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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;asciibaron, post: 218098, member: 8566&quot;]the &quot;fair market price&quot; on eBay is often many times the realistic street price of an item.&nbsp; my other interest is electronic music.&nbsp; eBay has grossly distorted the market - often at the hands of shills or sellers who knowingly misrepresent the item for sale.&nbsp; one synth that is extremely popular started to get priced through the roof because a replacement component was no longer easily available.&nbsp; all the chips will fail, it&#039;s just a matter of time.&nbsp; the price has been bid higher and higher, even though there were over 500 thousand of these made.&nbsp; the thought was the synths were going to end up being used as donors and eventually there would only be a limited number left in working order.</p><p><br /></p><p>with the model selling for nearly 2.5 times the street price before it was common knowledge that the part was no longer available, a cost effective solution was inevitable. a replacement part was developed and the need to scavenge has been reduced, but the high market value had been set and no one wanted to sell for less because they do not know the reason it was pushed so high in the first place. </p><p><br /></p><p>the synth still shows up on eBay with starting bids 2 times the current street price.&nbsp; much like someone buying an SGS graded coin, i feel sad for the &quot;winners.&quot;&nbsp; in the end they have won nothing.</p><p><br /></p><p>-Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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