[sdiy] Polymoog

[Oakley Sound]

> I asked him for the poly's serial number (just for curiosity) and
(surprisingly) he refused to tell it me.

Consider this; you bought a synth in good faith from e-bay or wherever.
You decide to sell it at a later date and advertise it. An interested
caller asks for the serial number. When you tell him, he says it was his
and was stolen from him five years ago. He's even got the proof, police
reports, the lot. Unless his insurance has paid up for it, I believe the
unit is his and not yours for sale. [Someone correct me if I'm wrong on
this, but it is a widely held belief]

A lot of sellers do not want the risk of this happening so they don't
tell anyone the S/N. Ignorance is bliss so they say.

When I was selling my OB-Xa, I had four people e-mail asking me about
the S/N of the unit.

This sort of thing happens quite a lot in the used car business.

Regards,

Tony Allgood                         www.oakleysound.co.uk

Oakley Modular Synthesisers      Penrith, Cumbria, England