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Finally...my lucky day!

Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-12 by p_k_daniels

Finally after two and a half years of frustrating bidding, Ive scored my SDSV brain and pads, and for less than half my bid price for a brain alone!!!
red pads/brain £400 inc shipping
my hands are now sweating waiting to touch them ;-)

Re: [Simmons Drums] Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-12 by Chris Cronin

Saw those on Ebay yesterday, you got a pretty good deal in the current market. The musicaid SDSV mysteriously vanished yesterday....

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From: p_k_daniels <p_k_daniels@...>
Subject: [Simmons Drums] Finally...my lucky day!
To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 12 May, 2011, 14:55






Finally after two and a half years of frustrating bidding, Ive scored my SDSV brain and pads, and for less than half my bid price for a brain alone!!!
red pads/brain £400 inc shipping
my hands are now sweating waiting to touch them ;-)








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Re: [Simmons Drums] Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-12 by ALFONSO PACHES

. Welcome to the sdsv club . It´s a good price nowadays, and red pads with white surface are really cool. Enjoy them !

--- El jue, 12/5/11, p_k_daniels <p_k_daniels@...> escribió:


De: p_k_daniels <p_k_daniels@...>
Asunto: [Simmons Drums] Finally...my lucky day!
Para: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
Fecha: jueves, 12 de mayo, 2011 15:55






Finally after two and a half years of frustrating bidding, Ive scored my SDSV brain and pads, and for less than half my bid price for a brain alone!!!
red pads/brain £400 inc shipping
my hands are now sweating waiting to touch them ;-)








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Re: Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-12 by superwolle70

Keep it, and keep it warm! The chances to get one are getting less every day. The price is cool and about the money I spend for my very first SDSV in 2003

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--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "p_k_daniels" <p_k_daniels@...> wrote:
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> Finally after two and a half years of frustrating bidding, Ive scored my SDSV brain and pads, and for less than half my bid price for a brain alone!!!
> red pads/brain £400 inc shipping
> my hands are now sweating waiting to touch them ;-)
>

Re: [Simmons Drums] Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-13 by jesper

p_k_daniels skrev 2011-05-12 15:55:
> Finally after two and a half years of frustrating bidding, Ive scored my
> SDSV brain and pads, and for less than half my bid price for a brain
> alone!!!
> red pads/brain £400 inc shipping
> my hands are now sweating waiting to touch them ;-)

The red/white set on Ebay? I was sooooooo tempted. :)

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Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-13 by jesper

superwolle70 skrev 2011-05-12 17:38:
> Keep it, and keep it warm! The chances to get one are getting less every
> day. The price is cool and about the money I spend for my very first
> SDSV in 2003

First in 2003?! I consider you more and more crazy for each passing day.
:) I could've sworn you being a Simmons addict since at least the mid
90's. You sure have bought a lot in just eight years!

I think I got my first SDS-V in '98 or '99...

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Re: Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-13 by superwolle70

I got my first SDSV flyer in 1983 in London at the age of 13. 20 years later, on a toilet somewhere in Cologne in a recording studio reading a vintage Modern Drummer magazine (showing a red Ludwig kit with 2 red/black SDSV pads on the right; if somebody knows the number of that particular issue: Please let me know) I thought it was about time to become an Ebay user. That's the true story but that should also be enough private stories for the moment :-P
And no, I don't consider myself being crazy at all.

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--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
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> superwolle70 skrev 2011-05-12 17:38:
> > Keep it, and keep it warm! The chances to get one are getting less every
> > day. The price is cool and about the money I spend for my very first
> > SDSV in 2003
>
> First in 2003?! I consider you more and more crazy for each passing day.
> :) I could've sworn you being a Simmons addict since at least the mid
> 90's. You sure have bought a lot in just eight years!
>
> I think I got my first SDS-V in '98 or '99...
>
> --
> electronically yours, jesper
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Re: Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-13 by superwolle70

Probably I should mention that I have lost my very first SDSV auction I bid on. Mint, white, beautiful. Some kind of trauma, although afterwards I've heard that at least one pad broke during the delivery from Switzerland to the US

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--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
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> superwolle70 skrev 2011-05-12 17:38:
> > Keep it, and keep it warm! The chances to get one are getting less every
> > day. The price is cool and about the money I spend for my very first
> > SDSV in 2003
>
> First in 2003?! I consider you more and more crazy for each passing day.
> :) I could've sworn you being a Simmons addict since at least the mid
> 90's. You sure have bought a lot in just eight years!
>
> I think I got my first SDS-V in '98 or '99...
>
> --
> electronically yours, jesper
>
> - -- --- ---- ----- ---- --- -- -
> www.electronic-obsession.se
>

Re: Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-13 by p_k_daniels

Thanks guys, another piece of Simmons history to give a good home too. Im gonna have to get a bigger house;-)
or set up a UK version of the simmonsmuseum!
im not sure if it has the cables and stands but at that price im not too worried, I can makeup or aquire suitable stands/cables easy enough.
Was very surprised at the final price, ive been upping my top bid by £20 every time Ive been outbid, so was pleasently surprised..maybe the world downturn has killed the crazy prices for a while?

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--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "p_k_daniels" <p_k_daniels@...> wrote:
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> Finally after two and a half years of frustrating bidding, Ive scored my SDSV brain and pads, and for less than half my bid price for a brain alone!!!
> red pads/brain £400 inc shipping
> my hands are now sweating waiting to touch them ;-)
>

Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: Finally...my lucky day!

2011-05-13 by jesper

p_k_daniels skrev 2011-05-13 17:21:
> Thanks guys, another piece of Simmons history to give a good home too.
> Im gonna have to get a bigger house;-)
> or set up a UK version of the simmonsmuseum!
> im not sure if it has the cables and stands but at that price im not too
> worried, I can makeup or aquire suitable stands/cables easy enough.
> Was very surprised at the final price, ive been upping my top bid by £20
> every time Ive been outbid, so was pleasently surprised..maybe the world
> downturn has killed the crazy prices for a while?

I think the sudden flood of SDS-V on Ebay helped out a lot. It's also
Vemia-time... People might save up for other goodies. *nudge, nudge*

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