Fairlight-CMI

It was someone with 0 feedback, possibly a fake bidder. Sounds like a
sunny day for the seller.

> Looks like someone already bought part of this in a previous listing for
> less than $4K:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&i\
> tem=140287122411
>
>
> --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Harald Feldmann" <feldmann@...>
> wrote:
>>
>> Well, just my observations (without implied endorsement)...
>>
>> Everything looks well taken care of, no major scratches, dents, the
> hinges
>> seem intact = careful handling or replacements, good looking
> keyboards,
>> tape unit seems proper, a II and a III, early hardware, libraries on
>> tapes, somewhat aging II monitor, a fuzzy oddball hardware looking
>> interesting... All in all, considering diminished currency, not
> extremely
>> overpriced, supply may meet demand, and... when do you find both
> systems
>> available at the same time ? Provided they function !
>>
>> regards, H.
>>
>>
>> >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Vintage-FAIRLIGHT-C-M-I-Keyboards-from-Kubrick-fil\
> m_W0QQitemZ140291410034QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKeyboards_MIDI?hash=item140291\
> 410034&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1\
> 318
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>> > WT
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>> >
>> > ------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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>> >
>> >
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--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Harald Feldmann" <feldmann@...>
wrote:
>
> It was someone with 0 feedback, possibly a fake bidder. Sounds like a
> sunny day for the seller.
>
> > Looks like someone already bought part of this in a previous listing
for
> > less than $4K:
> >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&i\
\
> > tem=140287122411
> >
> >
> > --- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Harald Feldmann" feldmann@
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, just my observations (without implied endorsement)...
> >>
> >> Everything looks well taken care of, no major scratches, dents, the
> > hinges
> >> seem intact = careful handling or replacements, good looking
> > keyboards,
> >> tape unit seems proper, a II and a III, early hardware, libraries
on
> >> tapes, somewhat aging II monitor, a fuzzy oddball hardware looking
> >> interesting... All in all, considering diminished currency, not
> > extremely
> >> overpriced, supply may meet demand, and... when do you find both
> > systems
> >> available at the same time ? Provided they function !
> >>
> >> regards, H.
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-Vintage-FAIRLIGHT-C-M-I-Keyboards-from-Kubrick-fil\
\
> >
m_W0QQitemZ140291410034QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKeyboards_MIDI?hash=item140291\
\
> >
410034&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1\
\

> > 318
> >> >
> >> > WT
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ------------------------------------
> >> >
> >> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>

That's probably right.

Two things I learned on ebay:

1 - Seller says "I don't know if the unit works."

Translation: "Unit is broke and too costly for me to fix."

2 - Seller says "I'm only selling this - know nothing about the unit."

Translation: "You'll be disappointed when you get the unit - but don't complain to me about it!"

Suppose Vivian kept a 3rd Fairlight after cannibalizing these two?