Schaff Piano price list

[Avery]

Dave,

And you're surprised by this? :-D Sorry, I couldn't resist!

Avery

At 08:29 AM 4/6/2006, you wrote:
>Steinway is now distributing a .PDF file of their price list.  The last
>one I got I printed out so I could put it in the back of my Tech. Ref.
>Manual.  They told me the other day that a new one would be out soon.
>
>I offered to scan Schaff's price list when they produce it and make a
>.PDF file and let them distribute that.  The man I talked to said he
>didn't think their computer system could handle that!  If they would do
>that they'd find there is no printing cost, no postage cost, and
>updating would be many times faster and easier.  Yeah, I get frustrated
>with Luddites!  I guess if the-way-we've-always-done-it is such a major
>part of the business philosophy they'll never change.
>
>dp
>
>David M. Porritt
>dporritt at smu.edu
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
>Behalf Of Brad Smith, RPT
>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:18 AM
>To: Pianotech List
>Subject: Re: Schaff Piano price list
>
>Hi Greg and List,
>This issue drives me nuts.  I've contacted Schaff, Pianotek and
>Steinway with the same question....When will and why don't you put
>your stuff on an ecommerce site so we can order easier?    They all
>declined in one form or another.
>
>Some enterprising supplier will eventually figure this out, and get
>ALL of my business.
>Since Chad took over the Steinway parts gig, at least you can now get
>a spreadsheet from him of their price list.     (Shannon wouldn't do
>it, saying she wouldn't give her information out )  ??
>
>I don't mean to start a philosophy discussion on the merits of
>guarding a sacred document like a price list....personally, I have no
>problem explaining that my industry offers pricing to technicians,
>just like any other industry.     My plumber can get a baseboard
>heating unit cheaper than I can....cuz he's a plumber.  I get it, no
>problem.
>
>I've even thought about creating my own product database from all the
>suppliers, and selling access to it for a modest fee.    Think of
>that, you could click to hearts content and create a customized order,
>which you could then fax/email/send to the appropriate suppliers.
>
>How much time have I spent, flipping through the index, the catalogs,
>then the price list to create an order?   Aaaahhhhh!!
>
>What would you pay for access to a super convenient ordering system?
>What if you could compare cost scenarios of different
>suppliers/configurations, and easily create accurate rebuilding quotes
>reflecting the use of different parts, etc. ?
>
>  Is it worth pursuing?    Inquiring minds want to know.
>
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>On 4/4/06, Greg Newell <gnewell at ameritech.net> wrote:
> > Thanks David. I wish they would put this stuff up
> > electronically. Seems like it would be so much
> > easier to click on something to add it to the
> > shopping cart and have prices automagically update. Maybe someday.
> >
> > best,
> > Greg Newell
>
>
>
>--
>Best Regards,
>Brad Smith, RPT
>www.SmithPiano.com
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