Selling a collection.

[oldnat]

For a variety of reason the time has come to sell off some of my collection. I will accept “fair” offers and negotiate fairly from there. Keep in mind that I am located in Australia and freight needs to be taken into account.
Happy to spend the time with anyone that is interested in owning a quality vintage instrument.
Will make a donation to the Forum for any sales completed via the site.

Please look at the blog I created many years ago (best viewed on PC) :-

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[bonzo]

WOW. It's like Mark Makins book come to life! 😊🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[andywilliams]

Just messaged you.
Many thanks

[leedscitystompers]

😍😍😍

[leeophonic]

I will message Mick later tonight to take all that old rubbish off his hands, just need to check the lottery ticket 1st!!!

Lee

[ken1953clark]

Best wait for a UK-Oz trade deal to reduce customs charges :-)

[Stevie]

If you delve into customs charges you will find a gargantuan list of tax levels which often allow for any particular item landing in any given category depending upon whether there's a "U" in the day or an "R" in the month . Then after about 30 web pages when you eventually decide what level of customs charges you might encounter, you also discover that they've all been within a spectrum of between say 4.5 to 5.5%. My interpretation of that is that it's jobs for the boys with peaked caps when a single 5% levy across the board would serve just as well for everyone (except perhaps the moat and portcullis of HMC&E). Seriously, I cannot think of anything else so obfuscated as duty in this country.

VAT is another matter. I don't blame the Royal Mail for charging to process the Exchequer's income whether duty, VAT or both- why should it be upon them? But when something that costs £15.01 attracts VAT and the Royal Mail charges £8 for "handling" (last time I got robbed) then there's definitely something really wrong with a system that has "Growed Like Topsy". Right now that VAT threshold seems to have been abolished, with all foreign import levies being collected by eBay, Amazon et al. At least those companies don't charge like The Royal Mail does (Yet). What a win-win for the shekel counters? 20% of all imports below the threshold that they never clutched before because it wasn't worth the paperwork.

So far as I can make out (and I may be off target), going by the banner notices on e-commerce websites at the moment, companies seem to be charging the expected 20% VAT in prices as usual and then slapping another 20% VAT on top for goods going to Northern Ireland. Double whammy? And charging VAT on international delivery costs? What the flip is all that about?

Whilst the foregoing is all subjective, I have managed to give national and international politics the swerve.

These beautiful instruments appear to be a veritable gold mine, and whilst I assume there is more than a little sadness in letting them go, I really hope you are successful and that they go to good homes that will carry on respecting them. I admit to envy although I cannot find it in my heart to consider that a sin ...

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