The latest Ebay rips...

[MC]

Wow, a 10 cent fuse for the Minimoog selling for $7.00!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Moog-Model ... 337eec55e4

[Voltor07]

And people are dumb enough to pay that much for a fuse!

[Kevin Lightner]

$7 is a bit much for a fuse, but neither are they 10 cents any longer.
Most Mini fuses cost around a dollar each now, but sometimes you have to buy them in packs of 5 (approx $5.)

[kslight]

And people are dumb enough to pay that much for a fuse!

Admittedly the dumb part of this auction is less the price, more the fact that it is coming from Israel and takes 4-6 weeks to arrive...

[Voltor07]

$7 is a bit much for a fuse, but neither are they 10 cents any longer.
Most Mini fuses cost around a dollar each now, but sometimes you have to buy them in packs of 5 (approx $5.)

I've spent up to $6 after tax on packages of 5 fuses. Fuses are no longer cheap. The point here is, $7 IS TOO MUCH FOR A SINGLE FUSE!

[kslight]

$7 is a bit much for a fuse, but neither are they 10 cents any longer.
Most Mini fuses cost around a dollar each now, but sometimes you have to buy them in packs of 5 (approx $5.)

I've spent up to $6 after tax on packages of 5 fuses. Fuses are no longer cheap. The point here is, $7 IS TOO MUCH FOR A SINGLE FUSE!

What if you only need one instead of 5? Waste not, want not...

[Kevin Lightner]

What if you only need one instead of 5?

Then you put the remaining 4 on Ebay for $7 ea!

Seriously, if you buy a pack of 5, you probably already needed one.

But let's just say that your Mini just blew one and you have no idea why.
Well, it might have an internal short.

So you replace the original fuse and power it back up and it blows that new one too because the problem still remains.
Now you're down to 4, but need to get the synth repaired.
After it's repaired, you put in another one and now you're down to 3.

3 extra fuses isn't all that bad because depending on which ones you bought or need, they can be used in other locations.
(there's usually 3 fuses in a Mini.)
So buying a pack of 5 isn't completely silly.
You might go through some finding and fixing a problem that's causing them to blow in the first place.
Keeping a few spares is not a bad idea for a 30+ year old instrument.

[kslight]

What if you only need one instead of 5?

Then you put the remaining 4 on Ebay for $7 ea!

Seriously, if you buy a pack of 5, you probably already needed one.

But let's just say that your Mini just blew one and you have no idea why.
Well, it might have an internal short.

So you replace the original fuse and power it back up and it blows that new one too because the problem still remains.
Now you're down to 4, but need to get the synth repaired.
After it's repaired, you put in another one and now you're down to 3.

3 extra fuses isn't all that bad because depending on which ones you bought or need, they can be used in other locations.
(there's usually 3 fuses in a Mini.)
So buying a pack of 5 isn't completely silly.
You might go through some finding and fixing a problem that's causing them to blow in the first place.
Keeping a few spares is not a bad idea for a 30+ year old instrument.

Of course, I was being sarcastic....

[Kenneth]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sequential-Circ ... 3384b4dcc7

Can't believe there is someone walking this earth who thinks this is acceptable.

[Kevin Lightner]

Prices in the UK can often be like that.
Pretty nice P600 w/case tho.