Members Kassanova Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 Question: Do you find that you get better deals now in the eBay/Craigslist market or do you think that you got better deals on gear in the gem-in-a-pawn-shop era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 pawn shop era for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 i found a Shredmaster for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 yh, i still find something dusty hidden on a shelf nowandthen, ie my pearl distortion i got for peanuts recently, but alot of that is wwwwwaaayyy gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members (⌐■_■) Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 i still find deals in pawn shops junk markets and car boots i have a list i regularly checkpassed deals includeboss oc-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby D Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 pawn shop era for sureyep. i very rarely paid more than $25 for a pedal back then. got a roland jet flanger for $15. ebay, craigs, and the internets has ruined it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 yep. i very rarely paid more than $25 for a pedal back then. got a roland jet flanger for $15. ebay, craigs, and the internets has ruined it yep, my 1st ce1, $17. Internet esp the net ruined that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kassanova Posted November 11, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 My own personal observations have been a mixed bag. One of my first pedals, an Ibanez PT-9 phaser, came from a pawn shop. I think I paid about $15 for it.While I still find deals on some things, I've found that a lot of effects that are called rare really aren't "rare" but rather just "old" are going for abnormally high prices. Also, some newer pedals that probably should have dropped in price by now aren't budging. Aside from a couple of things, I pretty much have a lot of the pedals I want but shopping seems to have become a lot more aggressive these days and it all seems to be about hype and trying to trigger peoples' gear lust rather than how it used to be - there was good gear and crap and usually the crap was cheap. Now a crap piece of gear can take off like a rocket in sales while good gear can go practically unnoticed. Also, a lot of gear that's mediocre is passing itself off as "quality" by being dressed up nicely. It seems like its much more of a game these days.I look back on some of my old gear and realize that I got some really cool stuff back in the day; most of which was acquired through pawn shops.On the other hand, eBay has allowed me to get some things that I would have otherwise never have seen or maybe never knew existed, so there is an upside to them, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted November 11, 2009 Members Share Posted November 11, 2009 Maybe it's just because I lived in a {censored}ty town, but before ebay/craigslist, it was pretty rare for me to see an effects pedal in a pawnshop, and even when one did turn up, it was usually a boss pedal priced $10 less than new. So, I've found many more good deals on ebay than I ever did in a pawnshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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