Sold in one day

Mechans just a small distraction to see if we know as much about the state of the union as we do audio. I feel good that many other Audiophiles are aware. Lets continue the audio discussion and proceed with the Op's original thread, Sold in one day.

I remember several years ago selling within 24 hours most everything I listed for sale. I also recall selling many items thinking that I could eventually buy them back, it turned out to be harder than originally thought.

Phd - I agree. When I sold off my first system back in 2003 during a divorce, everything sold quickly - Maggies, ARC's, Musical Fidelity, Blue Circle - everything. Granted, I was living in the Baltimore/DC area and so the population (and money) was tremendous, but this was also pre-recession and pre-digital/Netflix/iTunes/music server era.

And I remember getting asking price or close to asking price for every component. In fact, when I was moving up the line and selling off a pair of Rogue Audio M180 monoblocks, the buyer simply paid my asking price with the note "I'll take 'em...". No haggling, no low-balls.

Now, it seems things take a while to sell and the first few bids are always humorously low. By humorously, I mean 50%-65% of the asking price.

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"Now, it seems things take a while to sell and the first few bids are always humorously low."

...or the the asking price is humorously high, 25% - 50% above actual value.
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