Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2014-03-17 01:17
normally, a refacer would leave his name/tag/logo and maybe a number/reference on a mouthpiece. Else I'm sure the NSA has a track and record of it.
It's like with everything that doesn't come shrinkwrapped and sealed - we never know who else had their fingers in it. Could be new, could be a loan return, could be a restocked item, could be simply old and worn...we'll never know. But either we like and accept the item as is, or we reject it.
When you buy a used car, would you know if at some time in its history a kid got sick on the back seat, or the previous owner and their then partner missed part of the drive-in movie because, er, uhm...
When I buy say a '60s Bundy clarinet, I often would look at the instrument and wonder who might have owned it, did s/he make district band with it, I see a freckled face or glasses, locker, and strewn music sheets fallen off a dropped folder. When buying used, you buy history, not just a deprecated, written-off product.
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Ben
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