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Topic: Buying, refurbishing, and reselling (Read 1651 times)

keitokyun

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Buying, refurbishing, and reselling

on: September 22, 2015, 02:10:59 AM

i have access to a 1925 Steinway model M for $8000 that i want to buy refurbish and then resell. is it worth it?

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chopinlover01

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Re: Buying, refurbishing, and reselling

Reply #1 on: September 22, 2015, 02:19:38 AM

Unless you're a particularly shrewd talker and have many contacts of who would actually want to buy it (and knows a thing or two about the value), I doubt you'll make much profit.
8 grand also seems a little steep, if it needs to be refurbished to be worth selling at a regular price of a Steinway- that said, I'm no expert, this is just my gut feeling.
It sounds like it would be a glorious instrument though.