Selling a larger lute has a few pitfalls. In the US, generally speaking, you want to sell it out of state and have it picked up, and if the buyer is unknown, payment can be made at pickup. If the instrument has a provenance, you can sell it in Europe and take advantage of the currency rates, but the Euro is low now and getting it over there is a bit tricky as well. Do not accept partial payment at the moment of transfer for any reason.
You can also list it in Wayne's world, ppl read it regularly. Best of luck dt At 05:55 PM 6/3/2010, you wrote: >I'm putting a theorbo up for sale shortly, and since it's my first >instrument transaction in a good many years and it's likely to be >the first time I sell an instrument to someone I don't know, and >it's kind of a big-ticket item, I'm curious how other sellers have >handled the transaction so as to balance the seller's need to be >sure to get the money with the buyer's need to be sure to get the instrument. > >I don't think I need advice about selling to Nigerians or anyone >else who wants to send me a check for more than the amount. > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
