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Re: watch out for this ebay seller

Author: SarahC
Date: 2016-02-03 02:22

I have had hit and miss with ebay purchases. When you buy something, you need to be prepared that the money may be lost.

I only have once bought an expensive instrument on ebay (tom sparkes oboe), because in most cases the risk is higher than i can afford. Cheap instruments - i have sometimes struck it good, and sometimes not so good.

Actually i have had more luck at ebay than at pawn brokers. with regard to how many instruments i got that were good. Because you get someone selling something because they have upgraded.

I have bought flutes with pads advertised as "working order", and when i get it you can't get a sound out of it. But with a few pads replaced it is great. So still worth it.

I got a ridenour T-147 for 90$ and then spend about $80 servicing it, and now i have a beautiful student instrument for my son. However, after saying that, it was advertised as all pads in good condition -- and 2 were in such bad condition, that certain notes didn't work, and some of the mechanism was bent.. so the ad was dodgy. But despite that I don't want to return it.

I however got an armstrong flute for my other son that it won't be worth re-padding (unless I can figure out how to do it myself).

So as I said, it can be a bit hit and miss. But I would try and do the whole refund thing, and see how you go.

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