How to win the hearts and minds of your customers... SUE THEM!


Yes... the threat of lawsuits is all the rage in music education. And you could be next!

WARNING!!! THE ENTIRE TEXT OF WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS AN OPINION, SATIRICAL OR OTHERWISE (some may think otherwise). THE VEIWS EXPRESSED ARE THE OPINION OF THE WRITER AND THEREFORE SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO A LAWSUIT BY ANYONE WHO MAY TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS POOR ATTEMPT AT SARCASTIC HUMOR.

FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE OFFENDED ... STOP READING!

For the rest of you...

Here we go...

While scanning the wire stories yesterday I came across the following ditty from the state of Montana. It seems that a band director, concerned about the quality of learning experiences his students received, voiced his reservations about the quality of, allegedly, a particular brand of musical instruments, which, allegedly could be acquired at the alleged "big box" retail type of companies in the area (who shall remain nameless... as will all of the alleged companies quoted in this article lest my OPINIONS on all this silliness find me on the opposite end of a cease and desist order or lawsuit for expressing an opinion about how ridiculous this whole thing is... but I digress)

So, the band director shared his concerns about the alleged quality of the alleged instruments (some people may think the term is used loosely in this case... not that I would be amongst them), with the alleged "big box" retailer and how this was impacting the learning experience of his students.

The alleged musical instrument manufacturer reportedly heard about this alleged letter and took great offense to the comments the band director provided for his students ... and THREATENED TO SUE THE MUSIC TEACHER!!!

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This has got to be one of the silliest things I have ever heard (OK, I read it). So... here is a piece of FREE advice for any logically challenged musical instrument company thinking about suing a music teacher because they do not like how your product holds up or performs in the school environment:

Take the money you are about to pay all those fancy $500 an hour lawyers and PUT IT TOWARD MAKING A BETTER PRODUCT.

But that's just my opinion ...

Posted: Tue - September 28, 2004 at 09:17 PM       Email Feedback

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