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Author: Denise
Date: 1999-03-12 07:34
What is the best way to go about trading in a clarinet, and how do I do so? I am wanting to trade in my wooden clarinet for a better brand, but am wondering if trading is the best way to go about this. Would it be better for me to sell and buy? Any suggestions are deeply appreciated.
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Author: Fred McKenzie
Date: 1999-03-12 10:40
Denise wrote:
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I am wanting to trade in my wooden clarinet for a better brand, but am wondering if trading is the best way to go about this. Would it be better for me to sell and buy?
Denise-
If you can afford to keep the old one, it is nice to have a backup. You don't want to play the most expensive instrument in Marching Band, for example.
It may be most efficient to sell the old one yourself, choosing the best time of year. I wouldn't do it myself, because of the hassle involved. If anything goes wrong with it, the new owner will claim it is your responsibility!
Fred
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-03-12 12:04
Denise,
If you are going to trade, do it as you would buy a car:
First, get the lowest price you can negotiate on your new instrument - without mentioning a trade. <b>Then</b> ask how much you'd get for your old instrument. Keep the transactions separate or the price of the new instrunment will go up just so that it'll look as if your trade-in price is good.
Consider travelling to or ordering from the mail order houses if the differential between your local store's lowest price & the mail order place is high; it's probably worth a couple of hundred dollars to buy locally if your local merchant has a reasonable stock to try out, but if they don't or won't come near the price of a mail order place then I'd recommend travelling to them if at all possible and trying out their large stock - or going to a clarinet convention in the summer, where you can try out quite a few of different makes and models.
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-03-12 14:49
I know of a lady in Rhode Island that rebuilds clarinets as a hobby. She takes trade-ins and is supposed to do good work. You might be able to get a better horn than you could new. Email me for more information.
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