nlancaster
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We as customers are always going to be annoying to salespeople, whether it to do with price, conditions of sales or just because we are in a bad mood.
HOWEVER, I would like to raise two different instances in shops that have really annoyed me.
1. I was in a big music retailer in Australia. I wanted a new mouthpiece to try for my alto sax. I walked over to the shop assistant and (shop assistant = a, me = b):
A: How can I help you
B: Hi I was just wondering if you have any mouthpieces with a tip opening of 8 or 9
A: I dont know what you're talking about
B: Oh, the tip opening, the gap between the reed and the tip of the mouthpiece
A: There's no such thing as a tip opening, it's called a lay. I'm a professional saxophone player and I have never heard of anyone call it a tip opening. I can't believe that you are even able to play saxophone with that type of knowledge. As for the numbers, no manufacturer has ever made anything bigger than a 7 lay.
B: Ok, ill go somewhere else then.
2. I was on a holiday in Korea and was trying to find a couple of unique Korean made copies of parts. I walk into a store with my freshly overhauled MKVI 1970 Silver alto to test some parts.
A: Hello (in Korean)
B: Hi, Can I try that brillhart triband ligature copy
A: Okay
(I pull out my saxophone)
A: Oh, that's a mark six
B: Yeh
A: Oh, it's a 1970's mk six.
B: Yep
A: We buy those for $800 each
B: Oh really, that's cheap
A: Not really, any Selmer made after 1958 was crap and will be out performed by a student model fontain saxophone. Any selmer pre 1958 including MKVI we sell for $1300
B: Oh, I just realised this ligature is not right for me.
Some shops really don't do the horn industry any favours
HOWEVER, I would like to raise two different instances in shops that have really annoyed me.
1. I was in a big music retailer in Australia. I wanted a new mouthpiece to try for my alto sax. I walked over to the shop assistant and (shop assistant = a, me = b):
A: How can I help you
B: Hi I was just wondering if you have any mouthpieces with a tip opening of 8 or 9
A: I dont know what you're talking about
B: Oh, the tip opening, the gap between the reed and the tip of the mouthpiece
A: There's no such thing as a tip opening, it's called a lay. I'm a professional saxophone player and I have never heard of anyone call it a tip opening. I can't believe that you are even able to play saxophone with that type of knowledge. As for the numbers, no manufacturer has ever made anything bigger than a 7 lay.
B: Ok, ill go somewhere else then.
2. I was on a holiday in Korea and was trying to find a couple of unique Korean made copies of parts. I walk into a store with my freshly overhauled MKVI 1970 Silver alto to test some parts.
A: Hello (in Korean)
B: Hi, Can I try that brillhart triband ligature copy
A: Okay
(I pull out my saxophone)
A: Oh, that's a mark six
B: Yeh
A: Oh, it's a 1970's mk six.
B: Yep
A: We buy those for $800 each
B: Oh really, that's cheap
A: Not really, any Selmer made after 1958 was crap and will be out performed by a student model fontain saxophone. Any selmer pre 1958 including MKVI we sell for $1300
B: Oh, I just realised this ligature is not right for me.
Some shops really don't do the horn industry any favours