HOT: MXL V67G Condenser Mic with FREE SHOCKMOUNT $99.00

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The MXL V67G is going for $84.99 + Shipping on eBay (without shockmount). This website sells it for $99.00 w/ free shockmount and free shipping for order over $95.

I ordered myself this package and a euro mic boom stand for $20. Total: $99 + 20 = $119.00. Register for forums on this website, get an additional 5% off! So, new total = $113.05. I emailed the seller and politely asked for further reduction to make it an even $110.00. He agreed! :D

So, my new total is $110.00 for MXL V67G w/ Shockmount, and a Euro Mic boom stand, SHIPPED!! SO COOL.

Here is the site:

http://www.dm-gremlin.com/sales/product_info.php?products_id=444

Happy Buying!
 
So you came here, and you very, very first post was about what a great deal you got?

How long have you been in marketing?

;)

W.
 
hehehehe....


no, it's WAY more likely that it's just his good will, and he wants us to all get a good deal. I'm sure he in no way profits from the sale of these.

PLus my poop smells like JOlly Ranchers.
 
Wow, I'm sold. This is the best deal ever! How do I buy one of these microphones on ebay?
 
bsanfordnyc said:
PLus my poop smells like JOlly Ranchers.
I love Jolly Ranchers. How much for your poop?
 
Hey Asswonderboy - Is buying from yourself kinda like playing with yourself?? You could have at least tried to make your "post" a little less commercial but it's hard to get that marketing out of your head huhhh?
 
For what it's worth, and at the risk of being accused of profiting from this suggestion :D, I did what I always do....

I found the best deal I could on on the Internet, which in this case I agree is from D.M. Gremlin.

I brought the printed web page of this promotion from www.dm-gremlin.com to Guitar Center. They, like always, called the vendor to confirm the price. Since GC has a "we will match any price from an authorized dealer" policy, they placed a special order for the MXL V67g w/ shock mount with Marshall and had it shipped to their store. Six days later, I had the mic and the shock mount for $99.00, and paid NOTHING for shipping.

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SteveD
www.5adayclub.net/music/
 
Uh....okay. Geez. I just want to share the a good deal when I see one, and you guys made it like it's a bad thing.

DigitalDon said:
Hey Asswonderboy - Is buying from yourself kinda like playing with yourself?? You could have at least tried to make your "post" a little less commercial but it's hard to get that marketing out of your head huhhh?
First, it's A-Z-N, not ass. (I can't believe some members can be so IMMATURE!) Second, it's NOT my website. I'm NOT the one selling these. I was in search of a better solution for home recording and came across all the good reviews for the MXL V67 (and SP B1). I found this "best budget mic" for the lowest price possible and shared it with people. This is just my way of giving thanks back to the forum for providing me with so much information. Tsk tsk, and this is the thanks I got. However, I do admit it did sound like I was marketing. Well, that's what buying and selling stuffs on eBay do to a young mind. I just wanted to be as descriptive as possible for all the readers.
David Lo Pan said:
Wow, I'm sold. This is the best deal ever! How do I buy one of these microphones on ebay?
Click on the link on my first post. They dont' have this on ebay (yet).

SteveD said:
For what it's worth, and at the risk of being accused of profiting from this suggestion :D, I did what I always do....

I found the best deal I could on on the Internet, which in this case I agree is from D.M. Gremlin.

I brought the printed web page of this promotion from www.dm-gremlin.com to Guitar Center. They, like always, called the vendor to confirm the price. Since GC has a "we will match any price from an authorized dealer" policy, they placed a special order for the MXL V67g w/ shock mount with Marshall and had it shipped to their store. Six days later, I had the mic and the shock mount for $99.00, and paid NOTHING for shipping.
Why did you go through so much to get the same price? On the website, it's the same thing: $99 for the mic, shockmount, NOTHING for shipping, NO TAX, plus an additional 5% off (~ $94 in the end.)
 
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No, you said I could get this microphone on ebay. I want to use ebay! Tell me how!!!!
 
aznwonderboy said:
Why did you go through so much to get the same price? On the website, it's the same thing: $99 for the mic, shockmount, NOTHING for shipping, NO TAX, plus an additional 5% off (~ $94 in the end.)
I looked again and you're right. If you click on non-standard shipping, you can get it with free shipping. I missed that. Since I never created an account with them I never made it to the last screen, so I didn't know about the extra 5% discount... unless I missed that too :confused: .

Oh well, it's only a couple bucks. In the grand scheme of things that's nothing, but I would have preferred having it shipped directly to my door for free... that's for sure :D .

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SteveD
www.5adayclub.net/music/
 
Hey thanks!

I really appreciate your post. You're probably like a lot of us-you've learned a lot of good stuff on this BBS, and you'd like to give something back. Thanks again.
 
Hey, I just checked out the site, and they also have a package deal with the v67g with shockmount, mogami mic cable(only 6 ft though), and presonus blue tube preamp for $200, just in case anyone was interested.
 
