This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Tony Thanks for your explanation of the term grey market. I have = mis-understood it. Your Mercedes analogy explains it well. Yes I = realiZe that USA is the centRE of the universe. Worse than that, many = geography textbooks do not even show that the southern hemisphere = exists! But I can live with that. Going by what you have said, I would = imagine that most if not all new quality pianos that arrive here are = destined for our temperate climate. We do not get the extremes across = our small country any where near as bad as what you do. However, I have = seen several "climate customiSed" (my term) pianos that have been = brought in by people who have moved here from other countries, in = particular, near the tropics. Do we have grey market Mercedes Benz = here? I can't answer that, but we do have a tremendous amount of near = new cars imported from Japan, that were purpose built for their roads = and conditions. However, these cars are a very attractive option here = and represent excellent value for money. Cheers, Brian Holden, NZ. =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Farrell=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:53 AM Subject: Re: Grey Market Hello down there Brian! A grey market product is manufactured in the = same place (typically) as a non-grey market item...... There often are = some differences in the final product. Several years ago I drove a "grey = market" Mercedes Benz automobile. It did not have the big funky bouncy = bumpers that are required on all cars sold in the USA, it had the = 1960s-type smaller bumpers that are OK in Europe. Same thing as pianos. Also......some people do not realize that the USA is the center of the = universe....... Therefore, it may well be that no grey market Yamaha = pianos exist in New Zealand, which is perhaps why you might not be = familiar with the term! Do you have grey market Mercedes Benz down = there? Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: BH=20 To: Pianotech Forum ; john@musselwhite.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 10:56 PM Subject: Grey Market To John and List Grey Market is a term that I am not entirely familiar with here in = New Zealand............. Brian Holden ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d2/46/ac/10/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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