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Band Geek

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MAP Policy Update

Ok so I know it has been a long time since my last blog, but I have been busy.  Just wanted to give an update on the un-Amercan MAP policy.  It seems that the FTC is looking into the "Big Bu...
Posted by Band Geek on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:03:00 PST

Minimum Advertised Price Policies are un-American.

Minimum Advertised Price Policies are un-American and only exist to keep the big cats fat and happy and the little cats hungry and mad!  I started a business with the idea that I would provide m...
Posted by Band Geek on Sat, 27 May 2006 10:26:00 PST

The (Enter) net

Well it has been awhile since the last post.  Let's see... what has transpired.  Well I found a nitch on Ebay that is interesting.  I've been selling a steady stream of 13-pin midi...
Posted by Band Geek on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:12:00 PST

Yamaha Orchestral and Band

I talked with a Yamaha sales rep for the Band and Orchestal division.  Same thing as Con-Selmer.  Since Yamaha already has a dealer in Visalia, Ca. namely, White's Music, the sales rep was n...
Posted by Band Geek on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:23:00 PST

Call from Yamaha

Got a call from Yamaha today.  It will be interesting to see if they will do business with an online store.  Hopefully they will sell their orchestral and band instruments.  That would ...
Posted by Band Geek on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:35:00 PST

Dealer Drama in the Music Biz

About two weeks into contacting manufacturers and their respective distributors I ran into a wall.  It seems that some companies wont do business with internet only retailers.  My first ...
Posted by Band Geek on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:24:00 PST

The Music Retail biz

O.K. so I decided to start a small business.  I have no business training outside of economics 101 in collegeabout 15 years ago.  I didn't start the business to get rich, which is probably m...
Posted by Band Geek on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:15:00 PST