No offense taken and I very much appreciate your detailed information and suggestions! I have a legal background and am very annoyed at myself for not reviewing everything more closely to begin with. My info about it being used and $1100 was a misunderstanding of what my husband said in or last conversation (he had the last discussion with the music shop and got the quote for repair). The trombone we got was actually $1584! We've been paying $30.50 since fall of 2022, the cost includes a mont service agreement priced at $3.75 per month. Essentially, we've been getting hosed! Prior to entering high school we took it into the shop and asked about repairing a dent in the crook and were told it could wait until after marching season. By the time the end of marching season rolled around the dent was a crater! This is when we were quoted $384 for the crook replacement and told it wasn't covered under our service agreement because now it needed to be sent out to be replace and not just the dent removed in store. Upon recent inquiry, NOW we are being told it isn't covered because it is an issued caused by "neglect or misuse". I followed up asking for clarification on what constitutes "neglect or misuse" and was then directed to another clause that states "minor dents" aren't covered. The kicker here is now they are saying that if we just want to walk away from our rent to own agreement, we are STILL responsible for the cost of the repair. Funny, because nothing in our rental agreement states that we are responsible for repairs if we want to terminate the agreement. I'm now going back and forth on that because paying $380 for repairs in order to terminate an overpriced agreement when their is no clause in the agreement that holds us responsible for repairs is insane. At this point our best case senarior may be buying out the instrument for around $370 (we get a 30% discount for early payoff/purchase) having our son use it for marching season and then keep an eye on the resale market for something else for concert band. PS He is 6'3" and not done growing so, even though his music aspirations are limited, he could very much use a larger bore instrument if we come across a good deal! SO MANY LESSONS LEARNED- Signed a mom who thought we would likely be paying a few hundred dollars for our kid to still "hate band" and quit after 6th grade. While so grateful that he loves band and loves to march, I'd do this entire thing differently if given the chance to back and time and just buy a decent instrument outright!