If that were so in this particular case, why didnae Dad fix em for him before sending him to Miltown? :roll:
Uilliam, how would I know why he did or did not? You’re closer than I am to find this out.
djm
Which is offset by the final sale price fee. I believe it’s weighted so you end up making up any front-end gain for starting with a low listing fee.
Royce
This is a warning message: twice now I have received what appear to be fradulent emails from someone through the ebay email system, all related to my bidding on this item.
The first one came right after the first time the bidding ended on this set of pipes. Someone sent me an email throught Ebay saying that they had an identical “Factory Sealed” uilleann pipe for sale that he would let go for my bid amount: which I thought was both strange and funny. I wonder what a “Factory Sealed” Ginsberg full set would look like.
The second one came today saying that the seller was offering the set to me as Second Offering because the winning bid did not send the money and they were accepting my offer: strange since it is currently listed a second time and the first time didn’t meet the reserve price.
It has been a while since I bid on Ebay. I didn’t know this type of fraud was prevelent now.
This is just my personal opinion, but in general I reckon that if a pipemaker has sets of pipes surplus to requirements that need to be sold on Ebay then there has got to be a question about their quality. In my experience any pipemaker of any repute has people lining up at the door waiting to get a set, and that those that have sets ‘on the shelf’ might look pretty but are rarely the business.
Having said that, one surprising exception to this was a set made by a Spanish company that my local music shop had in and wanted an opinion on - they were extremely well crafted, had a good tone and played spot on in tune all the notes on the chanter.! Sat there on the shelf (albeit fairly expensive) waiting for a new owner!
Becky,
Would that be Hevia, or whatever they’re called? I had a similar experience reeding up one recently, it was a very nicely crafted thing and was true in tuning and tone.
Alan
Sounds like a Hevia alright. We have one out here that will be for sale at the So Cal Tionol.
Patrick.
Well…I did try and tell ye so :roll: :roll:
Uilliam
Yeah it was a Hevia - it was certainly the nicest ‘off the shelf’ set I’ve ever come across. Ideal for anyone wanting ‘instant’ access if you’ve got the cash I suppose.
What sort of price do the Spanish Pipes you mention go for?
I think Hevia, Parrado & Aragon lists their practise set* for 1200 Euro (add 65 and 80 Euros repsectively for bagcover and case). Not cheap if you’re using Yankee greenbacks.
No E
*Ebony with stainless steel and faux-ivory mounts, includes a C-nat key.
Not necessarily fraud, except to ebay. The first instance is a way of circumventing auction fees entirely when several of an item are available. You simply email the bidding que down the line and as you note, offer the additional sets to the runners-up. You end up making more than the final bid price because no fees are involved.
The second instance may be simply an ignorant reseller trying to describe a set of pipes sent out enclosed in plastic or in an unopened packing box direct from the maker. Same modus operandi, auction fees are entirely circumvented.
You have no Ebay recourse however if it is fraud. You may be able to go through Pay Pal and have some protection there.
Royce
I too wondered why Alan Ginsberg’s brother is selling pipes on eBay.
Some use it as a means of cheap advertising.
It’s accepted practice for pipemakers to have ‘extra sets’ on hand to sell when displaying their wares at Tionols… always a reason to bring your checkbook along.
I think Music Room Traditional Music shop in Cleckheaton have one for about £900 (eeeek!)
Practice set? £900. Thats a lot of dosh! 
I know!!! I was trying them out when they told me the price! I hastily put them (very carefully) back in the case 
always a reason to bring your checkbook along.[/quote]
…or to leave it at home depending on its thickness 
I take my pipes, just in case I want to swap them or sell them… :roll:
Alan
If I can, I like to bring along someone elses checkbook, money order or cash…one never knows when a good deal can pop up.
