I just gotta say that a lot of this talk makes me DOUBLY appreciative of my dealer and his distributor, by extension. I am also wondering if this situation varies at least by geographic location or individual distributor. I went and bought several LP's yesterday and pointedly asked my guy his scoop. He said that it is about a break-even propostition for him to take a defective LP back, sometimes losing a buck or two. He does not hesitate at all for good customers becasue he wants to keep them as good customers. He went on the say that HIS distributor does an even credit exchange and DOES stand behind defectives, for which he can subsequently seek credit from all but a very few foreign manufacturers.
He went on to say that if a distributor would NOT stand behind product, within reason of course, he would not last long in the business because LP buyers would not stand for such practices. He did comment, however, that he knew things were different with some distributors "back east", but would not further elaborate. Seems this may, in part, be a "what the market will bear" issue.
He went on to say that if a distributor would NOT stand behind product, within reason of course, he would not last long in the business because LP buyers would not stand for such practices. He did comment, however, that he knew things were different with some distributors "back east", but would not further elaborate. Seems this may, in part, be a "what the market will bear" issue.