I wish I didn’t have to sell mt whistle but it’s the only way I can find Christmas for my Children this year.
I have it listed on ebay, if you have ever wanted a Copeland but didn’t want to wait months to get it… now would be a great time to get your whistle and help provide a christmas for my children.
[ This Message was edited by: David Migoya on 2002-12-11 22:32 ]
I wasn’t using my kids as a selling point, I had been asked several times through the listing at ebay “why are you selling your whistle.”
My choice was rather than to lie about my situation for “pride’s sake” to be up front about it.
Think about it for just a moment… the worst possible thing to do when selling is to admit you are in a need to sell situation.
Unfortunalty the planet has more people that would take advantage of a situation for personal gain than you might imagine.
Next time you go to sell something, announce up front you are in a need to sell quickly situation and see how many offers you get at less than half of what you are asking… along with the “well if you really need the money you’d take the offer” comments…
As sad as it may be the reality I have experianced over the past 24 months is it’s a 10 to 1 ratio… one really good person for every 10 that are more than happy to take advantage of or try and cheat you out of something…
[ This Message was edited by: David Migoya on 2002-12-11 22:33 ]
On 2002-12-11 19:43, David Migoya wrote:
My point was some might ask why you’d have purchased the instrument in the first place?
Come on, Migoya, don’t you know that things can change? If you want the man’s story, it has been discussed on the whistle board. I think it’s time for you to lay off.
Really, why pick on the little (in terms of instrument sales volume) guy? He’s had a tough enough time already.
[ This Message was edited by: JessieK on 2002-12-12 17:09 ]
Indeed… I went through a time where I sold my Copelands, my Abells, a good Kerry Pro, and a practice set of Tim Britton/Seth Gallagher uilleann pipes because I had no other choice… I bought them when I had money and everything was fine, but I had to sell them because I was broke, eating one meal a day and barely covering my rent. Sometimes one just doesn’t have any choice.
Leave the guy alone… I’m sure he feels badly enough about selling his beloved whistle without being subjected to some sort of wierd, pointless interogation as to why he is selling the whistle/bought it in the first place.
Give him a break. He needs it.
Best,
Chris
[ This Message was edited by: David Migoya on 2002-12-11 22:32 ]
Why edit out opinions? First thought best thought, as Trungpa Rinpoche used to say.
We may not agree with something, but that’s life (as long as it’s about flutes!). It is what it is.
Let’s keep our human folly on the record of the board, just like that missed cran that gets recorded. It makes us better in the end to live with our tolerance of people and their opinions, no matter what they are–and in fact, it’s more entertaining.
David,I would just like to ad that it is very intresting that you are never affraid to tell people when you think they are wrong but here you have the chance to say"I was wrong about something" and low and be hold you are silent. My opinion was high of you but this has to make someone think twice.
[ This Message was edited by: drummerboy on 2002-12-12 20:57 ]
I wondered who Josh was talking to…thanks for the edit.
drummer, I did in fact post an apology for people misinterpreting what I wrote early on, then once the “&*%!” hit the fan, I opted for the next best thing…self censorship and removed all my postings with deference to the originator.
A public squabble is not constructive.
For whatever that’s worth. I’ll just remain in lurk mode and quietly play my flutes.
I knew Trungpa. His first thought
was often, how about some saki?
He died of a collapsed liver.
I say: To err is human, to delete
divine. It’s OK. On we go…
First, Please everyone give one another the benifit of the doubt.
Dave, I am sorry for snapping at your questions… I was guilty of lashing out at you before finding out what events in your life would bring you to question my motives.
After I thought about it you had no idea who I am, nor any way of knowing my situation. My own words show that I was in the same place… “10 to 1”… that’s not true and I know it.
I just wanted to say that if I the person that had been asked the questions can look past the surface and see my own doubts about mankind…