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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Then there was the guy who bought a $1970.00 Magnum Dynalab FM tuner from me for $400.00 and then after using it a couple of days, decides he doesn't like it and either wants his money back, or wants more money off the tuner ...
Oh-oh, and I was thinking of selling my MD102T


FM tuners are a hard sell these days

Maybe there will be a tuner resurgence like vinyl.
Been here since early 2000s and I feel there’s always been this element to the user base, and it’s not really that much worse these days. I think maybe you had a lucky streak for a while and then hit an unlucky streak.

I’ve had really good transactions in my time here, but as I buyer I rarely haggle, never tire kick, and hold back minor complaints (this is USED gear after all); as a seller I’m picky in whom I choose to respond to. I judge them on the style and content of their initial communication, and often don’t feel the need to take things further.
It is a hassle to sell used audio equipment.  And it is getting harder to sell high-end components at a fair price because the market for high end equipment is shrinking.