buying pianos

[Willem Blees]

Isaac

One way they could prevent this in the future is to have some sort of paper work that both parties sign, stating the name and serial number of the piano, the selling price, deposit, amount due, and a time and or date the balance is due. I used my tuning receipt, and filled out the information. 

The other way is to make sure they have enough cash with them to pay for the piano. Or, when I bought pianos, I carried a business check, and filled out the amount, called the piano mover and arranged the time and day for the move, and gave the owner of the piano a receipt. I never had a problem. 


Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Isaac Sadigursky <irs.pianos at earthlink.net>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 8:24 pm
Subject: buying pianos




List!

Recently,I had received calls from 2 younger technicians,who are trying to supplement their tuning business with selling and renting inexpancive,entry level pianos..

Both of them had some negative experience when they bought piano from a private party for agreeable price,left $100 depozit and went to the bank or ATM machine to get the rest of the money By  the time they came to pay for piano,the seller had sold it to somebody else for a few $$ more..Depozit was returned to them on the spot,legal recource was out of the question…What could be done to ‘seal the deal” and avoid this cituation???? Hopefully,more experienced Listers can share their wisdom… Thanx in advance    Isaac.



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