Good laugh from musicians friend

[tonefight]

Haven't bought from them for awhile since they gave me a good screwin on my kids christmas present a few years ago.

Anyway they are having a 12% off sale on single items over $149. Good deal huh ? How bout the fine print ? here's a list of manuacturers not included.

The following manufacturers have asked not to participate in coupon offers and other promotional discounts: 65 Amps, A-Designs, Adam Audio, AKG, Allen & Heath, Alvarez, American Audio, American DJ, Ampeg, Antoine Courtois Paris, Aphex, Apogee, Apple, ART, Audio-Technica, Audix, Avalon, Avid, B3 Guitars, B&S, Bach, BAM, Beat Kangz, Behringer, Belkin, Benchmark, Benedetto, Besson, Bixonic, Black Cat, Blackheart, Blue, Bogner, Bosch, Bose, Boss, Breedlove, Bricasti, Brio, BSS, Buffet Crampon, Bugera, Carl Martin, Casio, Cerwin-Vega, Chameleon Labs, Chandler Limited, Charvel, Chauvet, Cleartone, Cloud, Conn, Cordoba Guitars, Courtois, Crate, Crown, Daking, Dangerous Music, DBX, Dean, Digitech, Drawmer, DW, EBS, Eden, Edirol, Electro-Harmonix, Electro-Voice, Elysia, EMG, Eminence, Emma Electronic, Empirical Labs, Empress Effects, Engl, Epiphone, ESP, Euphonix, Eventide, EVH, Fano Guitars, Fender, Fender Custom Shop, Fishman, Focusrite, Fox, Fuchs, Fulltone, Furman, G7th, Gator, Gemeinhardt, Getzen, Gibson, Gibson Custom, Gibson USA, Giffin Guitars, Godlyke, Golden Age Project, Grace Design, Great Divide, Great River, Gretsch Drums, Gretsch Guitars, Guild, Guyatone, Hans Hoyer, Hao, Harmon, Haynes, Hercules, HHB, Holton, Ibanez, ISP Technologies, JBL, J Puchner, Jackson, Jasmine by Takamine, Jet City Amplifiers, Jupiter, K&M, Kanstul, Kawai, Keeley, Keilwerth, Koll Guitars, Korg, Kramer, KRK, Kush Audio, Langevin, Latin Percussion, Lexicon, Line 6, Lovepedal, LsL Instruments, Ludwig, Luna Guitars, Mackie, Manley, Mapex, Markbass, Marshall, Martin, Maxon, Meinl, Meinl Weston, Mesa Boogie, Millennia, Miraphone, Mixosaurus, Mogami, Mojave Audio, Moog, Morgan, Music Man, Music XPC, NS Design, N-Tune, Novation, Olympus, Orange, Ovation, Parker, PDP, Peavey, Pelonis Sound and Acoustics, Pepsi Bottling Company, Pigtronix, Pioneer, PreSonus, Propellerhead, PRS, Purple Audio, QSC, Quik Lok, Radial, Randall, Rane, Rickenbacker, Rivera, RME, Roc-N-Soc, Rode, Roland, Royer, Rupert Neve Designs, Sabian, Sample Logic, Schecter Guitar Research, Schreiber, Schroeder Guitars, Selmer, Selmer Paris, Sennheiser, Serato, Shure, SKB, SM Pro Audio, Softube, Solid State Logic, Soul, Soundcraft, Squier, Stanton, Steinberg, Steinberger, Stephanhouser, Sterling by MusicMan, Summit Audio, SWR, Takamine, Tama, Tapco, Taylor, TDK, Tech 21, Telefunken, Thermionic Culture, Tobias, Tone King, Traveler Guitar, Traynor, T-Rex Engineering, True Systems, Tube-Tech, Two Rock, Ultimate Support, Universal Audio, Vestax, Violet Audio, Voodoo Lab, VOX, Waldorf, Warwick, Washburn, Weber Speakers, XOTiC, Yamaha, Yamaha Band & Orchestra, Z.Vex Effects, Zildjian, and Zoom.


Might have been shorter to make a list of what is included in the sale.

[Hawk]

Actually there is a good reason for that. Music sties and Music stores all pay different prices for a given product (wholesale) depending on the amount they buy. High volume dealers pay less for a product than low volume dealers.

In order to protect a low volume dealer most manufactures ONLY allow all dealers (on line or a local music store) to advertise an item at a given (by the manufacturer) one low price and they are not allowed to advertise it below that price. This price rule probably includes a dealer advertising a % discount beyond the set low price by the manufacturer.

HOWEVER Dealers can sell items for less than the advertised price. Quite often (not always, but usually with big ticket items) a local music store can MATCH or BEAT the price of an on line dealer like Musicians Friend.

[tonefight]

I just thought it was funny that they have a sale but if ya look at the list, almost evey thing ( at least 75% ) that they sale is excluded.

[RamRod 1]

I just thought it was funny that they have a sale but if ya look at the list, almost evey thing ( at least 75% ) that they sale is excluded.

I agree Tony, you but have "writer's cramp" after listing all the companies.

[tonefight]

I just thought it was funny that they have a sale but if ya look at the list, almost evey thing ( at least 75% ) that they sale is excluded.

I agree Tony, you but have "writer's cramp" after listing all the companies.

No writers cramp here buddy I copied and pasted right off their "exclusions" link on the sale add.

[sunsetbass]

Actually there is a good reason for that. Music sties and Music stores all pay different prices for a given product (wholesale) depending on the amount they buy. High volume dealers pay less for a product than low volume dealers.

In order to protect a low volume dealer most manufactures ONLY allow all dealers (on line or a local music store) to advertise an item at a given (by the manufacturer) one low price and they are not allowed to advertise it below that price. This price rule probably includes a dealer advertising a % discount beyond the set low price by the manufacturer.

HOWEVER Dealers can sell items for less than the advertised price. Quite often (not always, but usually with big ticket items) a local music store can MATCH or BEAT the price of an on line dealer like Musicians Friend.

correct me if im wrong, that would be their M.A.P. agreement as a dealer for any of those manufacturers?? i kinda understand how that works. i've always wanted to open an audio shop for sound guys.

[Hawk]

Actually there is a good reason for that. Music sties and Music stores all pay different prices for a given product (wholesale) depending on the amount they buy. High volume dealers pay less for a product than low volume dealers.

In order to protect a low volume dealer most manufactures ONLY allow all dealers (on line or a local music store) to advertise an item at a given (by the manufacturer) one low price and they are not allowed to advertise it below that price. This price rule probably includes a dealer advertising a % discount beyond the set low price by the manufacturer.

HOWEVER Dealers can sell items for less than the advertised price. Quite often (not always, but usually with big ticket items) a local music store can MATCH or BEAT the price of an on line dealer like Musicians Friend.

correct me if im wrong, that would be their M.A.P. agreement as a dealer for any of those manufacturers?? i kinda understand how that works. i've always wanted to open an audio shop for sound guys.

Yes, the map price. They can sell below that price but they can't advertise below that price, which protects low volume dealers, who pay more for an item than high volume dealers.