From Brian Willoughby Sent Mon, Oct 1st 2018, 04:41
From Brian Willoughby Sent Mon, Oct 1st 2018, 04:41
Buchla Thunder. I=E2=80=99ve dreamed about one of those ever since I saw Mark Isham = perform live in a church (in North Carolina, I think - I was in the = process of moving to Seattle at the time) while using the Thunder to = control electronic effects parameters in real time for processing his = trumpet. Of course, it=E2=80=99s a Buchla, so prices are already high. But I also = realized that arguing about price after ten years of waiting would be = foolish, with so few of these things in existence (not counting the = modern modular edition that=E2=80=99s rather cramped for space in = comparison). Brian On Sep 30, 2018, at 9:39 PM, Edward Schultheis <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> = wrote: > What was the midi device? >=20 > On Sep 30, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Brian Willoughby = <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> On Sep 30, 2018, at 8:38 PM, Tomislav Babic = <xxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 5:17 AM David Bivins <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> = wrote: >>> In my experience, a lot of gear sells for considerably less due to = offers being made under the asking price. >>=20 >> i see vintage stuff is grossly overpriced. waiting for the right = impatient sucker=20 >> with more money than brains. >>=20 >> also, i see lot of sellers asking twice or more the going prices. = probably trying to artificially=20 >> raise the perceived "asking price" to the uninitiated, only to later = offer another unit under=20 >> another monikker, for slightly less. and then if you are naive, you = feel lucky you got it=20 >> "cheaper" and snag it.. >>=20 >> same goes as on ebay. >=20 > It=E2=80=99s called =E2=80=9Cclearing the market.=E2=80=9D Basic = Economics 101. No buyer offers more than the asking price, so the = initial asking price may need to be ridiculously high to find out what a = buyer is willing to spend. Smart buyers will either skip the auction = entirely, or make an offer. Smart sellers will adjust the price down = when the auction fails to succeed, and they have to eat any costs of = listing the item (not all listings are free if the item doesn=E2=80=99t = sell). So it=E2=80=99s not like sellers can waste a bunch of time trying = over and over to sell an item above what people are willing to pay, = because their profits will eventually be lost to listing fees. >=20 > I wish eBay were more active with legitimate sales, because the = history of prices in the Completed Auctions search results tells a lot = more about the actual market price than the asking prices of active = auctions (which may never complete at the asking price). Smart buyers = will look at how often a particular item becomes available, and what = prices it sells for. I=E2=80=99ve waited ten years for a specific MIDI = device to even be available, and I had to accept the asking price = because there really wouldn=E2=80=99t be a second chance. >=20 > This SPV-355 isn=E2=80=99t even listed on Vintage Synth under the = Roland section, so it is probably more rare than the ARP AVATAR. >=20 > Brian >=20