Jeff M
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That's where I was going. It seems reasonable to me - as long as they agree it upfront - that he be required to return the deposit (assuming it is significant, but I doubt a fiver would cut it or something with such a high end price; it would also need to be high enough to discourage folks who can't be relied on to have the money when the time comes...), but that he keep the interest (or a reasonable portion thereof) he received from putting it in a high interest account in order to cover his admin time....
In the case of the luthier, nothing "required" about it. Not only is there no return of the interest...there is no return of the deposit.
The customer agrees to this at the time they place the order.
If they don't agree, they don't order.
Not so sure how such a strategy would work out in the world of A2 reproduction jackets, but if John's waiting list stretched out to 8 years with used jackets selling for more than what a customer is paying for a new jacket at the prices agreed upon years earlier, I could see it working.
This policy certainly has not damaged the market for this luthiers guitars.
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