Selling a piano on eBay

[Fenton Murray]

Cy,
I'm not really into selling pianos, but from what I've seen Ebay is a waste 
of time.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy Shuster" <cy at shusterpiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:43 AM
Subject: Selling a piano on eBay


> I've been asked by a customer to help sell a piano.  I've taken ads in 
> several papers, with few results.  I'm thinking of putting it on eBay. 
> Several concerns come to mind, namely the overseas overpayment scams and 
> so on, but those can happen from newspaper ads, too.  I asked eBay if it 
> would be OK for me to auction an item I don't own, and they said it would 
> (the customer is not very computer literate).  Ideally I would walk him 
> through setting up his own account, but it takes time, especially with the 
> PayPal part.
>
> What advice do you have about the listing: number of days, starting price, 
> reserve, forms of payment accepted?  Or don't do it?
>
> --Cy--
> ABQ, NM
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