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Ebay bidders are stupid.

Echo

Echo

crooked smile
Jul 10, 2002
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Dammit. There's a kickass synth on there right now, with two of the output jacks broken and the AC power jack broken. I'm all like sweet, I can score this thing, fix it, and double my money.

Except there are a bunch of idiots bidding it through the roof. Hey assholes, it's broken! I hate everyone. :banghead:
 
Squeaver

Squeaver

Monkey
Mar 1, 2006
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Sanford, NC
Yeah I hate when that happens. But I guess that's a chance you take when using eBay. There are going to be people with indisposable budgets just buying things up. A holes.
 
H8R

H8R

Cranky Pants
Nov 10, 2004
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Craig's List rocks. If you can find what you're looking for it'll be half the cost of eBay if not practically free.
 
Hunter

Hunter

Monkey
Sep 14, 2006
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The Right coast
douglas said:
on ebay, I sold a 2 or so year old bike light for more than I paid and more than then a new one cost.
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Exactly, people just get addicted to "bidding" and go nuts. I see people pay more money for used stuff than it would cost them to buy new in some cases. E-bay is fairly annoying these days.
 
Echo

Echo

crooked smile
Jul 10, 2002
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Yeah I definitely understand how ebay causes people to spend stupid money on stuff... I was just hoping that this synth was obscure enough that people wouldn't notice what a kickass deal it was. Ah well. Maybe I'll get lucky and the dumbasses bidding on it now will go away by the time it ends.

Who the heck has ever heard of these things?
 
Transcend

Transcend

My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
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You have to remember with some products, especially bike stuff, it is cheaper for someone in places such as the UK to get your 1 year old DH bike used at the same price you paid, rather than pay for it new in the UK. Bikes prices can be inflated by as much as 50% there. So your $2000 bike used, would cost them $4500. In that case, everyone wins.
 
H8R

H8R

Cranky Pants
Nov 10, 2004
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Echo said:
Yeah I definitely understand how ebay causes people to spend stupid money on stuff... I was just hoping that this synth was obscure enough that people wouldn't notice what a kickass deal it was. Ah well. Maybe I'll get lucky and the dumbasses bidding on it now will go away by the time it ends.

Who the heck has ever heard of these things?
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Are you kidding? Look at all the knobs and sliders and sh1t! A synth like that is total nerd bait. Our bass player drools over crap like that. (he plays a Moog, some other strange stuff, etc)
 
urbaindk

urbaindk

The Real Dr. Science
Jul 12, 2004
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H8R said:
BTW - I bet that thing goes over $300 easily.
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Easy. Nord is up there with Moog, Farfisa, Prophet, old Roland stuff. Lots of classic synth people are electronics tweekers / hackers. A few busted output connections, and a bad power supply are child's play to fix.

If it was a busted up Casio then yeah, it would be silly. (unless it was once played by Wesley Willis then all bets are off.)
 
Hunter

Hunter

Monkey
Sep 14, 2006
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The Right coast
Transcend said:
You have to remember with some products, especially bike stuff, it is cheaper for someone in places such as the UK to get your 1 year old DH bike used at the same price you paid, rather than pay for it new in the UK. Bikes prices can be inflated by as much as 50% there. So your $2000 bike used, would cost them $4500. In that case, everyone wins.
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Behold, the mighty dollar!
 
H8R

H8R

Cranky Pants
Nov 10, 2004
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Echo said:
Yeah if it was fixed it should fetch about a grand, I was hoping (apprently beyond hope) that I could score it for about $250.
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Last year I lost the auction on a used Trick aluminum snare drum that ended up closing for about $200 over what you could order a new one for.
:rolleyes:
 
narlus

narlus

Eastcoast Softcore
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Nov 7, 2001
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Echo said:
Yeah I definitely understand how ebay causes people to spend stupid money on stuff... I was just hoping that this synth was obscure enough that people wouldn't notice what a kickass deal it was.
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i once found a pretty rare Billy Childish-related record sorta by happenstance, and it had a typo in the auction listing so searching via the usual terms wouldn't have shown it.

some high-bidding bastard found it anyway. :bonk: :banghead:
 
erastusboy

erastusboy

Monkey
Mar 5, 2003
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narlus said:
i once found a pretty rare Billy Childish-related record sorta by happenstance, and it had a typo in the auction listing so searching via the usual terms wouldn't have shown it.

some high-bidding bastard found it anyway. :bonk: :banghead:
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got a thomsom stem that way stupid people writing thompson bwhahahah
 
BMXman

BMXman

I wish I was Canadian
Sep 8, 2001
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Echo you have it good....don't even get me started on comic books....there are a lot of nerds out there who will pay 10 times what a book is worth....D
 
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