Klarinet Archive - Posting 000246.txt from 2004/04

From: "Lelia Loban" <lelialoban@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] why is this clarinet $14,000?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:06:19 -0400


Sue Raycraft wrote,
> could someone tell me why this clarinet is worth $14,000?

Mark Charette gave the answer I like best:
>> Because they threw in 2 swabs and the cork grease for free? :^)

But Bill Daniluk probably gave the right answer:
>>>Because the bidder "comma'ed" when he should have "point'ed"?

That slip of the finger must happen occasionally, since the comma and the
period are right next to each other on the keyboard. Then there are the
people like me -- I tend to write numerals in reversed order, and I can
look at the correct number next to the incorrect one and not perceive that
they're different. (That's one of the reasons I never use eBay, as a
matter of fact. I feel safer at a live auction, where I can use hand
signals or my voice.) Does eBay have any provision for retracting a bid?
Is there a penalty?

Lelia Loban
E-mail: lelialoban@-----.net
Web site (original music scores as audio or print-out):
http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/LeliaLoban

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