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In the Thread: Thank you, Sir! May I have another (MC-3000 II)?
Post Subject: Hard-to-Find Sliding ScalePosted by Paul S on: 6/2/2013
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Persistent due diligence will eventually turn up the obscure part of the Ortofon DK website that lists prices and procedures for rebuilding services for some Ortofon cartridges (including the Jubilee, I think), and the DK site makes it look for all the world like anyone could set the whole thing in motion with computer and a credit card. However, I held my horses and contacted Ortofon DK first, to make sure all the information was up to date, and "just in case", and I'm glad I did because they insisted I go through Ortofon USA, in upstate New York. Oddly, I could not find the rebuilding information listed on the Ortofon USA site; but when I contacted them about it they definitely knew what I was talking about, and their total cost to me was actually somewhat less than the listed Ortofon DK asking price (in Euros), which I ass-u-me included VAT, or Denmark's version of this. Anyway, my total cost was 1,089 USD, compared to an asking price of 1,200 USD for the NOS unit from "other sources". By comparison, I originally spent quite a while shopping for the MC3000II, and I had a hard time finding this cartridge/SUT pair at any price. Eventually, I paid 800 USD for my original cartridge (and 600 USD for the T3000), back in 2002, when the asking price for the pair from the usual sources was well into the mid-threes.
No surprise, although rebuilding prices are lower than original cartridge prices, they ascend as one moves up the line.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site