with honest people lots of
> creative things can be done.  I know that if the dealer changed his
> modus operendi the administration and legal department would stop it in
> a heartbeat.
> 
> dave
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> David M. Porritt, RPT
> Meadows School of the Arts
> Southern Methodist University
> Dallas, Texas
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