[sdiy] Holy price tags, Batman!

[Tim Stinchcombe]

> > Hi all..I am a self-confessed ems/synthi nut... that must 
> be a first 
> > for ebay..a synthi 100! But I must say that the price tage 
> seems to be 
> > er.. little on the high side. Music Control in the U.K. 
> recently had 
> > one for sale (think it came from Cardiff University)..I believe the 
> > pricetag it went for was near to 25000 pounds ( around 
> 40000 usd)  and 
> > that was after a year of being completely overhauled! Still 
> the one on 
> > offer i looks fantastic..but 100,000 usd ?
> 
> I haven't seen that auction, but 100k Dollars is twice what
> a new one costs, AFAIK.
> I remember seing 100k DM in a Rehberg catalog some years ago. 
> (that would be approx. 50 ... 60k Dollars).

I have a couple of EMS brochures and a price list from the early seventies:
the Synthi 100 is listed at a mere £6,500. A VCS3 was £350: since EMS
(http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/) are currently listing a new one at
£1800, perhaps they could fix you up a new Synthi 100 for approx
1800/350*6500 = £33,500. I can't imagine anyone starting the bidding on such
an item at such a ridiculously high price.

Tim

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Tim Stinchcombe 

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