From OH Sent Fri, Jun 4th 2004, 21:25
From OH Sent Fri, Jun 4th 2004, 21:25
i agree, was the same for me when i finally decided to sell my korg PS3300 (midi) two years ago.... it took me a couple of years to take the decision but once the deal done, i was happy it was gone. i mean if you have stuff in the studio, you rarely power on (not the case for the 3300 though) its better to let go... Am 04.06.2004 um 14:41 schrieb Chris Stecker: > On Friday 04 June 2004 03:19 pm, Legion wrote: >> obviously. prices for a 2600 start around $2000 on up. If someone says >> $3500 but still wants $4000 I can understand that solely because >> there is >> a Fetish/dollar ratio synth owners must go through when getting rid of >> high end gear. I could swear I'd never part with my fenix and as far >> as > > > Well put...the fetish/dollar ratio is a great concept and nails down a > problem > I've been strugglint with but unable to adequately verbalize. I have > to say > that it's especially frustrating for rare gear. For example, if I > sell my > Buchla gear, it won't be simply that I no long have it, but that I > will be > unlikely to ever replace it even if I wanted to. Whereas you could > always > find another 2600, for a price. That conundrum, along with the limited > marketplace of buyers, makes pricing such things very difficult from a > seller's perspective. It's very different than actively selling > something to > make a buck. > > I've been on the fence about selling my Buchla gear (400, 296, 292c, > 281, 207, > some partial / incomplete "kits" and prototypes) for some time now, > and I'm a > bit tired of hearing "how much are you looking for?" No offense to > those who > have asked---I do understand where they're coming from. It's a bit > like that > movie where Robert Redford asks Woody Harrelson, "How much to let me > sleep > with your wife?" and Woody replies "Hell no, pervert," because he can't > imagine going through with (or imagine the hell he'd catch if he > actually > named a price). They didn't make that movie, instead they made one > where > Redford offers Woody a million bucks for the deed. In that case, > there's an > offer on the table, and as much as he'd rather not let his wife go, he > could > really use the money... > > This July, I'll be moving my family across the country and could > really use > some cash, so the aforementioned instruments are thus "for sale," _IF_ > someone can beat my criterion fetish/dollar ratio. Email me for more > info. > > -Chris Stecker > > > -- > > G. Christopher Stecker, Ph.D. > xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx / tel 734-764-5167 / fax 734-764-0014 > > Central Systems Laboratory, Kresge Hearing Research Institute > > University of Michigan Medical Center > 1301 East Ann Street / Ann Arbor MI 48109-0506 >