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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:32:30 +0000
From: hello@expressmusic.co.uk
To: Joseph Romano <josephromano1234@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Guitars to trade/sell
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We will all be here and know the details. A big benefit of a small team.

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On 2023-11-17 13:30, Joseph Romano wrote:
> Thanks so much. See you then and if I need to ask for anyone
> specifically please let me know.
> 
> Joseph
> 
> On 17 Nov 2023, at 13:29, hello@expressmusic.co.uk wrote:
> 
> Yes of course, we have booked that in for you.
> 
> Have a nice weekend and see you Tuesday at 2pm.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Harriet, Phil & Tim
> Express Music
> 
> On 2023-11-17 13:25, Joseph Romano wrote:
>> Would 2 pm be possible for Tuesday?
>> Joseph
>> On 17 Nov 2023, at 13:04, hello@expressmusic.co.uk wrote:
>> Hi Joseph,
>> Our pleasure, we will do our best to help.
>> We are open Tuesday to Saturday 11am-5pm.
>> Shall we book you in our diary for Tuesday at 3pm?
>> Kind Regards,
>> Harriet, Phil & Tim
>> Express Music
>> On 2023-11-17 13:01, Joseph Romano wrote:
>>> Dear All, Thank you so much for your fast reply. I appreciate this.
>>> Perhaps I could come by next Monday morning or Tuesday afternoon if
>>> that’s better and I’ll bring the Yamahas and the Dowina. I agree with
>>> you on the other  classical. It’s a bit exotic.
>>> The Dowina is a hybrid with a skinny neck and might work well for 
>>> jazz
>>> and such. Let me know what might work best and thank you again for
>>> writing back. And yes the folks at Nuffield have been wonderful.
>>> Joseph Romano
>>> Kenilworth
>>> On 17 Nov 2023, at 12:52, hello@expressmusic.co.uk wrote:
>>> 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