So ebay is Not the place to look for synthesizers then? It's interesting that you said that because I had bought my ARP AXXE off of ebay for $250.00. But then again that was the only Professional synthesizer that I ever bought off ebay. The only other keyboard that I ever bought was a cheap Casio keyboard an MT-500 or something like that, for around $30.00. I read in Mark Vail's second edition of Vintage Synthesizers, Wes Taggart of Analogics said: " The internet is not the best place to buy gear at a bargin price but it is a good place to sell gear" I could be mis quoteing him, but don't hold me to that.

I have never had a problem before becuse it was all through ebay. This only happend becuse I went outside of Ebay. I have bought and sold stuff on ebay, but not a lot. The most stuff I have sold was cheap home keyaboards. Well except for a JX-305 and a Mackie Mixer, but thats it. I have never paid more then $250.00 for an item. I usually buy stuff for under a hundred dollars. I have less chance of being burned. See I set a limit on what I buy I only go has high as $250.00 and then stop. If I can't get it for $250.00 then it's not worth it. I still like to go on ebay but I think I will be a lot more careful. I think ebay has grwon so fast and so huge that they have more sellers ripping people off now then when they started 10 years ago.

There are not too many places in Maryland that sell use synthesizers. Well there is one place just outside of Baltimore Maryland called Bill's Music House where I have bought used gear or discounted gear before, or traded in gear. So every so often I go into the store and look around.

What gets me with Ebay is all these items I see with an extremely low starting bid like $1.00 but then have a reserve price of say $800. is really hurting people and I see this happening more and more. If they wanted the $800.00 why not use the BUY IT NOW feature and be done with it. Instead of being idiots and having peolpe bid like crazy.

As P.T. Barnum said: "There's a sucker born every minute"