Tim Marchant
Member
Well after winning a Rega P2 this weekend on Ebay, I was all psyched up and ready to begin my journey into vinyl.
I figure for $220 I had gotten a good deal, even if the catridge or stylus needed replacing. Come to fnd out I dont have a phono input on my receiver so Im going to have to buy one.
Over the weekend I had emailed a ton of people selling tables and asked what the best price they were willing to sell it for. This morning after the dust settled I had an email from a guy in CAN who was willing to let his 3 year old mint Rega P2 with never used cartridge for $200. He was asking $350 but came down 40% (unless ofcourse he was asking $350 can and never advertised as such, it came with a Denon which he never installed and bought a Linn cart the day he bought the table, but later sold the Linn cart , so the Denon cart is new still). He also had a Rotel RQ-970BX mm/mc phono preamplifier he was asking $150 for and said I could have it for $50 if I bought it with the table. So for $275 shipped I now have another P2 coming, and a phono preamp.
I emailed the guy from Ebay giving him the option of letting me relist the tabel for him and giving him whatever it close at if over the original $220, or making sure he got atleast $250 if it didnt reach $220. He had 0 feedback and didnt even have the word turntable in his title, Im sure I can get $300 for it and he gets an extra $80. I also offered to pay him $20 for listing fees and let him relist it himself. Hopefully he works with me. We shall see.
To top off my good luck, I went to my first thrift store this morning and found 5 great albums for $1 each. Cant wait!
Tim
I figure for $220 I had gotten a good deal, even if the catridge or stylus needed replacing. Come to fnd out I dont have a phono input on my receiver so Im going to have to buy one.
Over the weekend I had emailed a ton of people selling tables and asked what the best price they were willing to sell it for. This morning after the dust settled I had an email from a guy in CAN who was willing to let his 3 year old mint Rega P2 with never used cartridge for $200. He was asking $350 but came down 40% (unless ofcourse he was asking $350 can and never advertised as such, it came with a Denon which he never installed and bought a Linn cart the day he bought the table, but later sold the Linn cart , so the Denon cart is new still). He also had a Rotel RQ-970BX mm/mc phono preamplifier he was asking $150 for and said I could have it for $50 if I bought it with the table. So for $275 shipped I now have another P2 coming, and a phono preamp.
I emailed the guy from Ebay giving him the option of letting me relist the tabel for him and giving him whatever it close at if over the original $220, or making sure he got atleast $250 if it didnt reach $220. He had 0 feedback and didnt even have the word turntable in his title, Im sure I can get $300 for it and he gets an extra $80. I also offered to pay him $20 for listing fees and let him relist it himself. Hopefully he works with me. We shall see.
To top off my good luck, I went to my first thrift store this morning and found 5 great albums for $1 each. Cant wait!
Tim
