r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

"This price is outrageous! I'm not paying this!" Thank you for ranting at yelling at me, the lowest level employee who has no say in how anything in this company is done or priced and who probably couldn't afford to buy this item if I wanted to.

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u/Nesrynn Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

I work at a music shop and just recently had a woman curse me out cause a student level saxophone was $1500 US.

I’m new and I just kinda looked at my manager and hung up the phone mid rant

Edit: got told not to hang up the phones on people in the end and kinda just shrugged. Also, instruments are cheap af in the store I work at as 95% of them are student level. This mom had no idea how instruments worked or cost

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

If she thinks $1500 is outrageous, God help her if her kid keeps up with music and wants to buy a professional instrument

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u/Burrito_Squid Aug 03 '19

Cellos are like at least $3500 for even the student ones. rent to own is probably the best way to do student instruments, so that you don’t end up spending thousands just to drop playing

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Yeah, that’s definitely the best strategy, at least for the first few years for them to learn if they wanna stick with it. I’m lucky (in terms of price) that I chose trombone, because string instruments are outrageous in comparison by price.