I am on several Facebook groups concerning various instruments and
antiques and there is one rule those groups use that I think this group
should adopt.

When something is for sale you are required to list a price or a price
range and also the location where the item is. These two items are most
important to anyone considering purchase of anything especially when we
are dealing with large bulky items such as pianos.

I would like the MMD group to start requiring any For Sale "FS:" posts
to include price and location. This will make sales much faster and many
sales will be made that would not have been made without these two
tidbits of information.

Personally I just ignore any sale item that does not have either of these
two bits of information.

Doug L. Bullock - Piano World Enterprises
Alton, Illinois
https://www.thepianoworld.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/PianoWorldEnterprises 

 [ If a seller asks me what information should be included I furnish
 [ the suggestions below; otherwise we have no absolute requirements.
 [ A serious buyer will seek all needed information himself. -- Robbie

For Sale Announcements in MMDigest

If you are offering articles for sale your notice will be published as
a "for sale" announcement. Please tell your full name and how buyers
can contact you for more information, and where the articles will be
shipped from so that the buyer can estimate the cost of transportation.
State whether the seller will provide crating for shipment or if this
will be the buyer's responsibility.

If the item is a player piano or musical box please give the serial
number, the make, the size, the general condition (is it complete?),
in what year the instrument was last restored, and what accessories
(e.g., discs, piano rolls, bench) are included.

You can read examples of FS: (For Sale) announcements indexed by
subject at http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives/KWIC/F/fs.html 

Best regards,

Robbie Rhodes
Mechanical Music Digest
http://www.mmdigest.com/Archives