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Ridiculous Prices on Piano Rolls
By David Schroeder

Twelve "garden variety" 88-note rolls advertised locally for $100.
One roll was a song that I knew and liked, and I wanted that roll.
I offered the seller $10 for that one roll.  Even that was overpriced
but probably worth that to me.

The seller replied that he will not break up the lot.  I nicely pointed
out that somewhere around $2 per roll was the high end of fair market
value, and I offered $24 for the lot.  He replied, "If I can't get what
they are worth I will burn them in the wood stove for heat rather than
give them away."  By 'worth', he meant his price, not market value.

I replied back, "If they are going into the wood stove, let me know;
I'll still give you $10 for that one roll then."  I never heard back.

Does anyone have any better response to give a seller, or know of
a better way to deal with people like this?  This general situation
probably applies regularly to sellers of all kinds of collectibles.

David Schroeder


(Message sent Sat 24 Dec 2016, 23:33:38 GMT, from time zone GMT-0800.)

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