How to sell piano online
How to Sell Your Piano - The Guide to Selling Pianos
hey everyone I'm Robert Esther here on
living pianos TV today the subject how
to sell your piano I get a lot of people
asking me this question and so I wanted
to share with you at a personal way on
this video how you can sell your piano
if you want to sell it or at some point
in the future when you might want to
sell a piano
essentially there are three ways to sell
your piano one is to sell it privately
to sell wholesale and 3 put it on
consignment so I'm going to go through
these three methods briefly so you can
decide what's best for you if and when
you decide to sell your piano well
selling your piano privately this is a
very competitive market it really is a
buyers market there's a lot of pianos
out there a lot of people when they're
selling their piano they say well I
don't want to tune it if I sell it it's
gonna have to be tuned anyway after it's
moved the problem is if somebody comes
and plays your piano it's not in tune
then they play some other instruments
that are comparable but are in tune
yours is not going to have a fair shake
so I'm just like if you're selling your
car you've probably at least wash it and
vacuum it maybe even detail it the same
things with the two of your piano even
more so because it's a very competitive
market you want to bring your piano to
its highest level of course you might
not want to spend thousands rebuilding
the instrument but at least as a minimum
of tuning and polishing if there are any
Nicks and the furniture having touched
up this will be enormous ly valuable to
you if you want to try to compete in
this very competitive market how do you
get the people to see it
fortunately the internet have many many
avenues where you could post your piano
from ebay to Craigslist and other places
you can even use print media if you are
so inclined although the internet really
provides much more exposure these days
so this is the method
it and if you're willing to put the time
and the money into it you'll get the top
dollar for your piano some people can't
be bothered don't at the time or maybe
you need to get rid of the piano right
away a house is sold you're moving
across the country there are a lot of
situations where this just isn't
practical that's where a wholesale a
type of cell is the preferred method get
on the phone call piano dealers and I
know quite a number people who come to
your house and buy the piano that day
for cash and get take the piano away in
a truck that day or the next day and
it's in terms of simplicity you can't
beat it of course you're going to have
to take less for the piano because the
person buying it is going to be
reselling it and since they're putting
out cash they have to you know be able
to get it for a reasonable enough sum
that it all makes sense but it could be
the right choice for you if time is of
the essence the third method is also
valuable in some situations that
consignment you take your piano and you
either put it in a store or find someone
who will take it in and sell it for you
and usually people work on a percentage
basis this sounds very nice but I want
to caution you that sometimes you'll put
a piano in a store and they'll tell you
what they hope to get for it and then it
sits and sits and sits and even though
it's a percentage at the end of the line
what you get is the most important thing
which is why other people will tell you
upfront what you're going to get when
you consign the piano and there are even
some people who will do the work on the
piano
even extensive work now I like to work
that way because I know most people
selling your candles don't want to
invest time working on actions and doing
touch-up work so the way that I like to
work in segments and others like me are
to help you by doing all the work
necessary and you know what you're going
to get at the end and I think that's a
transparent way if you're going to put
into the store and a percentage make
sure you have a very close relationship
with the store so you're sure that it
will be work up favorably for you thank
you for all the questions I appreciate
all the response to the videos and keep
the questions coming in at our big
videos just for you thanks for joining
to you Robert Esther here at living
pianos TV see you next time
