Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, Stephanie <sellison-unix@a...> 
wrote:
> I can't find it used for that price around here.  

Steph,

Are you that scared of ebay? It, and its long-shot cousin Half.com, 
could be your best bet. And although the horror stories are real, 
the enterprise is so huge that the likelihood that something bad is 
going to happen is no worse than the risk of taking a fatal fall in 
the shower or a lightening hit on the golf course. Like Olympic 
figure skating points, you just ignore the extreme bottom end 
(DTXpressII Buy It Now for $150; call 555.555.555 for free shipment 
from Estonia) and the extreme top end (DTXpressI, Buddy Rich 
signature model, never played, opening bid $2000). In other words, 
avoid the ones that are too good or bad to be true. To take steps 
against something going wrong, your can purchase extra protection 
from Paypal, as well as take other possible steps. But I'd wager to 
say that most of us have used ebay successfully at least once, and 
that the statistics in this group, Drumzilla's, and others support a 
miniscule probability of a mishap. That said, if you try ebay for a 
Roland amp, and the seller stiffs you, I'm going out on the links 
without a lightening rod during the next thunderstorm, hoping for 
the worst.

Ed