Frequently Asked Questions
MINIMUM ADVERTISED PRICE POLICY
MAP is an advertising policy put in place by some manufactures that sets the lowest price at which a retailer can advertise certain products.
The following is the definition of MAP set forth by a major brand-name manufacturer.
A. As related to this policy, "advertising" is defined as any communication (whether electronic or print) with customers related to specified products, except that which occurs within the dealer's store. Communication that occurs within the dealer's store (e.g. signage, brochures, price tags, or verbal) or that is initiated by the individual customer, school or institution in person-to-person telephone, e-mail or mail contacts are not subject to MAP. B. The MAP policy applies to all advertising, whether local or national in scope, occurring outside the dealer's store. Included are catalogs, dealer websites, and other Internet sites such as eBay stores. C. Any listing of model number, photograph or drawing identifying a specific product must be accompanied by the MAP assigned to that product. Products subject to MAP may not be listed without a price. D. Internet features such as "automated responses," "click for price" and "add to cart" all constitute advertising under this policy and are subject to MAP. E. No consumer rebates, coupons or any other means of providing additional discounts are available if such elements serve to lower the advertised price to below that of MAP. F. Use of any statements or promotions that would imply actual pricing below that of the MAP is strictly forbidden, as it violates the intent of this policy. Statements such as “call for price,” “e-mail for price,” “call for lowest prices,” “prices low to print,” etc. would all be in violation of the MAP policy. G. MAP shall not in any way restrict the actual selling price of these products. |
always try to sell to our customers at the best possible price, always.
2) Why don’t you have a toll-free number?
We at
receive many calls form schoolchildren (latchkey kids.) They call just to talk.
They are often lonely and will talk about anything and everything. As long as
the call is free, they will call us from all over the country. We attempt to
discourage these calls.
Rather than hurt their feelings and loose a future customer, we decided not to have a toll-free number. In turn, we pass along the savings in lost time and labor to our thousands of customers.
The average call to make a purchase from
costs about one dollar. The average savings on a drum set purchased from us
is between $50 and $500. This is why our motto is:
Our experience shows that our customers like it this way.
3) Why don’t
you sell used percussion? Why don’t you accept trade-ins?
always trys to sell at the best possible price and at a fair profit. We can
often sell a new-kit for slightly more than the price of a used-kit.
When you take into consideration the fact when you buy a used drum set you may need to buy new heads, repair or replace missing parts, and possibly purchase hardware that is missing from the kit, that used “deal” doesn’t look so sweet.
In the end you still have an old out-dated kit that has cost you as much or more that a new set. There of course are always the exceptions, but they are few and far between.
It is a matter of common sense – You find an item on our site that is lower than another retailer’s price. You then take our price to them and they match it, or sometimes beat it. If they could beat our price all along, then why didn’t they? Price matching is just a retailer’s slick way of saying “We’ll screw you and all our other customers out of as much money as we can, until you catch us.” In giving you that great deal, the situation has been twisted to make themselves look like the hero, when all along it was actually another retailer’s great deal, not theirs.
We at
always try to sell to our customers at our best possible price, always.
We will elaborate further on this subject (and more) in the near future.