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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:52:50 +0000
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To: Joseph <josephromano1234@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Guitars to trade/sell
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Hi Joseph,

Thank you for getting in touch. We are sorry to hear about your current 
health complications. Hopefully the Nuffield has the specialists you 
require.

We have looked into the values of your guitars and while the Yamaha's 
are very simple and easy to work out prices on. The other two are 
slightly more difficult as we have no history of selling these brands 
before. They would obviously sell for considerably more than the 
Yamaha's but they would also be more of a risk for us to purchase.

We do offer a commission sale service for higher ticket items to enable 
you to get as much as possible for your instruments. We have done this 
quite a bit recently with more specialist classical guitars and had good 
success. For this service, we get your guitars ready to sale and take 
care of the marketing, sale and shipping etc. We charge 20% of the sold 
price for this service excluding any costs associated with getting the 
guitar ready for sale like new strings etc.

Please see the prices below for a part exchange on your Yamaha's.
Yamaha SLG130NW £250 or £200 for cash
Yamaha SLG 200N £300 or £240 for cash
Yamaha CG162S £150 or £100 for cash

If you would like to come over and try out the Martin at some point, 
please let us know. Maybe at the same time we could take a look at the 
higher priced classicals and work out potential prices for them. I'm 
sure we can work something out where both parties are happy.

Kind Regards,
Harriet, Phil & Tim
Express Music






On 2023-11-17 11:49, Joseph wrote:
> Dear Phil, Tim and Harriet, it has been a while since I was last in
> your shop when it used to be located in Coventry. Lately, I have been
> nearby, but, unfortunately, to attend too many medical appointments at
> the Nuffield Hospital. But, in so doing, I have realised that I don't
> need all of the guitars that I have and I want to consolidate what I
> have so that, at some point, my wife won't need to deal with them.
> Therefore, I am wondering if I might be able to interest you in
> trading some of the ones I have either for you to purchase outright,
> or to apply toward a single guitar I buy from you.
> 
> The guitars I have are:
> **Yamaha CG162S, which I purchase from your Coventry shop. It's in
> excellent condition and has a great sound.
> **Dowina Master Series Cutaway Hybrid with strip pad auk wood. More on
> this guitar can be seen here, it is nylon
> strung:https://www.dowina.com/kytara/strip-padauk/
> **Yamaha SLG130NW, this is a silent guitar in nearly new condition,
> with the wider, classical style neck, and includes the original gig
> bag.
> **Yamaha SLG 200N, in a burgundy mahogany wood-a very pretty finish,
> it is also nearly new and has one tiny dink on the body, but it's
> barely noticeable and includes the original gig bag.
> 
> I would be interested to know what these might be worth if you
> purchased them from me, or if I applied them to the purchase of a
> single acoustic guitar you have, a Martin 0015 UK version:
> https://www.expressmusic.co.uk/products.asp?code=255486&name=martin-00-15meuk-uk-exclusive-electro-acoustic-guitar
> 
> I have another guitar I am interested in trading/selling as well, but
> it's a concert level classical, and I'm not sure that it would be of
> interest. I purchased it from a shop in the US, Guitar Salon, and the
> actual guitar can be seen at this link:
> https://www.guitarsalon.com/product/2007-dieter-hopf-manuel-adalid-artista-membrane-cd-pf
> It has acquired a couple of dinks since I've owned it, one just below
> the bridge as sometimes happens with nylon strings, and one on the
> binding.
> 
> Thank you for taking the time to read this and for any consideration
> and response you could provide.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Joseph Romano
> Kenilworth