<HTML>Alan,   I've learned some valuable lessons a long time ago with respect to wh= o's paying who for what.  If a potential buyer wants my paid opinion on= a particular instrument, then they are the sold beneficiary and not the sel= ler. What condition I find the instrument in or what is a fair price is none= of the seller's business. The seller should not be entitled to my professio= nal evaluation when they haven't ordered it nor paid for it. Now when the se= ller is the one paying for it then they are the ones who get the full attent= ion. Tom Servinsky, RPT </HTML>