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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2004/01

From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] fox oboe on ebay
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 17:29:58 -0500

I could ask if he'll take it back if we find it unsatisfactory, but would
probably have to stipulate 'for any reason' bc the reason might be tone
quality or unstable octaves; perhaps the seller wouldn't think that was much
of a problem, if the mechanicals are fine.
MW
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amy Cook" <ACOOK4@-----.COM>
To: <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: RE: [DR-L] fox oboe on ebay

> There are some sellers that just want to sell and get it over with,
> while others will do a trial. I'm surprised, however, that a retail
> dealer of oboes won't do a trial since they would most certainly take it
> back if you were buying it in a non-auction transaction. Maybe they
> view it as a sale item and won't do returns on sale items?
> Amy
>
>
>
> At 10:24 AM 1/12/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I called the seller of this oboe and he says it's a floor model,
> >"practically new", but will not let me have it out on trial. I suppose
> >that's bc it's still up for auction, but I'm leery of any instrument I
> could
> >not try out and inspect first hand and try it out in different
> >circumstances. I have a student I'd like to have a Fox oboe, but for
> them to
> >shell out over $2K for an oboe and not have a 2nd opinion on it doesn't
> seem
> >right to me.
> >
> >Opinions??
>
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