[pianotech] FW: FUMC Estate Sale - Piano

[lim hock seng]

"some fools buy,some fools sell".  Hope your customer listens to you.
Lim
On Apr 23, 2012 8:35 AM, "Leslie Bartlett" <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net> 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: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf
> Of Ron Nossaman
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:55 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> 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
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