Sponge, $250 sounds a little on the highish side, certainly no bargain. Do what I did, go to eBay and type “Boss SE 70” into the search, then click on “completed listings”. You’ll see what people actually paid for them recently. It does look (at least here in Britain) that the fetching price is dropping alarmingly. This is often the case with digi multiFX and new gear comes onto the market.