Jerryc41
Well-known member
This is an odd situation. If you buy a used car, you can expect a lot of wear. If you buy a used ukulele, you want it to look like new, but you want to pay a lower price.
I don't hesitate to buy used items, and 28% of my ukes were bought used. In most cases, they would be indistinguishable from new ones, yet I paid below the store price. Logically, it's hard to justify the lower price because an undamaged uke is just like a new one. If the price for a new one and a used one were the same, I doubt anyone would choose the used one unless it were something special - signed by a famous player, for example.
The same goes for selling a used uke. If I paid $500 for a nice uke and sold it five years later, why shouldn't I charge $500 for it, assuming it's in like-new condition? Still, I would feel obliged to charge less because it is older and "used" more.
As I said, it's an odd situation.
I don't hesitate to buy used items, and 28% of my ukes were bought used. In most cases, they would be indistinguishable from new ones, yet I paid below the store price. Logically, it's hard to justify the lower price because an undamaged uke is just like a new one. If the price for a new one and a used one were the same, I doubt anyone would choose the used one unless it were something special - signed by a famous player, for example.
The same goes for selling a used uke. If I paid $500 for a nice uke and sold it five years later, why shouldn't I charge $500 for it, assuming it's in like-new condition? Still, I would feel obliged to charge less because it is older and "used" more.
As I said, it's an odd situation.