Vintage Synth Repair

--- In vintagesynthrepair@y..., Tom Moravansky <tom@s...> wrote:
> I would think that a vintage synth repair list would be a poor 
choice
> of venue for selling gear at eBay++ prices.

Ebay++ prices? Find a VCS3 for ANY price.  The Arp is literally brand 
new. Minimoogs have gone through the roof and mine are priced no 
higher than most. The Prophet 5 is reasonably priced. 

Especially since folks
> here picked up similar gear either broken or damaged in some way and
> then got it back up and running for a lot less.

Well good. Happy for all of them.

  We don't need a price
> or for sale flame war on here (plenty of that on newsgroups and 
other
> mailing lists), but $1000 for an EML-301?  If you find a buyer at
> even half that price let me know and I'll sell mine.  

Was that the first salvo???? Yeah.....$1k for the EML 301 in excellent 
shape with a brand new flight case. You should sell yours.

Similar issues
> with the ARP sequencer, Prophet 5, etc.  I'd do a bit more research 
on
> prepal.com, harmony central, and eBay and possible readjust the 
prices.

Adjust MY prices? Why, thank you, sir. 


> 
> just two cents from someone that hasn't had enough coffee yet this 
> morning.

I'd say next time...have the coffe first.

Y'know....I'll price 'em however the hell I wish and sell 'em or not 
sell 'em if they're priced too high.

When VCS3's are going for $5600 in Japan and Europe how is $4300 too 
steep? Should I not be able to take advantage of current pricing 
because YOU say otherwise???  Shoot...some fool just paid $800 usd for 
an Arp string ensemble. I'm hoping that same fool will buy a couple of 
these horrifically priced synths. 

IMHO....anyone who bitches in an open forum about someone else's 
prices really rubs me the wrong way. Then again, I haven't been a 
member of this group long enough to know the whiners from the real 
cats....or long enough to tell you to go....