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| GOING OUT OF BUSINESS!!! EVERYTHING MUST GO! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 7 2008, 06:46 AM (490 Views) | |
| Luke's Dad | Aug 7 2008, 06:46 AM Post #1 |
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Well, not so much out of business as we are closing the store. You might have heard me mention a couple of months ago that my boss wanted to do something completely insane? Well, this is it. This is the only store that has consistantly made good numbers for him, and from May 24th-June 30th, we set a record. Not just a record for that month, but any month period. Unfortunately, though, the lease is up at the store we are at, and we're locked into three more years at another location a little further out. Otherwise we would have closed that other spot. But we couldn't get out of it and couldn't find anybody to sublet. So, for the next month we're having a store closing sale and next month I take over the other store. The other store will do well, and over ten to fifteen years has more potential for growth, but over the next five years the town I'm in now should do much better. Oh well, it's all washing out in the end for me. But, if anybody's looking for a good piano .
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| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| Frank_W | Aug 7 2008, 07:18 AM Post #2 |
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Awesome!! Very best wishes on the move, and in the new location.
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| Optimistic | Aug 7 2008, 07:19 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I wish I had the financial means to take advantage of that.
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PHOTOS I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up. - Mark Twain We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. -T. S. Eliot | |
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| Axtremus | Aug 7 2008, 07:33 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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MODERATOR!!! Luke's Dad is advertising on TNCR!!! Just kidding. ![]() Best of luck with the store closing sale. ![]() I would ask you to post a link so that who are interested can take advantage of the sales event. But then you may not want us to know where you work.
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| Jolly | Aug 7 2008, 08:28 AM Post #5 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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More than the standard 20%? [size=7]Bottom feeders of the world, unite![/size] |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 7 2008, 08:51 AM Post #6 |
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Yep. |
| The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Aug 7 2008, 09:04 AM Post #7 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Out of curiosity, what kinds of pianos are we talking about? |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Jolly | Aug 7 2008, 09:10 AM Post #8 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Yamaha, fer shure.... |
| The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros | |
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| John D'Oh | Aug 7 2008, 09:30 AM Post #9 |
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MAMIL
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LD - is it just pianos or do you sell other instruments? I'll give you $500 for a Selmer Super 80 sax if you twist my arm. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Aug 7 2008, 10:14 AM Post #10 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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What does this mean for you, personally, LD? Good news, bad news, neither? If you have a good concert bench that you need to get rid of, I'd be interested. I'm still sitting on a shelacked black bench with a yoga blanket folded on top for height.
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| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Mikhailoh | Aug 7 2008, 10:17 AM Post #11 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Might be a good idea to give us a list of whatcha got. Don't have to include prices. We can inquire if interested. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Axtremus | Aug 7 2008, 10:43 AM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Below Yamaha's "minimum selling price"?
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 7 2008, 10:52 AM Post #13 |
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That's not really my thing. I'm not on here to solicit business. If anybody from the board came in to buy a piano, Y'all would take advantage of me and my friendship. that would be suitable for one or two of you. I'd gladly help 89th get out of that ratty old spinet for instance. Otherwise though, this is my nonwork place. I just posted this to give you guys an update on what's up with my life, and why I've not been on the board lately. I will say, however, we do carry Yamaha and Kohler & Campbell new. Used, you name it. |
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| QuirtEvans | Aug 7 2008, 10:55 AM Post #14 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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I can name that piano in 47 notes. Actually, probably not. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Aug 7 2008, 10:59 AM Post #15 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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So please expand, is this good for your professional life, or not? Neither? |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| kenny | Aug 7 2008, 11:02 AM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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He could tell ya, but the he'd have to shoot ya.
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 7 2008, 11:29 AM Post #17 |
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It's good and bad, both. I'm picking up more outside promotions (good), I'm moving into one of the fastest growing towns and wealthiest towns in the US (good), My overhead's getting higher (bad), and it's not an already established location (bad). It's also not as convenient a location for Northern Virginia. A big part of this is going to depend on marketing the new location, and whether people are willing to travel the extra 20-30 minutes to get to the store. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Aug 7 2008, 11:50 AM Post #18 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Okay. Will you have a longer commute, too, then? |
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 7 2008, 12:03 PM Post #19 |
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No, it's closer. |
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| jon-nyc | Aug 7 2008, 12:05 PM Post #20 |
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Cheers
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Do you carry the super-high end Yamahas? You know, the ones made in Vienna?
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| ivorythumper | Aug 7 2008, 12:20 PM Post #21 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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Is that the Yamidorfer? |
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| jon-nyc | Aug 7 2008, 12:22 PM Post #22 |
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Cheers
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The Bosendaha. |
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