Re: [Harp-L] Ebay harp lunacy

["Tim Moyer" <wmharps@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Shaw wrote:
> I've just watched the Ebay auction of a G Special 20 - "brand new, 
> boxed."  It sold for £20.50 plus £2 postage.  I just checked the 
> price at one of the most respected online UK retailers, Eagle 
> Music - price £19.99, postage £1.  In US terms, that's a total of 
> $42 on Ebay and $37.25 from Eagle.  Crazy or what.

On ebay I've seen old Marine Bands from the 70s sell for $25, and 
once bought a pre-WWII Marine Band in Eb (!) for $12.  Value and 
price are two different things.  

I rememeber browsing around ebay one time and seeing a Clarke 
pennywhistle for only $15.  I thought, "Wow, what a great price!"  A 
pennywhistle for $15 plus shipping, PayPal fees, totaling about 
$25.  Fortunately, I didn't jump right on and buy it, I went out and 
searched around for pennywhistle vendors online and found  
http://www.whistleshop.com/ which sells the same Clarke pennywhistle 
for $9.95.  The lesson for me was not to make assumptions about the 
price of things.  

-tim

Tim Moyer
Working Man's Harps
http://www.workingmansharps.com/