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ROMs - current market values

2013-04-08 by stimresp

Phew, I haven't been here in a long time...

I'm minded to sell my XL-7. No problem to move it locally.

However I have 3 additional ROMs installed. These are the Pop Collection, Vintage Collection and the super-rare Ensoniq Project Rom. All with original packaging and in excellent condition.

These were the very last ROMs in stock @ Creative, just after they aquired E-mu in 2003. I knew a lady working in their Dublin office and she tipped me off. I still payed a pretty penny for them.

I am not sure what the current market price for these should be. I am not fishing for a sale here, but I would like to know what other owners believe is a reasonable price for these ROMs should I decide to sell them.

The prices on www.theavenuesinstruments.com have always been too high. I don't believe they are worth that much. Perhaps the community could propose a market value for these (and other) ROMs? This might provide some consistency in the market. Some of the prices asked for ROMs have been ridiculous!

In the end, I would prefer that these went to a good home rather than to some spoiled brat who won't appreciate them.

Cheers,
Stim

Re: [xl7] ROMs - current market values

2013-04-08 by Nathan Steele

Well, you could look on ebay and check the sold listings for those ROM's, not the ridiculous prices some people post them for, but just the ones that actually sold. Personally, I wouldn't pay more than $100 for a ROM, and only a few of them would get that much from me. Maybe others disagree. but I use my CS's mostly as Sequencers, While they are fantastic ROMplers, I'm just not into ROMplers all that much. Mostly just use the drums if anything. Probably the best hardware sequencer ever made though.

On 4/8/2013 11:46 AM, stimresp wrote:

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Phew, I haven't been here in a long time...

I'm minded to sell my XL-7. No problem to move it locally.

However I have 3 additional ROMs installed. These are the Pop Collection, Vintage Collection and the super-rare Ensoniq Project Rom. All with original packaging and in excellent condition.

These were the very last ROMs in stock @ Creative, just after they aquired E-mu in 2003. I knew a lady working in their Dublin office and she tipped me off. I still payed a pretty penny for them.

I am not sure what the current market price for these should be. I am not fishing for a sale here, but I would like to know what other owners believe is a reasonable price for these ROMs should I decide to sell them.

The prices on www.theavenuesinstruments.com have always been too high. I don't believe they are worth that much. Perhaps the community could propose a market value for these (and other) ROMs? This might provide some consistency in the market. Some of the prices asked for ROMs have been ridiculous!

In the end, I would prefer that these went to a good home rather than to some spoiled brat who won't appreciate them.

Cheers,
Stim

Re: ROMs - current market values

2013-04-08 by stimresp

Thanks for the tip - I didn't know you could search old listings like that (not an ebay user).

Anyway here are the results.

I might as well just list them and see what happens.

Cheers

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Nathan Steele wrote:
>
> Well, you could look on ebay and check the sold listings for those
> ROM's, not the ridiculous prices some people post them for, but just the
> ones that actually sold. Personally, I wouldn't pay more than $100 for a
> ROM, and only a few of them would get that much from me. Maybe others
> disagree. but I use my CS's mostly as Sequencers, While they are
> fantastic ROMplers, I'm just not into ROMplers all that much. Mostly
> just use the drums if anything. Probably the best hardware sequencer
> ever made though.
>