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Thanx for the vid!! that thing sounds great really!

i like your studio and the coffee table

thanx again

Looks & sounds very attractive !!
Mr. Elhardt, is the auction still open, and if so what's the current bidding price ? I'd be very interested...
Cheers,
- THM -

+1 on the video demo.

Nice unit.. looks like it could satisfy my craving for the Vermona Crossfilter.

How much $?

Based on questions to me, it appears that people haven't bothered read the very first post in this thread where I give all the details in including price, or should I say, starting bid at $550. That's the price I was going to sell it at if I just put it up for sale. But that would mean, if it gets snapped up immediately, then nobody else would have a shot at it, since there's only one of these things. So that's why I decided I'll put it up starting at $550, and let people bid up from there if they want it more than the last guy. So far I've gotten two people email me who seem to indicate they want to buy it, but what I was expecting / hoping for, was that they would make a post to this thread saying something like, I'll bid $550. And then if somebody wants it more, they'll post saying they'll bid $560. I figured it couldn't go on too long, and I would come back in a week after people battled it out, and it would go to the winner. If that doesn't start happening soon, then I'll contact people in the order of a 1st come, 1st chance to buy it kind of thing.

A link to Matrixsynth's blog in my first post shows all the photos and what it comes with.

To CTRLSHFT: I'm not trying "again". This is my first time. I may have mentioned that I was going to sell it, but never actually went through with it. Yes, it is a great unit, and I've delayed for many months because I wasn't sure if I wanted to sell it, but I have bought so many different kinds of filters for my modulars as to cover the functionality of this unit. And I'm in the mood to get rid of things and get some much needed money in here.

Thanks for your interest. And once again, be sure to read my first post.
-Ken Elhardt

Ken,
If you want to auction it, why not put it on ebay where the world can see it? Seems it would save the hassle of trying to figure it out on a limited membership non sales board.

JOIBO.

thank you for the video. even though it was "thrown together" it was short and sweet and demoed it nicely. after watching i started looking around my room to see if there was anything i could sell off lol. but its a little to much for me to be spending right now, but well worth it i think. best of luck

Just Me: Ebay is good for well known stuff, like Arp 2600s, Minimoogs, etc. But for unusual items like this, I'm not so sure. Nobody is specifically looking for one, because one has never existed before. I figured I'd mention it on about 5 different forums and get right to the target audience. And also, some people on these forums won't bid on ebay, so that might only reduce interest.

AND NOTE: Somebody named Jay, who is not registered on the forum, put in a bid for $600. I'll contact the other person who was also interested and see what he wants to do about that. If he doesn't, nor does anybody else want to outbid that amount within the next 2 to 3 days, then it will be considered sold to Jay.

Thanks for reading,
-Ken Elhardt

I don't want to do any harm to Jay, but I'm still interested; I'll let you know maybe still tonight or at last tomorrow.

Small question: I'm located in Belgium (Europe); there's a power voltage of 220-230 V here (instead of 110 V); would that give any issues or could you change the power supply in 220/230 V before sending ? (I'm a technical dummy...)
And do you have any idea about appr. shipping costs to Europe ?

Elhardt wrote: To CTRLSHFT: I'm not trying "again". This is my first time. I may have mentioned that I was going to sell it, but never actually went through with it. Yes, it is a great unit, and I've delayed for many months because I wasn't sure if I wanted to sell it, but I have bought so many different kinds of filters for my modulars as to cover the functionality of this unit. And I'm in the mood to get rid of things and get some much needed money in here.

I think you misunderstood me, the "again" part was referring to you previously mentioning it, not previously selling it. i was just giving you a compliment.

Hi Mr. Elhardt, please let me know if you haven't got my pm.

CTRLSHFT: Okay. I don't think I misunderstood as I didn't think you thought I sold it before. I was just pointing out that I hadn't tried to sell it before. But thanks for the compliment. It looks like it will be sold off soon.

THM: I emailed you, so yes, I got your messages and see your posts here.

Just an update, the last official unconditional bid was by R. James for $650. Since he's also not a member of this forum, I'm now handling any potential additional bidding through regular email as it's faster.

-Ken Elhardt

Okay I think that if you really want to sell it you ned to put it on ebay so people who aren't members like "Jay" who throws in a bid lets say "600" can't Make Moog forum members here unofficially bid or falsely drive up prices.

No offence but it sounds like you want to appeal to Moog lovers who are already willing to spend top dollar on rare stuff and capitalize on the types of overly inflated prices that the "Moog Name" tends to bring.

No disrespect intended, El, but put it on a properly sanctioned auction.

EricK

Hello EricK. Actually "Jay" said he used to be a member but was banned. So maybe you know him. He dropped out of bidding. But I put it on the Moog Forum because it's a piece of Moog gear basically, seemed like the target audience, and the forum can be viewed by people who aren't members. Normally I would have just told people to sign up if they want to bid, but Amos told me the registration process is slow do to they need to approve new people.

I might have mentioned above, but ebay mostly seems to be good for well known items like TR-808s, Minimoogs, etc. When somebody put a Formula Sound filter bank (designed by Bob Moog) on ebay, it didn't sell. I noticed that with a lot of less common items. And IIRC, Voltor doesn't want to use ebay, and he was the original main person interested in it. But anyway, there's only two people left, and the high bidder is THM in Belgium for $700. So there's no need to put it on ebay, because it's essentially sold to one of those last two guys. All bidders have all other bidders emails because I'm handling it directly through email now anyway. They're free to email each other if they want. But that's what's going on.

-Ken Elhardt

Well, I guess I am not banned anymore. But I was the "Jay" who bid $600.

Oh, it's SynthBaron Jay, the one who was also banned from the dot.com list. So secretive about your identity. Anyway, just for your interest, I had two European bidders that went back and forth via email, and they bid it up to $1200. They really wanted the thing. It's going to the UK. If I ever run across a broken down Polymoog for cheap, I'll buy it just to part it out like before and build another res box to sell.

-Ken Elhardt