Reminds me of when I got Ornette Coleman’s saxophone from the middle aisle in Aldi.
They'll ship it in a structurally inadequate box and I'll have to figure out how to throw it in the trash when it inevitably reaches my station in a billion pieces.
Really, though ... who buys this kind of shit at Costco?
I'm sure there are a few people out there who'd buy this ... but those people would be shopping at high-end specialty stores for it, and at this kind of price point, they probably don't care about saving a few percent on the price, even if Costco has it for cheaper.
Do these things ever actually get sold from the Costco floor? I really doubt it. What's Costco gain from using a relatively large amount of retail floorspace on something like this, something only a vanishingly small minority of their shoppers ever could or would buy? And not only does it take up quite a bit of floorspace that could probably be devoted to something more likely to actually sell, it runs a pretty significant risk of someone damaging it, either deliberately or accidentally, while it sits there -- so it's not only an opportunity cost, there's also a significant chance that they might lose a lot money on this.
Seriously... What's the point of putting something like this on the floor of a Costco?
It's a sales tactic. These huge, big-dollar items are displayed right near the entrance, and now the customer is more likely to throw impulse buys in their cart because, "it's not like it's a $180k piano."
I used to sell downhill skis. The store would advertise full set-ups for $200 to get people in the door, and once they're in, I'd take them to look at the $1,500 set-ups first. Suddenly buying skis for $800 didn't sound so bad.
Yeah but they get you because it comes as a 6 pack and you'll likely only ever need 2, maybe 3 baby grand pianos at a time.. max.
Maybe you need that but I like to have lots of tunings available. Equal temperament is for 20th century music, but everything else demands a better temperament. You can't play music as the composers intended if you can't match the notes they had. I just wish I could find a piano with 15 keys per octave so I could play in quarter common mean tone in more keys
That's not even counting prepped pianos.
You might only e er need 3 at a time but its really convenient to have backups so you don't need to lug em around, and extras for those of us with children
I can't believe they trust the public with that thing...
I suspect they have some dude there to watch over them. Might be the guy sitting there
Börsendorfer?
It dorfs Börsens.
Can I have one of the keys as a sample?
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