Great Post Walt, and thank you for sharing your expertise from the retail side with us. To those that don't know, Walt is widely known as a Musical Instrument Dealer, including Technics, and one of the most honest and fairest of the many. He stands behind what he sells even what it is not easy or popular. I have always been a businessman myself and I have the highest regard for his business principals.
A word of advice for anyone that is considering paying $5, to 6,000.00 for a $3,000.00 keyboard. DON"T!!!! Go shopping. Be aware that freight on keyboards is CHEAP, as in 40.00 or so USA border to border, in comparison to a local dealer that thinks you are captive and fair game to legitimately steal from.
BEBOP