Small Business Owner Sells Trump $100K of Pianos, Gets Payment Slashed By Nearly a Major Third

He was forced to make a few adjustments to his ledger lines.

Remember that thing Trump said during Monday’s debates, where he was all “yeah, sometimes I don’t pay people what I promised them, maybe it’s because they don’t do a good job?”

From the Washington Post:

I sold Trump $100,000 worth of pianos. Then he stiffed me.

My relationship with Trump began in 1989, when he asked me to supply several grand and upright pianos to his then-new Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. I’d been running a music store for more than 30 years at that point, selling instruments to local schools and residents. My business was very much a family affair (my grandsons still run the store). And I had a great relationship with my customers — no one had ever failed to pay.

With a lead-in like that, you can already guess what’s going to happen next. Trump eventually comes through with $70,000 of the contracted $100,000, and I’ll let you read the whole story to learn how a $30,000 loss put a damper pedal on the piano business.

Then, once you’re done, you can type “Trump doesn’t pay contractors” into Google. Just for fun.

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