Klarinet Archive - Posting 000080.txt from 2003/09

From: "Dee D. Flint" <deehays@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Buffet R-13 A-Clarinet For Sale
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 19:16:19 -0400

In that case you need to advertise it locally in newspapers, colleges, and
other schools in your area. The savvy buyer with internet access will find
the lowest rate for a new instrument. Then he/she will figure what they are
willing to pay for a used one. That will seldom exceed 2/3 to 3/4 of the
lowest new price they have found. Depending on the age of the instrument,
it might even be 1/2 or less. Unfortunately, the people on this list will
fall into the category of that savvy buyer with internet access. Your
market will need to be the people who only know the full retail price
charged by their local stores.

I am not complaining nor am I faulting you. However to sell any item, you
have to understand the market. The klarinet list is the wrong market to
sell a used clarinet for more than the lowest internet new price.

Dee D. Flint

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Crumpler" <crumpletox@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Re: Buffet R-13 A-Clarinet For Sale

> Sorry... I'm not WWBW... and I don't think WWBW has ever been considered
the
> standard price setter for any instrument. I've seen others as low as
$1,999
> in some places now that people would like to bitch about pricing.
>
> Point being, I'm not those sellers... and I set my own price in relation
to
> how much I paid for it, and when same-day emergency shipping with FedEx
> costing 170 dollars, 2,500 would actually be a drop in the amount paid for
> the instrument at the WWBW price.
>
> And for the guy who is freaked out about the instrument being used, I
should
> enlighten you that any instrument you buy is "used" 'cause they're play
> tested by the manufacturer if not by someone checking out the instrument
> previously. If you have qualms about someone opening the case and touching
> the instument 3 times before you got to it and then want a 300-400 dollar
> knock off the price because of that, you need a serious reality check. For
> all intensive purposes, the instrument is indeed "brand spankin' new".
>
> Unless you're interested in negotiating a price to actually buy the
> instrument, I don't appreciate the price-bitching emails on & off the list
> that I've been receiving from people not even interested in buying the
> instrument.
>
> Just trying to get my money back... geez
>
> Bryan
>
>
> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 08:38:32 -0700
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Buffet R-13 A-Clarinet For Sale
> Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030902083432.039d3960@-----.org>
>
> But the price at the WW and BW for a new one is $2,375. Perhaps you are a
> bit high.
>
> Gary (the price curmudgeon)
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>
> Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:26:08 EDT
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> From: FrankLucciano@-----.com
> Subject: Re: [kl] Buffet R-13 A-Clarinet For Sale
> Message-ID: <49.32e404af.2c861ea0@-----.com>
>
> $2,500 for a used A clarinet??? Aren't they about $2,100 brand spankin
new?
>
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