As long as the Tempus "curse" has,nt touched those drums,that sounds like a good deal,at least a good place to start.

What is the Tempus curse? Haha. When you say good for starting out, do you mean it's a beginner kit?

No,its a very nice drum kit and i mean its a good place to start the negotiating.Its a buyers market right now.I have no use for the current version of Milestone,which is Tempus,a shoddy operation at best.

Nice milestone drums , great drums for the time and still sound great today . but the problem with the kit your looking at , its been altared OUCH thus hurting the real value . it's got an 80's pearl bass drum tom mount with holes drilled out to fit the mount . it's got 1984 roger's tom arms' and one of them look to early sonor . and probaly more stuff i did not see . the snare is a premier 2000 flow beam , exc snare i got one i love it and never selling mine . i would work on on that price if i were you . if your looking at the drums for the sound they are a winner .

Ugh, I knew there would be something wrong with this kit. Ive dealt with guy before, he always making 'modifications', I posted a MIJ set on here that I bought from him. Anyways, thanks for the help. Any idea in what price I should shoot for?

Tempus, from what I've read makes fiberglass drums and is a very small manufacturer and still selling drums. I find it hard to understand how "a shoddy operation at best" in your words would still be in business if they weren't doing something right.

As they have been modified, I would look deeply at the rest of the drums, play them with a guitarist, if you can get one to go with you to look at them, then make an offer you are comfortable with, in the 500-700 range. Modifications kill value, and the sound is only up to your ears. If he doesn't like your offer, simply walk away.

Let's look at a Ludwig kit that has been altered...what would have been a $1300 kit, then modified, say taking the rail mount off and replacing it with a 70s Ludwig post, will half the real value, although it will not make much difference in the sound. Unless there are a lot of really nice cymbals included, I'd make a low-ball offer and leave it at that. Afterall, the only thing "special" about these drums is the material they are made of, either fiberglass or carbon fiber. Nothing else matters now that they have been jacked with...and take only as much as you plan on paying, not the total amount. That way, you are the only warm body he has had in front of him with actual cash in hand. Trust me, he will take cash on the barrelhead...many times these kinds of ads draw a ton of email requests for all sorts of information, including low-ball, sight unseen offers. I promise you, he as turned down $500 in email lowball offers, but once a real human shows up with $500 in cold, hard cash in hand, he is likely to take it. If I were going after this kit, I would take not a penny more than $700, then offer 500 and lay the cash on top of the floor tom. Make sure you take the cash in $20 bills and make sure you keep the first $500 separate from the rest of the cash. You don't want him to know, for a fact, that you have more cash in your pockets. Put the first offer in your left front pocket, the next 40-50 in your right front and so on. Keep it as well separated as you can, making him think you only have brought so much.

Back;Do some research on Tempus drums,you,ll soon see what i mean.Poor service,quality,follow up etc...Its all there.

I have to pipe up an respectfully disagree w/ our member.

I own a fantastic Carbon Fibre kit by Tempus & asked to have a snare made to match the finish.

Nothing but good things to say, for the record.