Hi, Mo. About that uke that your friend wants to buy - is it a used instrument?

The trouble with used instruments is you don't know how they have been treated. Has it been left in a damp basement or a dry, overheated room? How many years old is it? Are there small cracks or openings in glued joints? Will it keep in tune? Has somebody dropped it?

Even worse - kept it in the garage. Shudder

I think it's safer to save the money (and the cost of shipping) to apply to a new instrument that you can try before you buy it.