Squeak, I guess I look at things from a different viewpoint. One day out of my schedule isn't going to cost that much, even if the day is spent driving a couple hundred miles to personally inspect a keyboard. The money I spend in gasoline is chump change compared to shipping costs, restocking fees and the agrivation. If driving to New England wasn't such a pain in the butt I would head to Frankie's store, if for nothing else, just to meet him and some other zone members along the way.

I'm a bit different in that I keep my keyboards for a lot longer than many zone members. I do my best to learn every aspect of the operating system and utilize every feature available on that keyboard. I only get rid of a keyboard when something really exciting strikes my fancy. The PSR-3000 was light years ahead of the PSR-2000--that's why I bought it. If the T3 is equally better than the PSR-3000, which is what I'm hearing from the vast majority of the T3 owners, and it fits within my weight constraints, it's very likely that I'll buy it. If it does not meet MY criteria, that one day trip to the nearest dealer was well with the time and money. Sending it back for a credit toward another high-priced keyboard just doesn't seem very smart from a business standpoint. In this case you would by tying up more than $3,000 for an undetermined time. And, with some retailers, that time frame may be longer than store policy allows. With some retailers you must use a store credit within a prescribed period or loose it. I'm not ready to toss that kind of money into the fire just to watch it burn.

Good Luck,

Gary, the overcautious senior citizen!