From Brian Willoughby Sent Sun, Feb 17th 2019, 02:48
There=E2=80=99s the basic rule of economics: Supply versus Demand. As = the supply of money goes up (all countries are increasing the supply of = their fiat monies), prices go up. The only exception are advances in = efficiency which cause prices to go down. Meanwhile, as the supply of = money goes up, the supply of ARP 2600 synths is slowly diminishing. I don=E2=80=99t see how this can be blamed on credit cards. It=E2=80=99s = unsustainable to continue to buy things just because credit cards allow = instant access to money. At some point, people have to pay for their = synths - plus interest! There=E2=80=99s also the principle of =E2=80=9Cclearing the market.=E2=80=9D= There may be only one person out there who really wants an awesome = example of a 2600 with sequencer, but if it=E2=80=99s offered at a lower = price then lots of people will try to buy it and it might not go to the = person who=E2=80=99ll most appreciate it. Whether you have millions of = similar items or just one, you start at a high price and keep lowering = it until you=E2=80=99ve sold all of the inventory (or you find that = it=E2=80=99s better to just keep the remaining inventory at the final = price). On Feb 16, 2019, at 6:40 PM, Justin Maxwell <xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > Or we can go with Occam's razor and say that prices have gone up = because demand has gone up. >=20 > There's a slight twist in that auction sites are driving prices way up = as sellers offset fees with higher prices, but if someone is paying $x = for a synth it's worth $x to them, as simple as that.=20 >=20 > On Feb 16, 2019 at 6:36 PM, <Frank Bonarrigo> wrote:=20 >> No, Im just suspicious of the cost of gear in general. Been into = buying gear since the early 90=E2=80=99s and the only conclusion I can = come with is people are buying with credit cards. Which makes people buy = with less pause ,I think, and prices go up. >>=20 >>=20 >> Not that your arp is not worth what you are asking. Its awesome