Piano Sales Forces...

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Willem,
The dealers that I service also are of your thinking. It is a pleasure to
work for them.
It did take some effort on my part to educate them to the value of getting
the old uprights into their best shape prior to putting them up for sale.
Kind of like the old "OK" on each piano with my tech sticker attached.
Joe Goss
Always on the level and now well traveled. Check the may issue ads

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> From: Wimblees@AOL.COM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Piano Sales Forces...
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 8:33 AM
> 
> In a message dated 3/14/99 1:35:24 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
btrout@desupernet.net
> writes:
> 
> << There's an angle to everything, and no matter
>  what the polished turd happens to be, it's a "good value".  Oh, my head
>  hurts after listening to some of these 'pitches'.  It makes me wonder
whether
> there are just plain regular people who sell a good piano for a fair
price
> without all the hype.   >>
> 
> 
> Not to blow my own horn to much, but at Blees Piano, our "sales" staff
doesn't
> give hype, or bull *&^%. etc. I have trained my people to be honest and
> straight forward. We probably loose a sale or two, but many of our
customers
> say they bought from us because we didn't hype them into buying a piano
they
> didn't want.
> 
> One word about the term "a good value."  You have to understand that
pianos
> come in all shapes, sizes, conditions, age, etc. A "good value" just
means
> that you get what you pay for. This kind of goes along with my other
response
> regarding repairs. You do what is necessary to make it work, even if it
isn't
> the "correct" repair. Some people only have $1000, and so they get a
piano
> that plays relatively well, sort of stays in tune, and looks half way
decent.
> They are getting a "good value" for their money. Unfortunately, there are
some
> dealers that will sell a piano for $1000 that should have been land fill,
but
> then that's another story. 
> 
> Willem Blees