In a message dated 05/06/2000 7:26:00 PM Central Daylight Time, Wimblees@AOL.COM writes: > The $6993 is what it would cost a customer to do what is listed. I have never > > charged that much to a customer to rebuild an upright piano, because I try > to > discourage that kind of thing. Why discourage it? Why not let the customer decide? I would not be so presumptuous as to decide what they feel the value of their piano is. I give them the "honest" facts (I say honest because you have a tendency to jump to the conclusion of misrepresentation on this end) and let them decide. > > In your previous post you said "If someone wants to sell an upright > that has been completely rebuilt, for $7500, he is either not doing > everything necessary, or he is cheating himself." Now you are saying for > that kind of money you expect the piano to be completely rebuilt. Which is > > it? I ask again, Which is it? > > Which does he do, completely rebuild the piano for $7500, or sell if for > $7500 claiming it has been rebuilt, when in actuality it hasn't? If he is > not > completely rebuilding it, then he should say so. If he is completely > rebuilding, but only charging $7500, then he is cheating himself. > > Willem > > What we do is list the things that have been done to the piano, simple enough, honest enough and apparently profitable enough! Dave DFW Texas
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