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Check My Logic: Why wouldn't I send a musical instrument...

Posted by OAE (aka KiwiPrincess) Feb 25 '11, 12:42

...to a dealer, who's simply breathed hard over my description, and who's offered to sell it for me and take 30%?

Send it Postal ov'night, sez he.

What am I missing?

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there have been many stuning frauds lately in abusiness that till recently was similar to the wholesale diamond market - zeitgeist Feb 25, 12:56 1
- precisement! - moles Feb 25, 12:57
just donate the shit to a soup kitchen. your greed is stunning. -- nm - amanda jones Feb 25, 12:49 9
- cause they sell antiques? -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 12:55
- We're about to donate some replaced computers to a high school, but by god those damn urchins will have to walk uphill to pick them up - Max Feb 25, 12:51 1
  - "and no bath from samara after your walk!" -- nm - amanda jones Feb 25, 12:55
- there you go again with your gnarley-ness - OAE Feb 25, 12:50 3
  - gnarley-ness? I'm "gnarley." (that's gnarly, bra'!) - amanda jones Feb 25, 12:54 1
    - gnarles brakley -- nm - Max Feb 25, 12:56
  - be more elegant -- nm - moles Feb 25, 12:51
- i've always thought about taking up the flute -- nm - starving haitian orphan Feb 25, 12:50
- *snork* -- nm - TFox Feb 25, 12:49
Here's his Website -- (link) - OAE Feb 25, 12:47
I'd do a lot more research on it....if you made a dealer excited, you could probably sell it yourself and save the 30%. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:44 13
- "Yeah, sorry I could only get thirty bucks for it. Here's your ten!" - Dealer Feb 25, 12:45 12
  - It always amazes me on those pawn shows..."It's worth $5000, I can offer $3k." Deal. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:49 11
    - if they could sell it for $5k themselves, they wouldn't need to bring it to a dealer -- nm - moles Feb 25, 12:51 10
      - I mean when you have no clue what it is you've got. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:53 9
        
        but even after they know, that price the expert tells them is usually at auction, which means an auctioneer is gonna take their cut if it does sell - moles Feb 25, 12:56
        
        If you have no clue what you've got, you have no clue who you can sell it to. - Roger More Feb 25, 12:55
        
        the dealer can almost for sure sell it for more than you could eBay it for. -- nm - TFox Feb 25, 12:55 6
        
        Yes, but is could you sell it for more than he's offering? - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:56 4
        
        who knows. not necessarily. and the higher end the item, the harder it is to sell independently for max value. - TFox Feb 25, 12:58
        
        chances are, if he tells you it is worth $5k, he won't offer you $500. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:58 2
        
        He never offered $500. - Will Hunting Feb 25, 12:59 1
        
        I see my inner typo....I'm dum. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 25, 13:00
        
        yup. That's why they are dealers. A lifetime of contacts and collectors they can contact -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 12:55
the part where he sells it and keeps all the money for himself -- nm - moles Feb 25, 12:43
That you won't know what he really sold it for, or that he'll sell it to a friend for a pittance, give you 30% of nothing, then he and friend - TWuG Feb 25, 12:43 1
- this. Or he sends nothing and tells you to pound sand -- nm - Beaker Feb 25, 12:54
if he's that excited, I'd think I was getting cheated. -- nm - loosilu Feb 25, 12:43

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