Re: Musicians friend Price politics

[Greg House <ghunicycle@yahoo.com>]

--- Optimus Rob <rasimon@indiana.edu> wrote:
> Amen.  They pulled the same thing with the lap steel guitar a couple 
> weeks ago -- their catalog stinks anyway. 

Not to be a defender of MF, but that lap steel regularly goes on and off 
special.
The $99 price is their regular price for the thing. It'd been on special 
and the
special was over. What's the big deal? Can't they offer a sale price on 
something
and then take it off at some point? Someone here conjectured that it was 
somehow
automated, based on demand, which sounds ridiculous to me. It's printed in 
their
paper catalog too.

> I've had some good 
> experiences with American Musical (though returns/exchanges take 
> forever), but have really enjoyed buying from Novamusik.com.  

The above said, I've bought quite a bit more stuff from American Musical 
Supply
then Musician's Friend. AMS' price is usually better (although you should
compare) and my experiences with them over the years have been very good. 
Full
Compass is also a favorite. Good prices, excellent service.

Greg


        
                
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