Ok, I will try to make this fairly short but I would like to hear the opinion of each of you that takes a minute to read this...My mom bought me a nice set of Vintage 1968 Ludwigs when I was young. I loved those drums and played them everyday. Fast forward many years and I had gotten married and was moving from NY to NC. I sold that drum set to a guy that I worked with at the time. I hated to get rid of them but I couldn't take them with me. My mom was very upset with me that I sold them and really never let me live it down. Again, fast forward....my mom passed away about 8 years ago and it still bugs me to this day that she was upset that I got rid of them. Well.....the other day I was able to locate the guy that I sold the drums to and per his wife on the phone, the drums are sitting in the corner of his basement. Keep in mind, he doesn't play drums, he plays guitar so they aren't even being used. Well, he hasn't returned my call yet but I am hoping that he will consider selling them back to me. On top of wanting to get them back for myself, my 7 year old daughter is starting to play now and would love for her to not only learn on the set that I played on but play the set of drums that the grandmother she never got to meet bought for me. So.....if you were him, what would you do?? I really do want feedback, I want to know if I am being stupid about wanting them back or are my sentimental feelings justified??Rich
If Those Drums are still sitting in a damp New York basement they are no doubt worthless by now, and if not Money doesnt talk it SCREAMS if youve got the bucks ( If you really want them back, offer a Grand and send a moving/shipping company over to pack them up and ship them to you....Handle All of it from a distance so he doesnt have to do anything but deposit the money. If he wont return the call send a Thank You card and a letter playing on his Sentimental side and maybe he is a father also. Class, Charm, Wit and Patience will win out in the long run not to mention Pushing all the right buttons, which if you worked with him,, you should know and remember. I'am 50 now, but in 65 when I was 5, my Father bought me a Rogers WMP Drumset for Christmass with a 20" B.D., 10", 2 headed Tom Tom, a 14x14" Floor Tom with a matching wood WMP Rogers snare drum, The inexpensive one, not a Dynasonic. This was almost a year after starting snare drum, drum lessons. Now fast forward 2 years with a messy divorce along the way, my Mother sold my drums before my 8th birthday promissing to buy me a bigger set which I didnt want, but back then you spoke when spoken to or got the belt. The Bigger Set Never came.... I Bought an older beat up set at age 17 after working 2 summers to pay for it. Never forgot my my Rogers set and Thought about it Tens of Thousands of times and didnt realize she more than likely used the money from the sale of my drums for Drugs and Alcohol until I was in my late teens. I still miss that Drumset and wont stop thinking about it until I replace it down to the exact sizes and color/finish. So I understand your sentiment all too well, PAINFULLY WELL.
