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sfd · Post by **sfd** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:11 pm

A guy in Sweden sells a Roland Jupiter 8 for... € 7.900 ( $ 8.950 ) !

That's what I would call a nice try ! lol

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:35 pm

what... too cheap? too much?
On eBay there's a japanese one going for just below $10.000 I think.
Market prices are whatever a fool is prepared to give for it...

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:38 pm

Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

I've seen loads advertised for $10k.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:40 pm

Mushy Mushy wrote:I've seen loads advertised for $10k.

I think advertising and actually selling at that price is not the same thing

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:42 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Mushy Mushy wrote:I've seen loads advertised for $10k.
I think advertising and actually selling at that price is not the same thing

Ok fair point.
Though one assumes when something is listed and not relisted it's sold

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:45 pm

The last car i bought new cost only thousand more.

It's really beyond me how you can shell out that amount for a fairly limited instrument... but, hey, fair enough if it is worth that for you, it would never be for me.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:46 pm

What is it that makes the Jupiter 8 being listed at $9300

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ROLAND-JUPITER- ... Sw9VZXPB8r

While the JX-8P is at €400

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roland-JX-8P-An ... SwuhhXXdsW

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:48 pm

Supply and demand, i guess.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:48 pm

That's what they can and do sell for.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:51 pm

chk071 wrote:Supply and demand, i guess.

I think it is a case of buying as a storage investment (Jup-8) and actually buying to use as a synth (JX-8P)

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:54 pm

I would rather guess the Jupiter-8 is a whole lot more popular, and well known, than the JX-8P. Maybe more rare these days too.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:57 pm

chk071 wrote:I would rather guess the Jupiter-8 is a whole lot more popular.

+1 The Hipster factor, probably puts $5000 on top of what it should have sold for.

It is weird to think about how much flak received and downgraded Howard Jones has been, sort of the most uncool mullet artist of the early 80's, and who was one of the most well known users of that synth except him

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:00 pm

Numanoid wrote:What is it that makes the Jupiter 8 being listed at $9300

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ROLAND-JUPITER- ... Sw9VZXPB8r

While the JX-8P is at €400

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roland-JX-8P-An ... SwuhhXXdsW

Greed. Both prices are too much, but some ppl will pay anything. Good luck to the sellers i say. Im sure with that cash they can buy some decent stuff.

sfd · Post by **sfd** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:05 pm

I think it's a bubble. Question is when it'll crack.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:18 pm

If it had wood panels, probably would have sold for $15000

Roland Jupiter-8 for a ridiculous price