Cool old F2, but ouch!

[Jim Nollman]

Agree, and...there is something about that black and white braiding on the F3.

[mrmando]

I am no longer interested. I made this EBay seller a simple request about pricing, and received a sarcastic response, which I paraphrase as him assuring me that he is too smart for my tricks.

Yeah, really. "Selling for a friend"? It's amazing that this guy has any friends.

[Timbofood]

Seems like he has "issues" indeed. I still hope this goes to a good home.

[allenhopkins]

I wonder who the music store could be -- the only ones I would imagine would be interested at all would be Top Shelf (almost local) or possibly Bernunzio...

1. How do you know the seller's near Buffalo? Must be something I missed…

2. Scott Freilich is trying to sell Top Shelf Music, probably not doing any unusual buying right now. Bernunzio? Even with his good repair staff, might be more of a project than he'd like to take on, unless he has a near-certain buyer already lined up.

Besides, the seller said that the "local music store" offered $2K or so in music lessons and instrument rentals, and neither Top Shelf nor Bernunzio is in that line of work, as far as I know…

Quite possibly the "local music store" offer was just made up to justify the inflated "Buy It Now."

[Timbofood]

Listing seller says he's from Niagara Falls, check out the second listing.

[Jim Garber]

Listing seller says he's from Niagara Falls, check out the second listing.

"Niagara Falls... slowly I turned..."

[Timbofood]

Jim, I was just waiting to see who would bring that to the show!
Two points.

[Bertram Henze]

"Niagara Falls... slowly I turned..."

There's a keyword for banjo players, too...

[Timbofood]

Good one Bertram! Good laugh first thing in the morning!

[mrmando]

Sold for $1725! I guess the seller wasn't kidding. Some people do have more dollars than sense. I do hope it gets properly restored.

[Jim Garber]

Hey, let's not disparage the buyer! After all, he or she could be one of us and we would love to hear about this mandolin being restored. If we call that person non-sensical then he or she may not talk to us at all.

[Timbofood]

I wish the buyer all the patience of Job! I think the project will be slow and painstaking, the reward may indeed turn out to be well worth it! Good luck whoever you are!