David Lo Pan said:
No, you said I could get this microphone on ebay. I want to use ebay! Tell me how!!!!

Go on eBay and search "V67G". The lowest price listed (now) is $79.99 + $10 shipping. I only mentioned eBay to compare the prices.

There is no such deal on Ebay (yet) where you get free shockmount with the mic for $99.00 + free shipping.
 
Track Rat said:
I love Jolly Ranchers. How much for your poop?


Well, you can get My Poop v67 with a shockmount for under $100. hows that?
 
Well, it is fitting. I always did think the v67 kinda' sounded like shit.
 
Microphones and Things

Well, well well... I never knew a place like this existed. Thanks Azn for telling people about my site. The boost in traffic has inspired me to stop playing Half-Life and try to finish uploading sound clips and listing the rest of my products. For those of you suspicious about 'hidden marketing techniques', you ever stop to wonder if these entire forums are a marketing technique for zZounds? Or maybe they just pay a bunch of money to homerecording.com for advertising. Who knows. Perhaps I'll try and get my banner up here too and see what happens.

One thing that concerns me somewhat (and one of the things that inspired me to write) was the story about using my ad to get a discount at Guitar Center. While it makes my smile to know that somewhere, a Guitar Center got shafted, I should also fill you in with a little inside info on how the system works (assuming you don't already know):

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All dealers must abide by what is called a Minimum Advertised Price (M.A.P., commonly known in the industry as 'Maximum Asking Price') or else they can get in trouble with their manufacturer for advertising below this price and potentially get dropped as dealers. This is how Guitar Center and Sam Ash and all of those places can feel perfectly safe in doing their 'Price Matching Guarantee'. Here's why -

If you read the fine print, you can't just bring in your receipt from another store where you paid less for something and get them to price match with what you paid: the price matching only applies to regularly advertised (not special sale) prices. I suspect that the large chain stores have enough clout to actually negotiate what that M.A.P. is, though I can't be certain - one thing is for sure, none of the chain stores will advertise above this M.A.P. except perhaps on more obscure items or special orders where you get to pay full retail.

What does this mean? This means that anyone that beats Guitar Center / Sam Ash's advertised prices is most likely in violation of the M.A.P. agreement, and by bringing in the ad to the store, you are alerting a major chain store with a lot of clout with the manufacturer of this. If someone were to make a lot of sales under the M.A.P. and even threaten to make a dent into the profits of the major chain stores, you can bet that the chain stores will complain to the manufacturer and the independent dealer that you saw that great deal from will no longer be allowed to sell products from that manufacturer, and said chain store can resume its normal pricing structure.

While the other side of the coin here is that if the M.A.P. didn't exist, it would be easy for independent dealers, who don't spend as much money promoting whatever given product in question as the chain stores would by selling for such small margins that they could perhaps afford due to lack of overhead would de-value the product, causing the large chain stores to stop carrying those products, stop promoting those products, inevitably hurting the manufacturer by phasing those products into obscurity.

You bring up a good point by mentioning that you can get most MXL mics on E-bay. This is a perfect example of the proliferation of under-m.a.p. sales causing a large chains to stop selling those items. I know that musicians friend has demanded to have their own exclusive MXL product lines (which btw aren't as high quality as the non-exclusive mics) and I know that many of the local stores don't sell most of the MXL line, and thus, don't promote them - and so nobody knows much about say, the V77S.

Speaking of E-Bay, as a dealer privy to all the prices that dealers pay, it makes me suspicious of many of the things I see on E-Bay. Sometimes the prices that things are being sold for are actually less than *I* can get them for when I'm dealing straight with the manufacturer. You might think this is a good thing, but I end up asking myself 'where did these people REALLY get the equipment that they're selling?' and 'is it REALLY new?', because if they're really getting that stuff new from the manufacturer, they are losing a lot of money, especially when you consider E-Bay final value and listing fees. Keep in mind that because of these fees, an independent dealer NOT selling on E-Bay will always have a lower overhead than a dealer who does sell on E-Bay.

Technically though, since I'm giving away the shock mount free with the microphone that I'm selling, I'm not violating any M.A.P. agreement - though this merchant business _is_ run by humans, so I'd rather stay just under the radar and not put this theory to the test. If you see the deal suddenly disappear, you'll know what happened - though as MXL tends to allow rampant violations of the M.A.P. to occur on E-Bay (or maybe those people selling those mics aren't really dealers, who knows) I probably shouldn't worry. At least I'm TRYING to follow the rules. Also, just because I'm not allowed to advertise below a given price doesn't mean that I (or anyone else for that matter) am not allowed to sell an item below M.A.P., if someone were to call and ask for the price. See above about M.A.P. and price matching only applying to advertised prices.
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Anyways, I'm glad I found this place. It makes for some interesting reading, although some of the info on some of the main pages is a little out of date. Also I think it can be a waste of time to argue about 'my mic is better than yours' or 'this mic sounds like poop' without sound clips to back up what you're saying and to let people form their own opinions. Anyway, a week or so from now I'm going to be getting my hands on one of these 'B1's that everyone is talking about and comparing it with the V67G as well as a few other mics I use around here at my studio. If anyone has any instruments they'd like me to play through each to compare, let me know. I'm also taking requests for other gear experiments / comparisons (if I have them) on my own forums. Maybe a V67G with and without a Presonus TubePre? I'm also interested in hearing feedback about what kinds of recording gear packages you'd like to see for sale. If it sounds reasonable I might just make it happen.

