Resale value

Based on above answers, I will just buy from @ebm and avoid @czarivey 

Buy strong brands not tiny fly-by-night companies and you'll always do okay. Cheers,
Spencer

I buy from smaller companies with great sound. Never a problem selling. Many of these smaller companies make better sounding gear than the big boys that resell faster. Smaller the better:) 

Again, I have never had an issue selling great sounding gear from small one man operations. May take longer, but others want and buy what I also happen to like. 

sbank,
good point you should also void purchasing from everyone who wants and aims to make profit. that includes dealers that sell brand new products

i also buy strong brands that i put an amount of often complete overhaul restoration effort to make profit mostly on mint  cosmetic and operational condition finished product. in average i spend $50...150 on good quality electronic parts from mouser manufactured in USA or Japan to restore mostly solid state electronics mostly in sub- $1000 range. 

avoiding @czarivey  here is no brainer. i simply don't trust audiogon when it comes to selling my products. last thing i want to do is selling via provider that can potentially screw me over and Audiogon isn't the first or last. my aim is cash and i prefer to sell out of retail store locally with personal limited 3 months warranty.

tonykay

Maybe you just bought the wrong equipment, or paid too much for the equipment you bought. You probably should have considered the resale potential before purchasing.

Sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about. Almost all of my equipment has had outstanding resale value. That's in spite of the fact that I don't consider resale value when I purchase equipment.

If you don't see the similarity between the buying and selling of securities (stock exchange), and the buying and selling of audio equipment (Audiogon), then we have nothing more to talk about

You're obviously confused. On a major exchange such as the NYSE, there is buyer each day for every seller of every single share of stock. Without exception. That's because it is someone's role on the exchange - for each stock - to ensure liquidity. They are called "market makers." On Audiogon, a piece of equipment can go months without a buyer. That's because it is not Audiogon's role to ensure liquidity.

Audio equipment (for me) is still an investment, maybe not in the "traditional sense," but an investment nonetheless.

No problem - go ahead and fill up your 401K and IRAs with audio gear. That's not my strategy for investments.

I never buy with "resale value" being the top priority - but I do keep in mind that I may upgrade one day and I'd like to have some value left in te equipment I buy. When buying a processor for example, I'm aware that with technological upgrades the resale value will plummet. 
But as far amps and speakers for example - of course I got for the sound first but I like knowing that whatever brand I choose will hold it's value.
Thank you McIntosh.