RE: Re: FS: 777, Prophet VS Keyboard, Quasimidi Sirius, MPD32

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> To: analogue@...
> Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 23:43:08 -0400
> Subject: Re: [AH] Re: FS: 777, Prophet VS Keyboard, Quasimidi Sirius, MPD32
>
> Well, that seems to be a pretty hostile response to what seemed to me  
> like two posts that were simply expressing great enthusiasm for the  
> 777 (one of which was mine).
>
> The thing with pricing is that there are sometimes two versions. One  
> is what something will go for and the other is what something is  
> actually worth. Now I'm not an economist and many might say that those  
> two things are really the same thing. I'm quite content to let my  
> Revolution sit in a box, though, rather then sell it for $300. In  
> fact, I have a few boxes which I'm perfectly willing to let sit rather  
> then sell them for what the market will currently bear as I feel their  
> worth is far more than what people might be willing to pay right now.  
> Ask me again in a year, maybe prices will rise again to a point where  
> I'm comfortable selling my stuff.
>
> I don't even know who the original seller was, but he or she is under  
> no obligation to sell something which has a high intrinsic value for  
> what is basically a fire sale price. Who's to say if the price should  
> be lower? Maybe you would, but it appears that the seller wouldn't. If  
> people won't sell for really low prices, over time the trend will  
> probably be towards higher prices as the supply will decrease. For six  
> months or a year we've seen prices move lower because buyers weren't  
> buying at the old higher prices. Maybe that trend is reversing. Again,  
> I'm no economist, but I'm certainly not going to sell my x0xb0x or  
> Revolution for $300 or $400 each. I'll keep 'em until someone values  
> them more.
>
> Just because the market won't bear those prices doesn't mean the  
> market is correct.
>
>
>          Seth
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Greg Morgan wrote:
>
> > This is starting to sound like a fucking PBS fund drive.
> >
> > This is the sound of me changing the channel.
> >
> > Obviously, if no one is buying at 1400, or even 1200 dollars, then  
> > the market will not bear either of those prices and it should go  
> > even lower. Sour Grapes because no one wants to pay what you are  
> > asking makes the original poster seem, well, kinda like an ass.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Seth Elgart  
> > <lists@...> wrote:
> > I agree completely with this. I have a Future Retro 777, but if I  
> > didn't I'd consider this one as that's a good price. It's the 303 I  
> > always wanted, but with a synth engine that's simply much more  
> > powerful, and with a much more flexible sequencer.
> >
> > I spent years looking for one at a reasonable price but was  
> > unsuccessful. So around maybe a year ago I went out and bought a FR  
> > Revolution. It's awesome, I love it, but I lucked into a 777 a few  
> > months later and now the Revolution is sitting in it's box, waiting  
> > for someone to buy it. In some ways, the Revolution's software has  
> > some interesting things that the 777 doesn't have, but the 777 has  
> > the synth engine.
> >
> > Don't let this 777 sit in a closet!
> >
> >
> >         Seth
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jul 7, 2009, at 6:47 PM, Shagghie wrote:
> >
> > The only real 'crisis' here is that a perfectly good 777 and VS, and  
> > Sirius
> > are going into storage!!!!
> > C'mon someone, snatch these up....don't let analog collect dust and
> > moisture...
> > We needs our heat cycles!!!
> >
> > I've been lucky enough to have owned one or two of each of the  
> > above...and
> > fwiw, each of these pieces is mind blowing.
> > I still own SN#666 of the 777, but had to sell my VS's already.  The  
> > Sirius
> > i'm likely to re-buy as soon as I 'exhaust' the Fizmo I'm currently
> > liberating in the studio.
> >
> > C'mon people!!!
> >
> > OBTW, none of the above are commodities.  Their values depend much  
> > more on
> > finding the right buyer at the right time, than they do b/c of some
> > 'economic crisis'.
> >
> > If you have enough to buy a FR-777 at $1200, then you have enough to  
> > buy it
> > at $1400.  The $200 delta is no reason not to use a 7's, if a 7's is  
> > part of
> > your sound journey.
> >
> > The MPD32, however, will rise and fall in value according to the  
> > whims of
> > the global market place.  But who cares.
> >
> >
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