Members augerinn Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Gotta be a scam. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/msg/1095399131.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deadvolvo1 Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 They try the same sh-- on eBay all the time. AOL e-mail address and $1500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bloopbleep Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Probably... There was a first post for $2500 in Brea area and then another for $2000 in Fullerton area a week later. I email the guy and told him I'm local and would like to check it out and haven't heard a thing that is from the first post. May be this the same one with lower price and recently moved to LA Actually I think it is the same because they have the same exact title "Roland Jupiter 8", look here for the same ad in my area http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/msg/1062323332.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OPEN OCEAN Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 with the ongoing crisis think its time for a price drop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flat earth Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 with the ongoing crisis think its time for a price drop... You know, its odd, (at least here in GB) ive noticed even though we are in the middle of a vicious credit crunch, the price of vintage gear still appears to be rising. Last JP8 i saw went for over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Purity_Control Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 I've thought the same thing... prices have really jumped the shark here, esp. with stuff like MS20s showing up on Ebay for like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OPEN OCEAN Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 2 kind of people make this...first some guys who are traders and they see musical gear as a good point to make money...the other part is really sick buyers who have the money but in most of the times they have no idea about the item they get...so all healthy musicians must avoid to get into this and it will fade out as time progresses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members midi Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Flagged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OPEN OCEAN Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 thanks btw anyone wants my VINTAGE ULTRA RARE casio ctk 50 cheapo synth for 2000 euros ? hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stikygum Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Sometimes I forget some people might believe that stuff. Maybe because I've been around the block dealing with scammers. Not saying Augerinn is, but I guess the most vulnerable are young people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nSCOURGE Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 I've also noticed a trend of rising auction prices on eBay(correlated with the economic meltdown). I think, as the markets drop, some of the consequent liquidity invariably finds its way to eBay. Just another thing to wait on in the recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Maybe there are more fake buys driving up the price for a short time. You know, get your buddy to buy-it-now for twice the going rate but don't really sell it to him.. Do that a few times and people start wondering if that's the new going rate. nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nSCOURGE Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Nothing so organized I think. The seller can always fraudulently create a dummy profile to drive up the bids on his own auctions(of course, he might incur relistment fees if he 'wins' his own auction, and the runner-up declines). And eBay offers no shortage of lazy, stupid bidders to unconciously proxy this agenda - I can't tell you how many times I've seen an *obvious* dummy profile(with zero FB), apparently bidding some exhorbitant figure(say $10,000) in the blind hope of winning an auction at a wanted price(or driving it up, when it's actually the seller), only to see the same auction resurface again. So, given the predictable psychological dynamic of auctions, this rarely works out as planned(leaving these dummy profiles to default and slink away into the ether). The law of large numbers finds special application in mean human stupidity. And few mediums demonstrate this pervasive human condition dilemma as transparently as eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoundwaveLove Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 You know, its odd, (at least here in GB) ive noticed even though we are in the middle of a vicious credit crunch, the price of vintage gear still appears to be rising. Last JP8 i saw went for over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members augerinn Posted March 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Probably... There was a first post for $2500 in Brea area and then another for $2000 in Fullerton area a week later. I email the guy and told him I'm local and would like to check it out and haven't heard a thing that is from the first post. May be this the same one with lower price and recently moved to LA Actually I think it is the same because they have the same exact title "Roland Jupiter 8", look here for the same ad in my area http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/msg/1062323332.html Yeah, saw that. ALL CAPS LISTING TOO. No pics. My question was rhetorical, BTW..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted March 28, 2009 Members Share Posted March 28, 2009 Don't have room, or I'd already have this: Hammond M-3, $49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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