Why so many linn lp12s for sale

invictus005, have you been looking at what other manufacturer’s are charging in this hobby?? There are numerous tables out there that are far more expensive than a fully outfitted Linn. Many of these TT's fail to hold a candle to the SQ of the Linn.
Look at some of the cabling prices in this hobby...and you claim that the Linn folks are the biggest rip off artists????

For my edification, what IS the cost of a new fully equipped LP12?

http://www.whathifi.com/linn/klimax-lp12/review

I went down the Linn rabbit hole. Now have a Kuzma Ref 2 and 4 point 9 tonearm. 

Coat me less than a Radikal LP12 and beats the Linn in absolutely every way. 

....and yes it “plays the tune”!