Happy post to start the day!
Long story short, I found out on Sunday that I needed a decent vocal mic at short notice for a studio session tonight.
I scoured all the usual channels for any possibilities and only found a few options locally on eBay but all on auctions finishing too late or priced quite high. As a last resort I decided to call my local cash converters first thing Monday just to see if they had anything in. This would save me stressing about something arriving in the post on time or travelling further afield so I decided it was worth checking as their website is useless and doesn't let you search stock in a specific store.
The guy on the phone said he'd check the stock and comes back saying "we've got a Rode P48 NT1A which comes with the holder and the spit shield thing" (lovely haha). I asked how much and he said £80.. "OKAY I'll come down straight away" I say.
While I'm at the counter paying for it I notice a 4 channel Behringer interface sat on a shelf with no price on it. My Scarlett 2i2 died on me last week so I've been on the lookout for a reasonable replacement so I had a quick Google to check the new price and they're currently on sale at around £90. I asked the guy how much it was and it was priced at £139.99! I told them the new price was only £90 and they did a quick check online and confirmed they'd made a mistake and offered it to me for just £60. This thing has 4 Midas preamps in so I decided it was definitely worth £60 even as a short term solution. So I walked away with a Rode NT1A with original cradle and pop sheild and Behringer UMC404 interface both in good condition and fully working (also 6 month warranty supposedly!) for £140
Interested to see how the Midas pre's sound tonight!
Comments
CC does have some bargains among the over-priced stuff. I sometimes use their online portal for searching and buying from all of their stores: https://uk.webuy.com/
(caveat: I've never bought guitars there, only FX, cameras, etc)
(I've also been given decent prices by them when selling a few bits, too. Not everything they've got has been nicked by crackheads!)