Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I can't keep this one to myself...

Back in 1995 I was in Sam Ash in New York and a dude walked in trying to
sell his CZ-1, but apparently they had a lot of used gear in stock and
they didn't wanna take anything that they could get big money for, so
they wouldn't take it. I overheard the conversation that the guy with
the CZ was having with the salesman, so I offered to buy it from him.
The guy was looking to sell it for $100 with a Casio hard case. I asked
him "Well, how do I know it works?" He said "It works" 
I asked the salesman if I could just plug the keyboard in to see if it
worked, but the salesman refused, so I told the guy I couldn't buy it (I
would never buy anything from someone who just walked of the streets of
NYC with out at least pluging it in)
Apparently the guy was desperate to sell the CZ-1, because he said "Ok
you can have it for 40 bucks." 
So I bought it, took it home and pluged it in...it worked perfectly,
looked brand new without a scratch, AND came with a case.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Furman, Jon W. [mailto:jfurman@...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:40 AM
> To: 'CZsynth@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: [CZsynth] cz-1
> 
> 
> Wow...that's a good deal, this will be the best $110 synth 
> you've ever bought!! I paid $300 for mine back in the mid 90s 
> and I thought that was a good deal.
> 
> 	-----Original Message-----
> 	From:	msg@... [SMTP:msg@...]
> 	Sent:	Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:05 PM
> 	To:	CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> 	Subject:	[CZsynth] cz-1
> 
> 	hello cz-fans,
> 	
> 	sometimes ebay is really valuable. i just got an almost 
> brand new CZ-1!
> 	just checked the sounds - all the presets are still in 
> place. unbelievable.
> 	yes, and it only cost $110. incredible - lucky me :-)
> 	
> 	hellmuth
> 	
>