Klarinet Archive - Posting 000294.txt from 1998/09

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] List Commerce
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:41:12 -0400

Might be appropriate for an industrial locomotive but it seems like overkill for an
instrument worth maybe a couple hundred dollars! ;^) Granted there is always a risk
involved but, at some point, for a transaction like this to happen, trust will probably
have to enter the picture. (Besides, the penalties for mail fraud are significant!)

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

Larry Paikin wrote:

> Pick a lawyer in the buyer's town. The buyer and seller agree in writing that the
> seller sends the instrument to the lawyer, who gives it to the buyer in exchange for
> a certified check payable to the lawyer's trust account. After the pre-arranged
> checkout period, the lawyer sends either the payment or the instrument back to the
> seller.
> Determine in the initial arrangements who pays the legal fees and freight charges.
> I once sold a large used industrial locomotive in a similar manner.
>
> Jdclar@-----.com wrote:
>
> > Hi Klarinet Members,
> > From time to time I read where people are buying/selling items to from/to
> > other list members. I recently replied to a post about an Albert System C
> > clarinet. It seemed like I had the right instrument at a fair price and
> > justifiably the potential buyer wanted to check it out. I of course am
> > reluctant to send an instrument to some far away place and someone I don't
> > know. My suggestion was that I would send it COD and give them 2 weeks to
> > chaeck it out and make a decision. If the decision was to return it then they
> > could send it back paying the postage and I would return the money. They of
> > course are reluctant to send their money to a faraway place and someone they
> > don't know. (I am assuming this as all emails suddenly ceased.) How have
> > others worked around this mutual mistrust dillema that is unfortunately
> > necessary in today's world? Any suggestions?
> > Jack Dannenberg
> > Albuquerque, NM
> >
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