Reasonable price for a 3000 in decent condition?

I thought those were user replaceable? Also thought they were about $30 on that one site...doesn't seem to bad to me. Maybe they're tough to put in?

Are you sure? If so, please share the link...
But consider the fact that if you have to ship to someone to have it repaired and have the work done by a pro it's a substantial amount of money regardless. I have 2 MPC 3000's at this moment and I've paid about 1300 for one and $1400 for the other. I haven't been checking it out that much right now but those were average prices like 2 years ago. One of the reasons MPC's might be going for cheap right now is the America recession so you might as well take advantage. I personally wanted to sell one of my MPC's but will wait this one out.

the 3000 auction that's linked in this thread had this link in it:

http://backlights.telesisgear.com/

and stated the backlights would be $33...now, if the seller was telling the truth or not, I don't know.

if you pay more than 4o for a backlight
youre overpaying
3o-4o is about avg

what's going on gentlemen?

i'm the seller of that 3000 (FOR CHEAP!) off ebay.
had to move it quickly so i tried to give somebody a good deal.

the guy paid quickly, i shipped the next day...we're good, right?

well, unfortunately, the guy that bought it has been emailing me nonstop.
apparently, it wasn't the backlight, it was the inverter.

dude wants to return it. i'm telling him no because i reported all the probelms as honestly as i could using all the knowledge i have.

what do you guys think?
also, where should i direct him to find a new inverter?
search function is telling me vst...anybody have any other leads?

thanks for your time!

you sold it cheap , the display is still readable , if you expect a perfect 3000 you have to pay the price , he can buy an inverter from VST ( or http://www.midi-rakete.de , in europe ) and do the job himself for a few dollars if he absolutly wants a perfect one , that's my opinion .

pieuvre wrote:you sold it cheap , the display is still readable , if you expect a perfect 3000 you have to pay the price , he can buy an inverter from VST ( or http://www.midi-rakete.de , in europe ) and do the job himself for a few dollars if he absolutly wants a perfect one , that's my opinion .

Real talk .

Ah those damn backlights..mine still visible and all,just started to getting dim..you know the fadin -blue-goin-green..anyway i'm planning to buy one but never saw a step-by-step tutorial with pics so i can do the whole surgery..plus i don't know ish about electronics

Yep. Step by step LCD "EL-FOIL" back light installation instructions are in the files area of:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MPC3000/

Members only.

The step by step instructions were created by a member of this and the yahoo forum.

Member DVDBORN.

DVDBORN as in:

Synthblog: http://dvdborn.blogspot.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/dvdborn

Rohan.

mpc3000le wrote:http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MPC3000/

Members only.

So, any chance to put that somewhere you can read it without having to sign up with Yahoo?

_Stilo_ wrote:

mpc3000le wrote:http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MPC3000/

Members only.

So, any chance to put that somewhere you can read it without having to sign up with Yahoo?

I believe DVDBORN still has the link active at his VX600 website:

http://kunst.phlimburg.be/vx600/MPC3000/backlight.htm

Rohan.

Great info! Thanks again Rohan!

mpc3000le wrote:I believe DVDBORN still has the link active at his VX600 website:

http://kunst.phlimburg.be/vx600/MPC3000/backlight.htm

Ah, very good.

yeah real good info thanks!