I would have busted MY kid's chops if they did this...

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 4:06 pm

It takes more than one person to screw over a kid that way. That shop had no business cheating him (and, effectively, his parents) out of two grand.

Can this kind of business malpractice be taken to court?

Leland · Post by **Leland** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:54 pm

Man... still sucks...

If it were my kid, I'd have him pay me the money he lost.

Unless, of course, the trumpet was a gift, in which case I'd have to settle for merely being very upset.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:22 pm

I bought a trunk-load of instruments from a father a couple of weeks ago who said his kids had just 'lost interest' in band. He had just come from the music store where he bought them where he was told they weren't interested in used instruments. I bought a Bach TR300, an Armstrong alto sax, a Gemeinhardt M2 flute, and a premier snare kit for a song. All this stuff was in almost new condition. He gave me a price and I paid it... a total of clearly half of what just the Bach TR300 was worth. Did I take advantage of him? No way. I just paid what he asked. Kids only learn what we are willing to teach them. I see lots of stupid... er, I mean uneducated parents in this business. On the other hand... I get some folks who are really offended when I charge them $5 to replace a spit-valve cork.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:33 am

bloke wrote:
I bought a Bach TR300, an Armstrong alto sax, a Gemeinhardt M2 flute, and a premier snare kit for a song.

You had better watch your back...Leland's comin' after ya'!

Why?... does Leland need a sax or trumpet?

Doug@GT · Post by **Doug@GT** » Sun Sep 19, 2004 6:16 pm

Does anyone know WHAT the kid (or his parents) actually PAID for the trumpet (not what it is WORTH)?

Deals do (rarely) happen, so maybe we shouldn't jump to conclusions.

Doug "devil's advocate"

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:38 am

bloke wrote:
It takes more than one person to screw over a kid that way. That shop had no business cheating him (and, effectively, his parents) out of two grand.

Can this kind of business malpractice be taken to court?

Leland,

This isn't the "politics" forum, so I'm going to limit my comments to this:

I don't blame the storekeeper. It doesn't even appear that the storekeeper does any real wind instrument business, so that would take them out of the "blame" circle even more. I blame the (yes, admittedly I'm assuming) stupid 18-20-year-old who traded it (plus apparently some dough in addition) for a geetar.

Based on his other auction items, I don't think the guy has a clue what he got. He couldn't tell a $2000 horn form a $200 horn. The kid probaby had no idea what the horn was worth either. Given the selling price on the horn, the store owner will know next time. Notuice he started it at $1 with no reserve! That tells me he is(was?) clueless.

He'll probably err they other way next time though. Giving somone $500 for a horn worth $100. He might break even on the 2 horns together:)