Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Good speculation for him....eventually as demand drops, prices will drop again.  Until then, who in there right mind would sell a ROM for much much less than the current going price unless he was a philanthropist ?

Trading ROMs of similar value might be a better choice as some of us might be tired of the existing sample set or had a change in music direction.  With that I recommend a swap database so we can see who wants what and what they have to trade for it..........

I about 10 ROMs and don't consider that cornering.....I bought them when I needed them and paid the best price I could at the time so I could use them......and at the moment don't have intentions on trading or selling.....

Bob
El Segundo, CA



-----Original Message-----
>From: steve_the_composer <smw-mail@...>
>Sent: Nov 12, 2006 10:40 AM
>To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [xl7] Re: I'm considering selling my PX7 setup: E-Mu on Ebay
>
>I have not kept track of e-mu on e-bay for a few months; you can do 
>that. However, I can share some bit of history.  
>
>During the early summer, a couple of people (mainly one in the US 
>and another outside) started cornering the market on E-Mu ROMs and 
>P2K hased gear. The one 1n the states paid more than what the going 
>rate had been up until he started corniering the market. Obviously, 
>he relisted the items for more than he paid for--a nice markup for 
>his efforts. The net effect was to bump up the price for all roms 
>and e-mus with roms. 
>
>I assume he is still in the business; you can check that out if you 
>search "E-Mu ROM" on e-bay. His strategies included contacting 
>sellers and having them end their auction early. (One person who 
>ended an auction early, I believe, even gave him feedback saying he 
>was the nicest e-bayer he ever met--or something like that.) 
>
>So, if he is still in business be very careful about having a low 
>Buy-It-Now price (or whatever they are now calling it now). 
>Otherwise you might sell it to someone who only wants it so he can 
>jack up the price and resell it.  
>
>Personally, I'd rather see a member here sell it for more and 
>another member buy it for less. By cutting out the middleman, it can 
>be a win-win deal for members here.
>
>To arrive at a fair price (not an inflated one), I recommend looking 
>at the buy/sell figures on e-bay and split the mark-up down the 
>middle.
>
>Of course, if no members are interested, I'd be happy to get back 
>into the e-mu e-bay research and suggest a BIN price that will 
>probably keep the middleman from scooping it.
>
>Why am I willing to do this? Because I needed to replace a ROM that 
>went bad and became disgsted by the middleman's selfishness by 
>attempting to corner the market.
>
>--Steve
>
>
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>--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Herschel Newman <bombnem@...> wrote:
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>> I have the PX7 with 3 roms:  Beat Garden, Drum, and Pure 
>Phatt.....what's this type
>>   of combo going for nowadays?  Anyway, I just been contemplating 
>putting it on Ebay
>>   or something....looking to upgrade(though I really enjoy the 
>sequencing).
>>    
>>   Bomb
>> 
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