Am I going crazy or?

There is a bit of psychology in this too, for the seller. I discussed a Burmester CD player with its proud owner recently. He plainly loved it and felt it was worth more than the market would pay, so be it. He did'nt sell perhaps he won't.
In that case, it was a 3 year old player, on CD units you have to factor in Laser and transport players that maybe are'nt available anymore. The great thing for a buyer is not to be in a rush. I have a 4 year old Shanling player that still works, so I can weight. If it fails you are under a bit more time pressure.

I guess what makes me crazy are the guy selling the usual stuff that I see here all the time. Except he wants 15% less than new, when everyone else is selling for 50% off. I remember seeing a common power cord listed one time for 5% off of a new cord with no warranty. Now it doesn't take a genius to figure out that I should go by the new cord. Heck even if the guy is taking 10% off and it is a cord under $300 I might as well go buy a new cord. And then there are those that sell something that is over 10 years old and are plentiful on agon and want gold for it. And they are offended if you try to talk them down. I suppose some want to keep it rather than sell it. But to those I would say " why bother to list it then " And there are those that say " if no one will pay my price I will throw it in the closet! " Great now you have a piece of gear taking up space and your not getting any use from it or money for. And who will get it when you die? So might as well sell it.

Kt_88, I really cannot understand how you can say 'makes me crazy'. Why do you take these ads so seriously? When I see ads like you have mentioned, I don't give them a second thought or consideration. I focus on the ads that interest me, not the ads that do not. Why be concerned if a seller isn't highly motivated? When I'm selling I also do not much worry about unmotivated buyers. It takes all kinds of folks to make the world go 'round, that's what makes life so interesting.

John

This is pretty simple; it’s the seller’s choice to ask for whatever he sees’s fit, if you think the price is to high then move on doesn’t get any simpler than that!
Allot of buyers think if you don’t give 50% then your asking to much, NOT ALL but there are some.
There are allot of different reason why a seller might have a higher price, condition, how old it is maybe extras that go with it or so on.
I think allot of times a buyer is expecting the seller to give it away, I wont.
Kt_88 says “And there are those that say “if no one will pay my price I will throw it in the closet!”
I won’t go that far but if I don’t get a reasonable offer I will put it away, I am not going to give it away just so I can sell it.
I will repost at a later date.
So my thought is if you think an item is too much$, make a RESONABLE offer if the buyer say’s no then move on it wasn’t for you.

This has been discussed to death.

There are real buyers and real sellers: those are the ones who actually set the price.

The others are not ready to act.

Some of the stuff I read in this thread is pure nonsense.