Klarinet Archive - Posting 000916.txt from 1998/08

From: Nancy Marzec <nmarzec@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] major decision
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 11:13:54 -0400

I know that I could have gotten more, but I sold it to a former student. It
hadn't had work done on it in a while, so I took that into account. Her
parents were happy to be able to get her a professional horn that they might
not have gotten otherwise, and I feel good that it is being used and
appreciated by someone that I started. It isn't always about money.
>
> Not that I want to make you feel any worse, but when I bought my
> new R-13 the going price for a 25 year old R-13 was $1100.00
>
> Jay Webler
>
> On Sat, 29 Aug 1998 20:05:20 -0500, Nancy Marzec wrote:
>
> >DUH!!! The lightbulb just went on in my head! After I bought a new Concerto,
> >I sold my 20+ year old R-13 for $600. My parents had gotten it for me in
> >college so I never thought about the ORIGINAL price. I just knew that I was
> >selling it quite a bit below what they are priced at now. I'm going to guess
> >that $600 is pretty close to the price my parents paid way back when. I never
> >realized that it actually held its value. Thanks for waking me up.
> >

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