Schilke E3 on Ebay. Thoughts and horn flippers.

[cinci-sop]

[ProAm]

Bought for $698 + about $30 shipping; finally sold for $750 + $45 shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260680833173

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What a load of crap this thread has produced. EBAY is a public auction. You want something then bid higher than the other bidders. That's the way auctions work. What the end buyer (HIGHEST BIDDER... which apparently was not you) does with the horn he owns (because he was willing to bid the most) is none of my business... or yours. You want to post your sadness that you did not win, your regret that you couldn't or wouldn't bid higher, that's fine. To criticize the buyer who was willing to plunk down more cash than you is embarrassing. I flip horns all the time. I see a horn going for less than it should I'm on it and I sometimes sell it within a week on the same auction site from whence it came. I MAKE MONEY ON IT shocking. And with that money, I buy horns that I will play and do keep. I also have over 1200 all positive feedbacks from folks who have bought from me and who were really happy with what they bought and what they bought it for. I also pay bills, buy kids and grandkids presents, eat sushi and travel to NOLA using some of that cash. So what? If I am courageous enough to be willing to bid more than you and anyone else, then, in an auction, I win the item and it's mine to keep or sell or wire up and make a lamp of.

C'mon kids. You want the trumpet, bid higher. But don't complain because you thought you were going to get a bargain and figured no-one would go that extra $50 or $500 and beat your bid.
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[Craig Swartz]

Finally, someone who gets it.

I think what the pissers and moaners around here are really saying is that they couldn't come up with the scratch to buy some of these deals even at half the price some of us pay. Buying anything that is a bargain with the intention of trying to turn a profit if it doesn't suit our purposes is a risk, just as any worthwhile investment is. There is absolutely no guarantee that one will be able to make money on anything when time that it sits in the closet/on the shelf is concerned. Consider also the other ways money could've been made on the money that is now tied up in a horn, costs to advertise/commissions to Ebay and other sellers, not to mention often times cleaning and fixing little problems that weren't exactly spelled out in the original purchase. In the final analysis (and spelling that correctly always begins with "anal"), bitching about not having the money available and someone else being able to take advantage of a situation is no road to bettering one's self. I was not always in the position to be able to purchase collectible firearms, horns and many other trinkets with money I am carrying around regularly- I made some significant sacrifices earlier in life to be able to arrive here. I suggest those who would like to be in this position and who do not have rich relatives do likewise. To have someone come along and cry because they can't do the same when they're probably sitting on piles of things they don't need, eat out every meal and owe a huge credit card debt, among other things is a sad tribute to the understanding of how economics really work.

[Crazy Finn]

[plp]

Sometimes the deals really aren't. I have a bunch that were junk when they were listed, are junk today, and would still be junk after I sunk a chunk in restoration.

If I had passed on them instead of giving in to N+1, I could buy that brand new Chicago 1070 I've lusted over for the past year.
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Since all other motives—fame, money, power, even honor—are thrown out the window the moment I pick up that instrument..... I play because I love doing it, even when the results are disappointing. In short, I do it to do it.” Wayne Booth

[Craig Swartz]

http://www.trumpetherald.com/marketplace.php?task=detail&id=26242&s=Blackburn-C-Trumpet
Ads such as this should draw more ire than someone turning a profit on a good bargain. Again, as with bargain prices, if it cost money to list ads here people wouldn't be saying, in essence: "I've got a really expensive horn here that I don't need and if there's someone out there who'd give me a butt-load of money for it, I might sell it." The other obvious ploy is to get free appraisals.

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