It was the Pakistani pipes that I was reffering to earlier, being sold from any retail outlet, what I can't understand is, these pipes are being sold along side the good stuff by Bruce and others and the shop keepers know this to be true, so why sell the bad stuff, because they are chasing the money plain and simple.
If these shops really cared about the industry, the customer satisfaction, why on earth try and undermine the good stuff by selling total crap, I know these pipes have been re-vamped by some makers but, whats the point, its,
like buying a standard car and bolting on all the goodies to make it sound like a much faster car, you still have the standard version and a dream or vision of what the real thing should sound like.
How many more beginners are going to spend their hard earned cash on a set of inferior pipes and find out they cannot play the dam things, all their money has gone, they will not be able to afford another set for quite a while until they either save up or so or sell on the crap set in order to recoup some of their money.
This is just where the unfortunate second time buyer of that crap set is going to be when he too finds out that they don't work, yes he can give it to someone and have it altered etc, by the time they have paid that person the extra money it might well come to the same price as the good instrument sitting next to it, its a big circle and its up to us to stop the rot, we are all in the industry together, makers of pipes reeds etc.
I value all that has been said on this thread and now have a clearer view to what the masses are thinking ref marketting etc, but I would still rather not have my stuff being sold along side the crap stuff, really though you should have seen the dissapointment on the guys face when I advised him to take them back for a refund, thats OK but the gaurantee had run out, he had been struggling with the set for months all he wanted to do was to start playing, he gave up I think.
Davy.
