[sdiy] How's "vintagemusicgear" (ebay) of "mr. mark's music store" for parts ?

[Bob Weigel]

On 8/13/2010 11:54 AM, Tony Kalomiris wrote:
> Hey list, don't normally as about sellers but this one has me intrigued.
>
> I'm wondering if anybody has dealt with this outfit before and if they are  a company with integrity.
> The reason I ask is because I want to buy a populated board from a monosynth (for CEM's)
> at "a reasonable price" but they are not able to confirm the parts are even present let alone working.
>
>
> Btw,they sell parts of cannabilized synths , enclosures, panels, end-cheeks etc. , all in "as is" condition.(translation: stay away !))
> They suggest or even require that you send in your "defective" board in exchange and some cash for the "upgrade".
> Sounds like a great way to acquire CEM's to me, ..very suspicious.
>
> What do you all think ?
>
> I hope my suspicions are wrong and they are a great resource.
>
> Tony K
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My experience with "Mr. Mark" was

1) He kept flooding ebay with overpriced key ads at 9.99 so that he'd 
get few orders... and he could just keep running the ads at the cheap 
rate which featured..of course..a huge ad for his store front.  
Completely against ebay policy and pesky to those doing searches for 
synths etc.

2) I tried to reason with him about it and he first tried to schmooze me 
into going into business with him.

3) I pressed the matter and he got all pissy.  So I reported him to ebay 
and I think they finally made him knock that off...the storefront ads I 
mean..

The reason I'd gotten on him in the first place was I looked at his 
feedback.  He was advertising using pics OF THE KEYBOARD rather than 
just the key at the time!!  Some poor sap saw it at the last second, put 
a bid down and thought he'd won an arp or something for 10 bucks! lol!   
He told Mr. Mark what had happened and Mr. Mark refused to allow him to 
get off the hook buying an overpriced key that he didn't need....and 
LEFT THE GUY BAD FEEDBACK!

It was at this juncture I realized we are not dealing with a guy who has 
a complete kit even...  And my conversation with him proved that out.  
Very unreasonable guy.

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