That's Business! Was Baldwin, Yamaha, etc.

[Alan]

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Gibson took over with two results:
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Good: Gibson believes in shipping quality products, so Baldwin got a
shake-up wake-up in that regard.
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Bad: Gibson likes SuperStores selling their whole line with big =
inventories.
They don't like Mom & Pop shops. You don't get to tell them what =
inventory
level you want--they tell you. Many, many long-time good and loyal =
Baldwin
dealers were forced out by Gibson's goonish tactics.
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Take a hurting company, spend borrowed bucks to improve quality & image
(good idea, I guess), then make the product less accessible and less =
visible
to Mr. & Mrs. America (dumb idea, methinks).
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Yamaha? Well, what a great opportunity for after-market parts makers. =
Even
patents will not protect them if they will not supply what the consumer
needs to maintain products Yamaha made (who cares when and where it was
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A parallel model: UPS, FedEx, and all the rest would never have gotten =
the
tiniest toe-hold in the package business if the USPS hadn't had its
bureaucratic head up its quasi-governmental backside back in its
total-monopoly days.
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No point in whining or complaining about business practices because you
can't fix stupid. Better to opt optimistically for options and
opportunities. (Ain't that awsomely alliterative?)
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Maybe Wal-Mart will buy the Baldwin name and have Pearl River build =
pianos
to sell in their Communist-Chinese, Slave-Market Outlet SuperStores--I =
can
see the fallboard decal now ...
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LESTER-BALDWIN
Built by the lowest bidder -- Made in China -- Stored for 3 years in an =
open
shed in Haiti
Grand Exalted Winner of Every Conceivable Award, Paris 1884
Elusive AtchooHarm Action
Patented Tone Dud soundboard made from real wood by-products, mostly, =
and
guaranteed free of workmanship, quality, and tone for 25 years!
Some Assembly Required -- Warranty void if Opened or Played
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Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO
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