Klarinet Archive - Posting 000042.txt from 2003/09

From: "Liz Ward" <elizabethward@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Buffet R-13 A-Clarinet For Sale
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 05:29:59 -0400

The price you can hope to get drops something like 40% off the list price
the instant you walk out the shop. That's simply a fact of life. Take it
from a dealer who knows :)

Liz
http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/TheClarinet

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Lloyd" <Matthew@-----.uk>
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: Buffet R-13 A-Clarinet For Sale

> The only way you will see the clarinet is by making it more attractive
> than a shop one. And one of the ways that you can do it is on price.
> Were the price identical then I guess that everyone would buy from a
> shop, unless they had played your instrument and it was exceptional. (It
> may be - you didn't say) My guess is that most people would need a good
> price incentive to buy a second hand (or pre-owned) instrument. I take
> your point about the low level of use it has had, but you can't take
> away the fact that you are selling a pre-owned instrument. It matters to
> most people.

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