[Trombone-l] End of the Music world is coming

[Jeff Albert]

Well, the fact that their service was mediocre at best and their prices were
high didn't help either. They stocked very little that fit my needs, so I
had no reason not to use internet/mail order places.  I tend to suggest the
places that I do business to my students... Maybe that was just my
experience with the Brook Mays that were near me here in Louisiana.  Anyway,
I do't see it as that big a loss to me as a consumer.  If I worked there, I
am sure I would see it differently.

I see the threat to traditional music stores more from their own bad
business practices than from Wal-Mart.  If the stores treated the teachers
and pros right, a large portion of their students would shop at those
stores.  When my step son started playing trumpet a couple of years ago, the
band director passed out a list of acceptable brand instruments.  It was a
long list, probably longer than I would have made it.  The point was that
she couldn't tell people where to shop, but she could say "these are
respectable brands, and if you buy something else, you are doing your
student a disservice."  Well, only real music stores sell those brands.

Jeff

On 7/21/06, Charles De Paolo <chuck at hickeys.com> wrote:
>
> Did you read the article?  Their demise is not related to the jury
> settlement. The lawsuit was just a thorn in their side. Their insurance
> carrier covered most of that, and the millions they had to pay, while
> annoying, didn't capsize the ship.  What killed them was WalMart, Target,
> Best Buy et al.  And by extension, clueless consumers.
>
> This has been predicted for years.  Not necessarily that it would be
> Brook-Mays who bit the dust, but that traditional rental based retailers
> were going to start feeling a serious squeeze from cheap offshore
> instruments, big box retailers entering the market, and the continuing
> demise of the informed consumer.
>
> --Chuck
>
>   I don't know if anybody else is aware of this story or
>   if anybody really cares.  Their demise can be
>   attributed to the earlier jury settlement.  Word of
>   caution, be cautious about what you say about
>   instruments brands and quality it could come back and
>   bite you big brother is watching.
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