As the apparent "sucker" that paid $2900 (no postage - it's a pickup)
for the M400 on eBay, I thought I should make some attempt at
defending my action, if only to make myself feel better.
I'm assuming that most of you here already own a Mellotron, and
therefore may not be aware of just how difficult it is to find one,
let alone a deal. I'm sure that if I had more patience, I could have
located the perfect situation - the odd forgotten keyboard in the
basement, the unsuspecting seller... But I'm not getting any
younger, and it's been a long-standing desire to find and restore one
of these instruments from my childhood that was so influencial to me.
I was rather shocked at how high it went myself, but there was either
a shill, or someone who wanted it as badly as myself, and by that
point it was either another bid, or keep waiting, and looking, and
waiting...
Look on the bright side - I maybe just increased the value of
everyone else's.
In any event, now that I in fact own one, I'll no doubt be looking
for advice and help with parts and restoration work, so I hope you
will all forgive my exuberence and welcome me into the club.
Sincerely,
Jamie Robertson
M400 #380 (I think)
www.robertsonics.com
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, tronbros@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 20/1/03 7:14:34 PM GMT Standard Time,
> aidan@a... writes:
>
>
> > It went for $2,900 (£1,800) excluding postage!
>
> And it still needs servicing despite what anybody says. Mellotrons
are
> better than UK pension schemes - that's certain.
>
> Martin
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