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too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers

For years I've bought and sold here with no drama but that seems to have been changing. Now sellers seem to want retail pricing for their products while wanting to low ball on anything they want to buy.

At the same time I see more and more fussy buyers nitpicking the purchase, requiring tons of hand holding and concessions after they buy a fairly represented good working order item. 

No longer fun for me unfortunately.
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jaybe
740 posts
 
I've never really had a problem buying or selling. Have got ridiculous lowball offers and told the offerers to get lost. One buyer claimed my fault shipment damage and filed a claim but PayPal disagreed with him, so in the end still no effect on me. Will continue to buy and sell.
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sfischer1
56 posts
 

oddiofyl,  you assert: "So many Pay Pal scammers."  I suspect you haven't had any real experience.  I've sold hundreds of luxury items through Audiogon and my own website and my preferred payment method is PayPal since, unlike credit cards, they associate a bank account with a "confirmed" shipping address for which they promise seller protection. I've never been burned using a PayPal transaction. I can't say the same for credit cards.

Perhaps the increase in price perceptions is due to the fact that there are now many dealers offering trade-in and demo items for sale? 

rost
94 posts
 
+1 moto_man,
there is a ton of used equipment available, law of supply & demand.

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cowan217 OP
112 posts
 
My initial point was really related to the numbers of flaky buyers and then lowballing and or ones who negotiate down the price and despite seeing several photos and having a very clear and fair description of the item then nit pick and threaten to try to return or negotiate further.
whiskeypirate
12 posts
 
I was scammed by a dealer about a year ago.  I purchased a Kiseki Blue NS cartridge from him and felt confident in his feedback.  The Cartridge was listed in North Dakota, the member was in Cyprus, yes, Cyprus as in the Mediterranean Sea.  He had me call him and assured me that the cartridge would ship immediately after I paid, so I paid with my Visa card.   His add stated he only had ONE at that price, a day later he still had the add posted and received a higher price than mine, keep in mind, I already paid.  I called him and left several messages, no response.  Then I contacted my credit card company to stop payment suspecting a scam.  He was rude, and full of excuses and when I was credited from him he shorted me $6 because of the exchange rate.   He was NEVER located in North Dakota, and Audiogon sided with him when I left him negative feedback.   So I get screwed for $6 and I'm unable to at least warn other members to stay away from him.    Im starting to just keep my old equipment and will build a second system. 
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