[Harp-L] Re: Photos of Hohner "blister packs"

[Paul Routledge <paulandrewroutledge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Having now seen the pictures (Thanks Rick). It's obvious that online  
retailers will be charging more for shipping Hohner harmonicas to  
customers . Either that or they will take it out of the packaging and  
ship them. Either way their prices will undoubtedly go up as they will  
charge for their time if they do the packaging removal.

The other thing that comes to mind is that  will the same attention be  
paid to quality control at Hohner now that the harmonica will be  
untestable at the shop (store) with the bellows?
I know that Andy Garrigue has stated that Hohner return rate for  
harmonicas is less than 1/2 of 1%. But the reality is, that is only  
because most of us fix them ourselves if there is a problem.

C'mon Hohner pull your fingers out and open some online stores. Say  
one in the USA and one in Europe to begin with.

Surely having one major online retailer in each continent would cut  
down on supply costs enormously  (thereby increasing Hohners profits)  
and also make it easier for  musicians to buy what they wanted when  
they want it.

Paul