John: Just be candid with them. Gray market is a pejorative term. They are used pianos. The only negative I see is if they are in a very dry location they should have humidification somehow, and Yamaha US won't sell parts for them. Other after market parts are available and appropriate. As long as the customer knows what they have, there's nothing shocking about them. dave David M. Porritt dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of J Pengelly Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 11:53 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: gray market I just discovered that a Yamaha G3 that I have to give an appraisal on is very likely a gray market piano.What I know at this point is that they bought it from a Vancouver dealer 14 years ago for 7k.Assuming that it is still holding up what might you think is a fair value? I'm also assuming that the clients don't realise the truth. Any suggestions on approaching them? Much appreciated. John Pengelly The Tuning Fork _________________________________________________________________ Your Space. Your Friends. Your Stories. Share your world with Windows Live Spaces. http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-ca
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