Bloody Norah! It's almost €150!!! Rather steep... 🙁 🙁 🙁

Ebay's utter rubbish! It hyper-inflates the prices...

rug wrote:

Ebay's utter rubbish! It hyper-inflates the prices...

When was the last time you saw one complete in box? That makes all the difference to a collector/investor as opposed to someone who intends to actually use it. If you're buying it to use, a loose one will almost always be a better deal.

I've been looking occasionally on US eBay, and I don't see MT-32 or SC-55 family synths much any more. Wouldn't mind a CM-32L someday.

I had a hard time trying to get my own CM-32L. Those things are extremely RARE and HARD TO FIND! I pretty much pulled the trigger after one popped up, and I did pay about 150 AUD for mine from a ebay seller from Japan. It arrived fine, although with a few scuffs and an ugly yellow colour, but it works just like a new one!

They won't get any cheaper, so just buy one when one shows up.

Some prices on ebay I consider inadequately high, but not concerning rare items like CM-32L or LAPC-I. Listen to Mau1wurf1977, and don't hope the prices would go down - they won't.

Last three months I haven't seen any CM32L on sale, and saw only one CM32LN, it was sold last week.

With the external synth modules Ebay is pretty high priced. I would recommend looking locally and on local auction sites. You're much more likely to get a good deal there.

Another option is to buy one from Japan where prices are much lower and use a carrier service to buy and ship it for you (I use noppin.com which charge 500yen minimum for buying & paying the product for you and shipping it for you). I got my CM500 for around 70 dollars + shipping in Japan.