Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] consumer info website

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I would absolutely love a website that clearly stated the national 
origins of all the CRAP musical instruments that glut our market and 
ebay from Pakistan, North Africa, etc.

These are horrible instruments that on first glance look well made, so 
you bust your budget on the instrument you've always wanted.. hammered 
dulcimer, Irish flute, great highland bagpipes, uilleann pipes, dumbek, 
djembe, etc...  It sure looks legit... only to get it and find it 
unplayable, unreturnable, unfixable, and that your dream for years of 
picking up this or that instrument is over because the bank is broken.

On every musical message board/group I'm on, this is a depressing and 
terribly common tale.

What a great idea Scott.

The original offender in this category is Mid-East Manufacturing. 
http://www.mid-east.com/ and since, many duplicates of the original have 
glutted the market.


Scott Hussey wrote:
>   Is anyone familiar with any corporate citizenship websites? I've seen
> plenty of consumer information websites relating to product quality and
> customer service, but I've yet to find a website that details a company's
> corporate citizenship. I'm considering building/hosting such a beast, but
> did not want to duplicate an effort this is already underway.
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