Ebay and the state of the UK! What a shambles!

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Yeah I'm in for some hefty bills on that one mate! But I had a target figure that I wanted for the stuff and that has now been exceeded by £300ish quid...so happy days! Just want shot of the stuff though, it's paid me back many times over the years with all the gigging I've done...so whatever I get will be a nice little bonus!

 

eBay is more of a retail outlet with all the buy it now items from china, I once sold a PC on eBay about 4 years ago, just the base unit. The buyer put in a complaint saying the processor was lower spec, the heat sink had come off and damaged the graphics card, I asked for photos but he said it was too small to show up on his camera. I refused to give a refund, he then said he was a MP and would take me to court. in the end eBay too my side.

 

Well the complete sale exceeded the £2.5K mark...which is £1k more than I had hoped for!!! Also, the listing and final valuation fees are approx £125! Obviously, there is going to be some Paypal fees mixed in with that for those who paid that way...but yeah...brill!!!

 

Cheers mate.

the shock factor was:

Zildjian A Custom Projection 16" £90
Zildjian A Custom Projection 17" £98
Zildjian Z Custom Ride 20" £90

However, that was made up by:

Zildjian K 13" Hats: £177

I'm sure you'd of loved them cymbals at that price mate!

 

Seems the the Ks are in high demand mate! Z and A cymbals appear to be just common trash! i thought I'd distanced myself by going for Projections but obviously not!

Check this out dude: Tama Starclassic Performer 6 piece kit with Hardware (cymbal stands, Iron Cobra pedal, iron cobra hi-hat, Tama throne too...all Tama) all purchased in mid 2002. Guess how much I got for it all? £820 mate! Not a bad f*ckin return on a gigged kit...all of it is proper gigged mate! I put it up for £300 and thought I'd be lucky to get £500 but my now former work collegue in Glasgow said at the time that his gut feeling was £800 sheets for the lot! I'm pretty pleased at that!

 

In fact here is a vid from a band I was in back in 2002 when I had just bought those Ks:

http://www.youtube.com/user/cometogetherband#p/search/8/QGuWKqp6owU

Tis only a camcorder but the Ks just slice through the mix and are nice and 'swishy'...I was 5 stone lighter back then too!

 

Well it's the old game ain't it mate...good name, good wood and good metal! The big issue these days on the 2nd hand marked it that a lot of people can get this gear on 0% finance...so they tend to go brand new! But the older stuff is just as good...if not better!

I agree on the Tama stuff mate, but it seems that the Zildjian A and Z stuff is pretty common...Ks seems to be the most sought after!

Mind you...I was offered £300 on the Tama to end the auction! I was told in the message that it was a FEPOS (Far Eastern Piece Of Sh1t) and that I wouldn't get more then £300 for it...seems that they were wrong! It's a Birch kit that was Made in Japan...a lot of quality in there mate!

 

Great, thanks for sharing, those old Quo songs will never die

I used to do a mean version of mean mean girl with the band a few years ago

 

this

getting pissed off because someone says 'hey' makes you sounds like an arse.

EDIT: For the record i do not think you are an arse from reading plenty of your posts. I do however think getting annoyed because someone says hey to you is arsey.

 

Nah mate...the inability to practice was always something of an issue i.e. the noise! No matter whether it be on an e-kit or an a-kit, it was always tricky to get in some long practice.

Also, the lugging around of gear etc is something I won't miss either!!!!

I think my old Premier kit is still being played in that very club on that video! I used it a lot there before buying the Tama and one of the regulars there was constantly begging me to sell him the kit. It was well knackered though so I'd be interested to see what it looks like today!

 

No probs! There is tons of vids on that channel...not all me, stuff up to about 2003 is me. I never knew just how many gigs the lead guitarist filmed until he created that channel! Don't seem to remember him ever setting up a camcorder??