Posted by Joe S. on January 25, 2000 at 20:59:02:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Hey Joe S., can it be salvaged? posted by Sam Gnagey on January 25, 2000 at 07:02:47:
I knew that you had bought it, Sam, and part of the purpose of the tone of my response was to taunt you and to "drum out" your comments. :-) I would like to state here that I have purchased a tuba, sight unseen, from Sam and that it was an incredible bargain! Further, I still own it, have had offers to buy it, and have turned them down (not wanting to part with it), even though I am not currently playing that instrument.
If I had that 4-piston Martin valveset sitting in my box of junk, I would have been glad to bid up to $1200 or maybe even $1500 for that body, but with my only option being to purchase a German York CC valveset and cut the body down, my bids were only "exploratory" (though, of course, they would have been honored, had it been necessary).
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Good for you (!), TUBANURSE, but since you really DID want to buy it, why did you place that other bid halfway through the auction? Whenever I REALLY want something, I never bid until the end, because I would just be running up my own cost, and increasing others' enthusiasm.