"some fools buy,some fools sell". Hope your customer listens to you. Lim On Apr 23, 2012 8:35 AM, "Leslie Bartlett" <<a href="mailto:l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net">l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote: > > > Sorry, this was a tiny bit of a set up. The lady, a 30-year friend might > have actually been tempted to investigate this for her gifted son, so I > wanted to hear just exactly what came back, so that I could show her more > candidly aimed remarks than I would make on my own. So, thanks again. She > understands a "bigger picture" now, and as head of a rather large mainline > church, might be persuaded not to suggest it is worth what "someone" decided > to say it was worth. I really had no idea what a completely restored > square might bring, except it wouldn't sell in the "common market". But I > occasionally enter multi million dollar houses, and this lady has numbers of > those creatures in her church. So, was also attempting to get the message > to her, that the pricing as listed in the ad was probably a very > unreasonable one- but I wanted substantiation from people with real > experience in the area....... So, again, thanks for help. > les > -----Original Message----- > From: <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf > Of Ron Nossaman > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:55 PM > To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] FW: FUMC Estate Sale - Piano > > On 4/22/2012 10:33 AM, Leslie Bartlett wrote: > > A friend sent this to me, wondering if it might be worth buying for > > her son. She is a reverend, and cannot afford to light campfires with > > $100 bills at all. I'd appreciate comments on this from people who > > know about technical stuff, but who also know if a square in 21^st > > century really might be a viable instrument to a person who is not > > going to be a high level performer, specializing in Period Music. > > Thanks, > > Les, > EVERYONE selling ANYTHING has a treasure, and EVERYONE buying ANYTHING > is poor and wants someone else to find them a bargain. Too bad. This > will NEVER CHANGE, and neither will our advice. You can't adopt everyone > who isn't rich, and the ones who are are often worse. So don't tell us > they don't want to spend money. We know. And don't tell us it's just for > a starter piano and doesn't have to be concert quality. We know. Believe > me, we've heard it thousands of times, and it doesn't change the reality > of the situation which is that they, like all the rest of us, will have > to spend the money necessary to get the item that meets the criteria for > their use. That's it. The reality is the important part here, rather > than the fantasies of either the buyer or the seller. try to stick with > the reality you already know instead of bringing the fantasies to the > list, for us to holler at you about 'em, and you'll save a virtual stamp. > > Translation: You already know better. Yes, you do. You're quite > qualified and capable to educate them on what sort of piano they need to > be looking for to satisfy their needs. The price will be a function of > that, not the other way around. There are hundreds of thousands of > little Johnnies and Shaquilas out there that won't get pianos for lack > of the disposable income to provide them, or much worse yet, hugely > overpay for something that is totally inappropriate or unplayable, and > waste what will likely be the only shot they have. They don't need > empathy that will prove toxic in the long run, they need good advice up > front even if it's not what they're wishing for. > > I've used up my word allotment, and can't afford to be too extravagant, > so I'll go now. > <G> > Ron N > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a> > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4952 - Release Date: 04/22/12 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a> > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2411/4952 - Release Date: 04/22/12 >