Posted by: Dnj
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What really irks me is that here where we live between some of the biggest cities in the USA New York/Philadelphia etc its almost impossible to find/play Roland products G70/E80 etc amongst the other biggies also Yamaha/Korg/Ketron also in the Big Chain Stores....what the heck is going on.....has the Internet totally ruined the buying experience & surrendering the consumer to having to BUY a Top keyboard with a 30/45 day return policy ...then after you play it and don't like it simply send it back & try again? then they can sell B Stock to people who want a cheaper price? Whats happened to the days when you can call a good local store ...make an appointment to spend a few ours with a keyboard and play it in the store with an intelligent sales man or store owner so you can make a wise decision or comparison to buy & know you'll have their backup for support & service after the sale Arrrrgggggg....whats the use ?
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Dnj, I am sooooo with you on this! You're right on the money there. The internet is really killing ones ability to test drive an instrument as we once did through our local dealers. Too bad we all don't have George Kayes, and DanO's in our towns and cities.
I live in the state of West Virginia...., when I demoed the PSR-3000 it was in a store that was (3) hours from my home! The store I visited was in Morgantown West Virginia. Geez! and I don't live in the boonies either
This has to be one of probably less than 3 stores in my entire state that carry these models. No one carrys the high and med end arrangers, and MANY in my area don't even carry the top synths.., then to really top it off NO ONE knows how to use the damn things.
EVERY music store I have visited in WV.., I have found that 90% of the employees were guitar players, bass players, and drummers. I have yet to meet a "qualified" keyboard salesman in this state. Are we a deminishing breed?
Just a quick side note here.... I have been offered SOOOO many jobs by music stores here to sell keyboards for them, but the damn jerks are sooo cheap, they wan't me to demo Casio's lowest end (all models bellow the WK's), and the lowest of the PSR range. These are keyboards you buy at any local Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sams Club, and other department stores, and they wan't me to demo these things??????
Squeak
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