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<blockquote data-quote="Charlie Zureki" data-source="post: 47640" data-attributes="member: 153">Re: Yamaha Competes with its Customers&nbsp; &nbsp; Hmmm....&nbsp;&nbsp; I think there&#039;s more going on here than some may understand.&nbsp;&nbsp; According to Langton, this is an annual event... and, that Yamaha has provided someone with a free system...for the last two years.. &nbsp; &nbsp; Now, either some Rep from Yamaha is giving the system to a buddy, that normally doesn&#039;t do gigs of this caliber (for whatever reason)&nbsp; and this &quot;buddy&quot; can now make a few bucks because he doesn&#039;t own or rent the gear.... (profitting from the system &quot;rental&quot; and labor)&nbsp; or...&nbsp; the Yamaha rep is the one renting the system using a Straw Man...and making the profit off of the gear&#039;s rental (or the whole rental &amp; labor)..&nbsp; &nbsp; In either case... Yamaha should be made aware that they&#039;re &quot;in competition&quot; with their own actual customer&#039;s business.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Yeah, Manufacturers do often allow their distributors/end users to &quot;borrow&quot; a piece of gear for demo, or even actual combat usage, but, supplying a Speaker rig and Console, etc, ....and on the SAME show two years in a row?&nbsp; &nbsp; Sounds like someone&#039;s playin&#039;....&nbsp; and someone&#039;s making money without an investment.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hammer</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlie Zureki, post: 47640, member: 153"] Re: Yamaha Competes with its Customers Hmmm.... I think there's more going on here than some may understand. According to Langton, this is an annual event... and, that Yamaha has provided someone with a free system...for the last two years.. Now, either some Rep from Yamaha is giving the system to a buddy, that normally doesn't do gigs of this caliber (for whatever reason) and this "buddy" can now make a few bucks because he doesn't own or rent the gear.... (profitting from the system "rental" and labor) or... the Yamaha rep is the one renting the system using a Straw Man...and making the profit off of the gear's rental (or the whole rental & labor).. In either case... Yamaha should be made aware that they're "in competition" with their own actual customer's business. Yeah, Manufacturers do often allow their distributors/end users to "borrow" a piece of gear for demo, or even actual combat usage, but, supplying a Speaker rig and Console, etc, ....and on the SAME show two years in a row? Sounds like someone's playin'.... and someone's making money without an investment. Hammer [/QUOTE]

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