Fairlight-CMI

Hi James,

First, my apologies for misspelling your last name!

I feel I got what the system was currently worth, no more, no less
(and am definitely happy). The pitiful strength of the US dollar could
have squeezed a little more out of an international sale, but I'm just
a private individual with little time to arrange shipping, thus the US
only.

Those of us who keep an eye on prices might remember the last IIx that
was even for sale - it was discussed it a bit here on the list - a
non-functioning system, and it sold for about $3000 USD!!!  The last
complete and functioning system on eBay was sold by dealer/restorer
"Synhouse" (a very nice and knowledgeable gentleman, BTW) for $5699
USD, if I recall, and that included shipping. That particular system
had no flight cases, a minimal library (he sold a large library
seperately, which went for over $400 USD, IIRC) and the manuals were
not original - they were PDFs on a CD. 

Everyone wants a bargain, but the unfortunate truth is that bargains
are few and far between, and they will ALWAYS have problems! 100%
functional, 100% complete systems with extensive libraries are like
the proverbial hen's teeth. I expended a great deal of time, money and
effort getting my system in the state it is today; my hat is off to
any Fairlight owner who has done similar because ownership does
require a degree of dedication.

I'm getting concerned the manuals haven't arrived yet - they must be
on a very slow boat!  As a precaution, I will make another set of
copies before I ship the originals this week. 

Take care and best regards,

Daniel Walters





--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson
<jamesthomson@m...> wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
>  Thanks for your kind words,I was more than happy to help ! I am
pleased to
> see that you got the right price for your CMI 2X system. My
feelings are
> that the 2X CMI's are only going to get more expensive. When did we
last see
> a CMI 2X for sale ? Having said that,when did we all see a CMI 3
complete
> system for sale? I would have thought that your CMI would have sold
for even
> more if you were willing to ship to Europe. I am sure that you are
happy
> with a price of $ 6000.00 USD though !
>  The manuals still haven't arrived but fingers crossed it won't be
too long
> now ! Thanks again for taking the time to do these copies for me. It
may be
> an idea to introduce your buyer to the group here. Anyway best of
luck and
> when I am next in LA I will get in touch !
> 
> All the best,
> 
> James Thomson
> 
> Magic Audio co.
> 
> London U.K.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/1/05 5:33 am, "daniel_iix" <herrdw@p...> wrote:
> 
> > Kevin (et al),
> > 
> > Sorry for chiming in late on this.  Hopefully this will answer
your
> > question:
> > 
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3772362778
> > 
> > 
> > This is exactly what I was expecting out of this very nice,
complete
> > system. The buyer paid a fair price and will be getting a truly
> > wonderful system. No hard feelings to those who flogged me for
> > attempting to sell at VEMIA for essentially that same price.
(Although
> > I think a weak US dollar severly handicapped the VEMIA offering).
> > 
> > I will be unsubbing shortly, but wanted to thank those who
provided
> > guidance and kind words, especially James Thompson and Rene-Yves.
> > James, hopefully those manuals will arrive soon.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Daniel