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2011-08-28 by somethingkillingyou
hey guys, found a "cheap" K5 on ebay... :D if anyone's interested... :D http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawai-K5-Vintage-Additiv-Digital-Synthesizer-Keyboard-/250876079064 but, seriously, are they high or what? F.
2011-08-28 by Eric Friedly
Yea, that's a bit steep. Although, these are getting harder to find. Glad I got mine for $40 ;}
Sadly, the K5000's turning up on eBay all have yellowed keys :{
________________________________From: somethingkillingyou <somethingkillingyou@...> To: k5synth@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 6:48 AM Subject: [k5synth] ...are they for real? hey guys, found a "cheap" K5 on ebay... :D if anyone's interested... :D http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawai-K5-Vintage-Additiv-Digital-Synthesizer-Keyboard-/250876079064 but, seriously, are they high or what? F.
2011-08-28 by Joel B
Well I have never seen one for sale that looks as good as that one so, maybe if it is in perfect condition, might be worth more than your average k5 to a collector? Sent from my iPhone
2011-08-29 by Eric Friedly
True. Prepal has used K5's estimated at $157 which may be low for a mint unit. I remember when I was searching for one, a place called Chicago Pianos had a mint one and they wanted $350. My K5 did need some repair (blown opamp & backlight) so it's all relative. ________________________________
From: Joel B <onephatcat@...> To: "k5synth@yahoogroups.com" <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 3:26 PM Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? Well I have never seen one for sale that looks as good as that one so, maybe if it is in perfect condition, might be worth more than your average k5 to a collector? Sent from my iPhone
2011-08-29 by somethingkillingyou
of course a mint unit may be worth more... but if a decent unit is around 100 (be it $ or , the difference is low), how can a mint unit be worth 7 times more? non-sense to me... F. --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, Eric Friedly <ejfriedly@...> wrote:
> > True. Prepal has used K5's estimated at $157 which may be low for a mint unit. I remember when I was searching for one, a place called Chicago Pianos had a mint one and they wanted $350. My K5 did need some repair (blown opamp & backlight) so it's all relative. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Joel B <onephatcat@...> > To: "k5synth@yahoogroups.com" <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 3:26 PM > Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? > > > Â > Well I have never seen one for sale that looks as good as that one so, maybe if it is in perfect condition, might be worth more than your average k5 to a collector? > > Sent from my iPhone >
2011-08-29 by somethingkillingyou
corrections: -it's actually 8 times more -the unit for sale is NOT mint, if you take a closer look to the (poor) picture provided... --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "somethingkillingyou" <somethingkillingyou@...> wrote:
> > of course a mint unit may be worth more... but if a decent unit is around 100 (be it $ or , the difference is low), how can a mint unit be worth 7 times more? non-sense to me... > > F. > > --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, Eric Friedly <ejfriedly@> wrote: > > > > True. Prepal has used K5's estimated at $157 which may be low for a mint unit. I remember when I was searching for one, a place called Chicago Pianos had a mint one and they wanted $350. My K5 did need some repair (blown opamp & backlight) so it's all relative. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Joel B <onephatcat@> > > To: "k5synth@yahoogroups.com" <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 3:26 PM > > Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? > > > > > > Â > > Well I have never seen one for sale that looks as good as that one so, maybe if it is in perfect condition, might be worth more than your average k5 to a collector? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > >
2011-08-29 by WT
TBS has always been high priced. They are a shop/reseller so higher prices than on the second hand market is expected. Though, eight times higher......hmmm. WT
----- Original Message ----- From: "somethingkillingyou" <somethingkillingyou@...> To: <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:27 AM Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? corrections: -it's actually 8 times more -the unit for sale is NOT mint, if you take a closer look to the (poor) picture provided... --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, "somethingkillingyou" <somethingkillingyou@...> wrote: > > of course a mint unit may be worth more... but if a decent unit is around > 100 (be it $ or ?, the difference is low), how can a mint unit be worth 7 > times more? non-sense to me... > > F. > > --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, Eric Friedly <ejfriedly@> wrote: > > > > True. Prepal has used K5's estimated at $157 which may be low for a mint > > unit. I remember when I was searching for one, a place called Chicago > > Pianos had a mint one and they wanted $350. My K5 did need some repair > > (blown opamp & backlight) so it's all relative. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Joel B <onephatcat@> > > To: "k5synth@yahoogroups.com" <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 3:26 PM > > Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? > > > > > > \ufffd > > Well I have never seen one for sale that looks as good as that one so, > > maybe if it is in perfect condition, might be worth more than your > > average k5 to a collector? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
2011-08-29 by Eric Friedly
Sometimes people are willing to pay more for a less then perfect kb if it's rare. ________________________________ From: somethingkillingyou <somethingkillingyou@...> To: k5synth@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 6:23 PM Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? of course a mint unit may be worth more... but if a decent unit is around 100 (be it $ or €, the difference is low), how can a mint unit be worth 7 times more? non-sense to me... F. --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, Eric Friedly <ejfriedly@...> wrote:
> > True. Prepal has used K5's estimated at $157 which may be low for a mint unit. I remember when I was searching for one, a place called Chicago Pianos had a mint one and they wanted $350. My K5 did need some repair (blown opamp & backlight) so it's all relative. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Joel B <onephatcat@...> > To: "k5synth@yahoogroups.com" <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 3:26 PM > Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? > > > Â > Well I have never seen one for sale that looks as good as that one so, maybe if it is in perfect condition, might be worth more than your average k5 to a collector? > > Sent from my iPhone >
2011-08-30 by somethingkillingyou
it's not THAT rare... K3 are much rarer, at least in this part of the world (europe) --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, Eric Friedly <ejfriedly@...> wrote:
> > Sometimes people are willing to pay more for a less then perfect kb if it's rare. > > > > ________________________________ > From: somethingkillingyou <somethingkillingyou@...> > To: k5synth@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 6:23 PM > Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? > > >  > of course a mint unit may be worth more... but if a decent unit is around 100 (be it $ or â¬, the difference is low), how can a mint unit be worth 7 times more? non-sense to me... > > F. > > --- In k5synth@yahoogroups.com, Eric Friedly <ejfriedly@> wrote: > > > > True. Prepal has used K5's estimated at $157 which may be low for a mint unit. I remember when I was searching for one, a place called Chicago Pianos had a mint one and they wanted $350. My K5 did need some repair (blown opamp & backlight) so it's all relative. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Joel B <onephatcat@> > > To: "k5synth@yahoogroups.com" <k5synth@yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 3:26 PM > > Subject: [k5synth] Re: ...are they for real? > > > > > > à> > Well I have never seen one for sale that looks as good as that one so, maybe if it is in perfect condition, might be worth more than your average k5 to a collector? > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > >