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| Written by Rob Weindl |
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Buying and selling an instrument is part of every musician, collector, or investors life at some point. The options to get what you want are limited due to the nature of the subject. Instruments are not a commodity like soybeans that can be sold at an instant at the going rate. To find a match of instrument and buyer has many more variables. The two biggest ones are sound and object properties. For investors it is name, grade, and rarity. For collectors it may be all of these factors. The pure technical and "business like" object properties have nothing to do with the sound. Among other things there are: origin, tax status, certification, value assessment, market status, liability, etc.. For example: An Austrian buying in Auction in NY. When the object hits the border another 23,5% are due in taxes and reclaiming the import tax on this shifts the problem to a later point in time. In the end there are 3 ways to buy and sell. Private sale: The private sale is not uncommon. The benefits seam obvious: nobody in the middle, so a seemingly better deal than the other options. The drawbacks are of the same coin. WYSYWIG, no strings attached but no safety lines either. Usually one of the people involved has more experience than the other. Are you willing to take the risk you know more than a experienced professional in making such a purchase? The risk is greater for bad purchases to be made, mistakes in the transaction, and future implications abound. Auction sale: Safety is better here but Caveat Emptor applies. Let the buyer beware. The auction houses do basic research and the catalogues are correct, because they are liable for that. The positive side is that the instrument usually sells, if prices are not to inflated. The drawbacks are that testing is extremely limited and the process is expensive to the buy and the seller. 10% charge to the seller and 25% to the buyer are going rates. These rates are quite extravigent compared to the Merchant solution listed below. Merchant and Procurement Broker: This is not about, people selling you stuff out of the trunk of a car. A merchant has a business, not a part time occupation or a hobby. Servingaudio is governed by an inherent code of ethics and regulations, as found in other trusted businesses. We see no point in offering partial solutions to a problem. The solutions we offer are custom tailored to your purchase and come at a far better price, more service, and better verification of goods before the purchase than with an auction house or private sale. |
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