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Trevor Hickson · Joined: 07 Mar 2012 Posts: 12 Location: Berkshire, UK

Hi guys;

While talking to friends recently, the subject came up of old Yamaha DX7/21/27 synths which I knew from the 80's and I wondered if you can still pick them up anywhere... I looked at ebay..

While hunting through, I found a yamaha SO3 listed for 1p (yes.. one penny) and a Korg workstation at the price of 99p. I almost jumped at both but I smell a rat...

Not knowing either instrument, the thought occurred that they could be minisynths with microkeys and a preset bank of 64 fixed sounds as seen on the casio toy instruments but checks on the manufacturers' websites suggested they were full function, poly, multitimbral all singing and dancing machines with tea making facilities!

So my question is:
CAN THIS BE TRUE? Or is there some catch such as "yes it's a penny.. per month for the next 99 years!!! Both instruments are listed as fully working, although showing some cosmetic wear and tear for the age...

Your thoughts?

Trev
(PS: Just checked and the Korg is no longer listed on ebay)
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mikemolloyuk · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:51 pm Post subject:

Some listings do this and make their money from the P&P.

Can you provide the link for the ones available?
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tpantano · Platinum Member Joined: 21 Oct 2009 Posts: 1384

Remember, Ebay is an auction service that offers a store feature.

Even if they set the keyboard to cost .99, they may have a reserve- meaning that they don't have to sell the keyboard unless they make their reserve amount.

Also, as pointed out, shipping + handling can often be set to a high price to pretend that their object has a low cost, but with the shipping they make a profit.
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X-Trade · Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:05 pm Post subject:

Can't say much more than others have said above without having links to the listings...
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ghostly606 · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:28 am Post subject:

Unless that is the buy it now price then it is highly unlikely the synth will sell for that. I start all my ebay auctions at 99p, the cheap price generates a lot more page views and watchers and usually results in a higher selling price. I never use a reserve price, it puts buyers off.

Kontrol49 · Platinum Member Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 1280