Sidney,

A few days ago I followed your advice and I got in contact with the seller of the Venus Prodigy and ask if he and his mom will allow me to rent to own the harp. They said “yes” and told me that I have to pay shipping (which I had the money to do), get the harp insured (that I can afford to do) and I only have to pay $175 a month to rent the harp (which I indeed have the affordability to do). I was real happy about this until today when he gave me the following reply:

“Hi, Sorry its been awhile since I have responded. I talked to my mom again and she said she is having second thoughts on renting it out. We live in Utah and she is concerned she will never see it again if she rents it out. She is willing to drop the price to 10k not including the shipping but she wants me to continue to try to sell it. I figure I will list it and once it comes down to the wire on getting it sold before she leaves she may change her mind on renting it. I am sorry give you the bad news but I would not give up she may change her mind when it comes close to her leaving.”

That doesn’t make any sense! Whether she sells the harp or rent to own, it doesn’t matter! She won’t see it again either way. I’m sorry but this is bullcrap!

Now I’m upset and crying! 🙁 Every stinkin’ time I tried to rent to own a harp, I encounter misfortune and disappointment! I’m sick of this! Is there anyone on this site (other than at Venus Harps in Chicago) who is willing to allow me to rent to own a Venus Prodigy Harp in excellent to like new condition at an affordable price of $150 – $175 a month without limits, without roadblocks, disappointments, misfortunes, and above all without any bullcrap like the ebay seller is displaying in his latest reply? Please let me know.

Right now I’m beginning to reevaluate what I’ve been doing within the past several months. I tried to finance a harp I can afford to make the monthly payments through Allegro, but they demand that I get a blood relative to cosign the application. Unfortunately I don’t have such a person so it won’t do me any good in applying for Allegro again unless I have a higher credit. So I gave up on financing and went about asking for loans so I can use it to buy a harp. Didn’t happen. My credit is too small. I went about asking someone to sponsor me and buy a harp. Didn’t find anyone who can afford a harp. On and on and on I went only to get turned down and face all sorts of misfortune and disappointments after all I did to earn $1,200 that was supposedly raised to finance the Prodigy, which is the real reason why I’m set on trying to own the Prodigy to begin with.

Now I ran out of options and is getting tired of asking for help only to get turned down by people who denied me any help due to lack of cash or they have cash but instead decide to make excuses not to offer me support. So I’m reevaluating what I’ve been doing within the part 7 -8 months and try something else that will allow me to afford buying a harp I can afford to pay the full price.

BTW. The Prodigy is back up again on ebay with the Buy it Now price lowered to $10,000. If anyone willing to buy the instrument and then in turn allow me to rent to own the instrument at an affordable price I can honestly pay in small amounts is more than welcome to do so.

Venus Prodigy on ebay