selling my beautiful sterling silver yamaha 481HA!

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katieflute
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selling my beautiful sterling silver yamaha 481HA!

Post by katieflute »

listings can be found here:
http://reading.craigslist.org/msg/3145819013.html

and

http://www.ebay.com/itm/beautiful-sterl ... d=ViewItem

please contact me with any further questions! :)

dogster
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Re: selling my beautiful sterling silver yamaha 481HA!

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your price might be hard to get another r guy on ebay for the same flute couldn't get 600 just saying good luck

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fluttiegurl
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Re: selling my beautiful sterling silver yamaha 481HA!

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I agree. I can pick up a new one locally for $1,200. You may want to try a bit lower if you really want to sell.

fluteguy18
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Re: selling my beautiful sterling silver yamaha 481HA!

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I agree. It's a respectable flute, but the price is a bit disproportionate I think. Used flutes in mint condition that have been serviced every year by a top notch repairman that specializes in flutes generally sell for 80% of the lowest price on a new model. At most. Any micro abrasions, scuffs, scratches, etc always detract from the cost in addition to any necessary repairs. If it hasn't had a servicing in the past 6 months or so that cost is usually subtracted from that as well (and a decent servicing for this flute runs between $150-200). Also custom extensions generally lower the resale value in my opinion.

I would lower the price to under $1000 probably. I mean... if you keep a sharp eye out for them you can usually find a used Muramatsu EX in decent shape for about $1600 on Ebay and they're around $3500-4000 new, and those are spectacular flutes.

Kaylyn
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Re: selling my beautiful sterling silver yamaha 481HA!

Post by Kaylyn »

My 481 sold for around $700 in near mint condition, if that helps. Maybe try $800 or $850 instead?

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