Wow, look at the size of this message. Sorry about that. I type about as fast as I talk and tend to ramble. I hope someone finds something I said useful. Oh, and be excellent to eacother.
 
Re: Microphones and Things

dmGremlin said:
Well, well well... I never knew a place like this existed. Thanks Azn for telling people about my site. The boost in traffic has inspired me to stop playing Half-Life and try to finish uploading sound clips and listing the rest of my products.
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I hope someone finds something I said useful. Oh, and be excellent to eacother.
Well hello there Mr. Gremlin!

Nice post. I recognize you are well within the rules for M.A.P. s. I certainly didn't mean to cause you any harm.

As for what I'd like to see/hear in terms of comparison shopping... I'm interested in an 8 channel pre-amp... like the True Precision 8 or the Presonus M80. As usual, I'm looking for the best price I can find. (Aren't we all?)

I don't think I want to spring for the "big boys" yet (Crane Song, Avalon, Manley, and most Focusrite) but the reviews for these two 8 channel pre's look pretty good to me. I suppose I could be talked out of an 8 channel pre, 'cause I don't see any out there with an eq. Since it will be straight into the DAW, it would be nice to keep the eq plug-ins in the software to a minimum by printing exactly what I want to hear, instead of trying to "fix it in the mix". I checked your site today to see if you sell the two 8 pre's I mentioned but didn't see them. But like you said... maybe I should ask.

Whatcha got in terms of 8 channel pre-amps? I bet you at least have some advice... right?

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SteveD
www.5adayclub.net/music/
 
Hello and well met, SteveD!

No worries, I know you weren't trying to cause me any harm. As for 8 channel pre-amps, I am in fact also a Presonus dealer, so if you really want an M80 I can get you one. Its the only 8-channel preamp that I sell, and I haven't done much comparing with preamps, but I'll make a note of it as something to do. I'm not quite sure if advice on this is 'on topic' but here goes anyway:

I would suggest though, especially if you're looking for preamps and an eq section, to simply buy a mixer. For the price of an M80, you could get yourself a used Mackie 24x8, and yes I reccomend buying a used (but not abused) and broken in console to avoid potential headaches. Not only is it cheaper this way, but generally with those things if something is going to break, it will break right away - and its not a fun thing trying to return one of those or have it sent in for repair. Anyway, with a Mackie 24x8 you get well, 24 preamps. While it might be nice to have an Avalon or a Focusrite or even a hi-jacked Neve preamp, the preamps on a 24x8 are good enough that many a gold record have been produced with them, and with the money that you save you could even get yourself a nice Mogami 8 channel audio snake to connect from the direct or bus outputs to your DAW... plus having a mixer like that will impress your friends and clients. That's what I've got running in my studio at any rate, though in retrospect I should have gotten the 24x8 used.

If you want to save yourself even more money you could go with a Mackie 1604 or 1642 VLZ pro (also far less of a headache to return and/or service if need be), both have bus and direct outs with their preamps. The VLZ pro series actually have slightly nicer preamps than on the 24x8 (the 'premium' XDR preamps). Or if you really want a slick combination, kind of the best of both worlds, you could get a 1642 VLZ pro, and with the money saved, get a DigiMAX LT (I'm not sure what DAW you're working must most have lightpipe in addition to analog) - so you'd have 8 extra channels with the snazzy digital preamp, 16 analog Mackie XDR preamps with basic eqs, and enough money left over to get that Mogami audio snake if you were so inclined.

What kind of DAW are you running? Most of the time I actually usually prefer to use the 'plug-in' EQs over the EQs on my mixer. Sometimes I'll use a low-cut filter on the board or something very very minor but being the anal engineer that I am, I prefer the precision of plug-in EQs even sometimes to the EQs on an SSL. Nothing like being able to figure out the 'note' that is ringing on a snare, punch that note into my studio calculater and get a frequency number, and then type that number into the EQ and nail it right away, but that's just my opinion. Some other engineers I know can do it all just as well with analog EQs.

I hope this helps.
 
Something smells funny. I won't be purchasing anything from your site, sorry.

W.
 
Sure thing, Waldo. What exactly makes you so uncomfortable? Maybe you can share with the rest of your folks here so they can know how to spot 'bad smells'.
 
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