looking for a site that lists used gear prices

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i'm just about to lay out some $ on some older equipment, including the ART SC2 and a Gatex...before i do i wanted to check on the prices...when i did this a while back i came across a great site that listed tons of gear and their street and used prices but i didn't bookmark it and now i can't find it. does this ring a bell with anyone, it as a super useful resource for folks like me, who don't have super resources. thanks.
 
I think it was called Pre-Pal or something similar.
I used to have it bookmarked too.
 
yes

that's it. thank you very much and, whew, i didn't overpay!
 
by the way - while prepal is cool, it's dreadfully inaccurate imho and hasn't had new products added for what, 5 years? so it's the best there is and definitely helpful, but don't base TOO much upon what you find there.

it doesn't take into account the difference between pay now and auction prices on ebay for example, and it obviously isn't aware of the true sale price of classified sale prices (such as craigslist) and as such is really only accurate as a guide for trying to sell on ebay.

I see people ask huge prices for things on craigslist because prepal told them it sells for that. well guess what? art pro mpa units don't go for $238 or whatever. they're ancient units now and as they get older will have more issues... they're frickin chinese (sure they sound great, that's not my point). mpa golds might go for that used, but they're not listed in prepal because they're too "new" (how many years old are mpa golds now?)

that's off the top of my head, but the point I think is valid even if my example may not be. don't trust it entirely, and don't go paying those prices because the site says that's what they go for.

use common sense, check out how old a device is, and so on. prepal tends to lump newer models in with older ones under the same older product heading and then the prices get skewed and are no longer useful imho.

and no - I'm not jilted because I couldn't afford that used mpa gold I saw on craigslist ;-) really. not me.

cheers,
Don
 
Great advice D-man (as usual)

I've used the prepal site as a ballpark site... If I'm buying or selling, I'll look for auctions for the same device, put them on my watch list... and see what they go for (without bidding)... then list or bid based on what I find is a reasonable price.
 
MOFO Pro said:
Great advice D-man (as usual)

I've used the prepal site as a ballpark site... If I'm buying or selling, I'll look for auctions for the same device, put them on my watch list... and see what they go for (without bidding)... then list or bid based on what I find is a reasonable price.
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good call. I think I've done the same thing, at least when it comes to something worth more than $100. sadly these days I'm buying cheap though. Surprising what one can get for $100 (or even $25) if you're patient, smart and willing to shoot the sh** a bit LoL

cheers :-)
 
Some of my best deals were on items I wasn't even looking for... just keep your ear to the ground, your eyes wide open, and remain open to the possibilities...
 
just picked up a Rebis rack (3U thing similar to 500 series lunchbox etc but it's own form factor), fully loaded with:

6 VERY NICE noise gates (actually seem to work as expanders so much nicer for recording use than on/off type crap, but still meh, they're noise gates)

1 super cool sounding compressor (single channel vca, extremely nice sounding with some character all it's own)

1 de-esser (meh, not as good as my dbx de-esser)

2 very nice full frequency (20-20,000) fully parametric single channel single point para eqs

1 full patchbay for it all prewired

1 meter that can be patched inline with one or more of the devices

I paid $100.

was worth about 50 times that much when new 25 years ago. talk about under the radar... one noise gate doesn't work, big deal, I hardly use noise gates (although might be into playing with them here since they have great control and are externally keyable as is the compressor).

this thing is amazing sounding. it's like a lunchbox, all of these are different strips in it. wish it had more of those Ra223 compressors, holy cow that thing is wonderful.

from what my tech told me this british Rebis company was bought by KT at the end of the 80s and turned into the next gen KT stuff.

I wasn't looking for this at all. just fell into my lap. good things come along once in a while.

cheers,
Don
 
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