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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Is it your experience that this is the case on other sites such as US Audiomart and Audioasylum, or is it mostly an Audiogon phenomena?

I’ve been a member since 2001 and have not listed anything in years.  I have a tone arm and some power cables that I would like to part with.  Since Audiogon instituted their new fees, I pretty much lost interest in selling.  These reports of idiot buyers further reinforces my inclination to not list items for sale.

On the plus side, I’m happy with what I have.  The extra stuff can just live in the closet for now.  
just looked at Audioasylum for the first time based on the question above- ouch- what a convoluted site! Looks like something from 2000 or so-
One thing I could clarify is my perspective transcends Audiogon and audio itself.

We might consider the Sputnik moment for consumers gone off the rails the woman who with no sense of shame or decency returned the Christmas tree to Costco this past holiday
I have to admit that I have both bought and sold here (mostly bought) and all of my transactions have been smooth, knock on wood. So perhaps I have just been lucky. Everyone I have dealt with has been fair and good natured.