I just saw this Seery Flute on Ebay and thought some folks might be interested.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2503589170&category=10183
The price at this point is still reasonable.
This was mentioned earlier. How high should I bid 
Bill
[ This Message was edited by: SuiZen on 2003-01-28 14:17 ]
Okay, only 35 minutes to bid up this plastic gem to $600.00. Some wise folks are almost there now. I swear, I am going to have to find out about listing stuff on ebay. I could drill six holes in my shower curtain rod, post a favorable review on this board and just laugh all the way to the bank while the hysteria mounts. Come on people, show a little class.
Closed at $425. Too high for me to outbid.
Bill
That’s all? Well, I guess the economy is bad. I still look at $425 to be a lot of money considering that I can save a little more money and buy a wonderful wooden flute by a very good maker. I have not yet fallen into that modern instant gratification thing, but then again, I’m not in debt either. Cheers.
On 2003-02-02 14:34, piper7 wrote:
That’s all? Well, I guess the economy is bad. I still look at $425 to be a lot of money considering that I can save a little more money and buy a wonderful wooden flute by a very good maker. I have not yet fallen into that modern instant gratification thing, but then again, I’m not in debt either. Cheers.
Sounds like you’re still pissed that no one was interested in the flute that you were selling…
What I find odd is that a new
seery plus shipping is 405.
The buyer on e bay payed 435
including shipping, for a
used flute more than two
years old. In addition,
I don’t think there’s much
of a wait for new seerys.
e bay looks a bit like a sporting
event.
I don’t know the current wait time for a Seery, but I believe it has increased since the tragic death of his daughter who used to help him make the flutes.
It’s possible, of course, that the buyer on Ebay purchased the flute on impulse–perhaps they were online and saw the flute, liked it, and perhaps also didn’t know what a new Seery costs.
It’s also very possible the buyer knows nothing about flutes at all, and figured here’s one, why not?
Or perhaps the buyer just really loves buying things over Internet auctions, and doesn’t really care if he gets a bargain or not.
Of course, I also once saw a brand new ten dollar Clarke whistle sell on Ebay for over $30. Go figure. I can’t really figure it out either.
–James
http://www.flutesite.com
Mr. Loren, were you speaking to me? If so, please do not use your gutter speech when addressing me. That may be the way you speak to your buds, but you don’t know me well enough to use that potty language with me, Sir.
Frank Simpson, seery’s american
distributor, says it’s 4 to 6 weeks
from time of receipt of payment.
I’ve e mailed Custy’s to see
what they’re time frame is like.
As maybe you can tell, I’m a bit
interested. I think I like
Prattens.
On 2003-02-02 17:01, piper7 wrote:
Mr. Loren, were you speaking to me? If so, please do not use your gutter speech when addressing me. That may be the way you speak to your buds, but you don’t know me well enough to use that potty language with me, Sir.
My mistake, guess I was just looking for some more instant gratification. 
Loren
Sir?
Since when was Loren knighted?
I would imagine that would be “self-gratification.”
When I ordered the Seery I was told that it will take three to four week, I think it ended up to be half a year, with many phone calls, and expectation for it go be here any day!
If I wanted one today, I would have no problem paying an extra $30 and getting the enjoyment of playing the flute. That’s like 16 cents a day, the fun is worth it!
Custy’s has em now. Shipping takes
5-7 working days. But the price
is 395 euros, which today converts
to 425 dollars, plus about 20 dollars
shipping.
Eilam, please tell me
who did you order from?
I’m pretty sure it was Frank in LA.
I was told that they should ship in a few days, then days turned into weeks, then months, at one point I was ready to switch to Seery keyed flute because I was told that there are a few on the way.
When half year passed, I was ready to take any instrument that Frank got.
I think part of the holdup was in customs.
I felt bad for Frank because he was the front man, without much support from the maker(that’s how I saw it). When he told me that he expects a shipment of flutes to leave in a week, I think it was based on information he got from Seery.
Anyway, I moved on.
I just wanted to input that if someone buys a flute for more then you could pay from the maker, we should not jump to conclusion that he does not know what he’s doing.
Sometimes, other factors outweigh money.
Now, I have an M&E that I highly recommend someone buys for $500 before I put it on ebay and may get more for it! 
On 2003-02-02 20:10, eilam wrote:
I’m pretty sure it was Frank in LA.
I was told that they should ship in a few days, then days turned into weeks, then months, at one point I was ready to switch to Seery keyed flute because I was told that there are a few on the way.
When half year passed, I was ready to take any instrument that Frank got.
I think part of the holdup was in customs.
I felt bad for Frank because he was the front man, without much support from the maker(that’s how I saw it). When he told me that he expects a shipment of flutes to leave in a week, I think it was based on information he got from Seery.
Anyway, I moved on.
I just wanted to input that if someone buys a flute for more then you could pay from the maker, we should not jump to conclusion that he does not know what he’s doing.
Sometimes, other factors outweigh money.Now, I have an M&E that I highly recommend someone buys for $500 before I put it on ebay and may get more for it! >
I think on this auction that David Levine’s evaluation of the flute may have counted for part of the premium.
I took a look at the email history regarding Eilam’s order. He was originally looking for a keyed Seery (November 2000+, and there has been considerable difficulty getting Desi to adhere to any sort of reasonable schedule for these, although Frank had hoped to have them come in on a regular basis. Desi makes everything himself, and the keys are a bitch. I now refer any inquiries on those directly back to him, rather than expecting Frank to handle them.
Months later, when Eliam then tried for a keyless (around June 2001), there were supply problems - Delrin rod in small quantities (flutemakers don’t use that much) and Desi making the rings. A few months later, we had Natasha’s death in an auto accident, Desi was pretty devastated, and it took a while for him to pick himself back up and continue, since he was really building the business for her benefit.
Kevin Krell
The fellow here whose seery
I’ve been playing tells me he
had a similar
experience. Ordered the
flute in july; received it
in November, much longer
than he was told it would
take.
Kevin thanks for looking into this, I remember that at the time both Frank and yourself were helpful.
I really had no bad feelings with the time it took to get the flute, and now that I hear about the accident, I’m surprised that it did not take longer.
All in all, I think that the flute is worth the money, and see no problem with someone paying more, it still is a great buy.
There is at least the appearance
that the problem is persisting
into the present. The fellow
whose seery I’m playing received
his flute Nov 2002, having ordered it
July 2002. He says he was given
a time frame by the American
distributor of 4 to 6 weeks.
I was just given the same
time frame. I can’t help
but be skeptical.
Maybe it would be
helpful if Seery-USA would
either adjust its estimates
of how long it takes to get
a flute or find a way to
assure potential
buyers that the difficulty
is really over. If there’s
a real possibility of
4 to 6 months, best to
say so.
I hasten to add that
I’ve corresponded with
these folks by e mail, they strike
me as quite good people, so
I find this situation
confusing. Best