Cheers guys! I may give him a shout for a few bits and pieces. Is he fast(ish)?
skkatter wrote:SSM v3 wrote:Went round, showed here how it works, tested it (fully working), had a chat etc. Didn't bring cash as it was a slightly dodgy area, agreed to meet her the next day and by then some fucker had phoned her up and told her it was worth much more. What a bastard.
She was going to be getting a very decent price for it (around half the top going rate on ebay) considering she got it for free anyway...
She should really get the going rate though, which for a fully working EMS Synthi AKS would be at least 5500 Euro. I wouldn't consider the guy telling her the truth about the price to have done anything wrong. If somebody came on here selling a fully working TR808 for 400 Euro I think it'd be fair to let them know they normally go for at least double that.
Mm, interesting question. She had got it serviced a few years ago and had apparently been advised on the price by a couple of people recently who told her it was worth around 3,000 GBP. She was asking a little bit less than that as she wanted a quick sale. So it wasn't like it was going for an absolute bargain plus she was making a hundred percent profit from it.
Anyway, she'd done her research and that was the price she was willing to sell it for and was asking. If she wanted to let the market decide she could have put in on ebay or whatever...
Part of the fun of buying this stuff is getting the odd deal. It's the same with any second hand market really. Sometimes you sell something for a good price and vice versa. I imagine you've probably snagged the odd bargain in your time no?
I don't think the guy who phoned her did anything wrong but I just think he was being a bit of a dick.