Hi David, Hmm! I've never thought of this. The ****** dealership is having a sale this weekend at the school. They have 4 of the "automatic" type of players they furnish! Everything else, they bring in! The other sale we have because of our 9 lease pianos, happens later in the year! Maybe I should mention this to the Director of our department! But one question. Why exactly would it affect the tax exempt status? I admit, I don't know much about this type of thing. Avery At 05:48 PM 03/05/02 -0600, you wrote: >Wim: > >The university sale for SMU is always held at the dealership. Our legal >department would not let this commercial event take place on campus for >fear of losing our tax-exempt status. I'm a little surprised that this >hasn't caught some other universities. > >dave >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 3/5/02 at 11:04 AM Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: >>List, et al >> >>The piano store that has been supplying the university (Alabama) for the >>last 10 years has just informed us he is pulling out at the end of the >>school year. We have 12 pianos in use now. I don't know what we are going >>to do to replace those 12, as all of them are in critical positions. We >>do have some options, but it will no doubt cost us some money, money that >>should be used in other areas. >> >> From what I have been told, the university sale last year resulted in >> only 11 pianos being sold. The dealer didn't even have the sale at the >> university. It was held in his store. That kind of sale was also being >> done in St. Louis, before I left. The store announced, "A sale so huge, >> it can only happen at our store." Meaning, it was not worth it to the >> store to move all those pianos to the school. >> >>University/symphony sales have been going on for almost 15 years now. >>Although the store sponsoring these sales do sell more pianos in one or >>two weekends than the store usually sells in a month or two, I think it >>is getting to the saturation point. I also think the word has gotten out >>that the "deals" at these sales aren't any better than what the consumer >>can get at the store. It is ashamed that some of the sales tactics have >>been less than desirable. It has given the entire industry a bad name. As >>far as servicing these pianos, again, if you have a problem with the >>dealer, I believe that the dealers that sponsored the sales are no worse >>or better in providing service than what you get for a piano that was >>sold out of the store. >> >>Although, like some of you, I was against them at first, I have come to >>realize that the impact these sales have on the community, in the way of >>getting more pianos in homes, is worth the occasional bad apple, so to >>speak. Therefore, as I said in my first post, as technicians I think we >>should support these sales. It means more business for us in the long >>run. If you have a complaint about a certain dealer, then report that to >>the "proper authorities." >> >>Wim >> >> > >_____________________________ >David M. Porritt >dporritt@mail.smu.edu >Meadows School of the Arts >Southern Methodist University >Dallas, TX 75275 >_____________________________
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