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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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loomisjohnson
1,937 posts
 
to paraphrase winston churchill, agon is the worst system for sellers except for all the others--ebay is a total crapshoot and craigslist is overwhelmed by lowballers and outright scammers. from my experience, the substantial majority of buyers here are gentlemen and enthusiasts who deal fairly, but as others have said you're best off dealing only with members with a proven track record.
dogsled
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I have found the same is true on usaudiomart as well. Unfortunately my experience on Audiogon has been that way for years. Nothing new. Fleabay has it's own problems as well, namely too $$$ to sell items. One gets exposure but loses almost 20% on each sale.
greg22lz
182 posts
 
I sold a pair of speakers on ebay, or at least I thought i did. The guy was hot to get them and we negotiated up to my full price. He paid immediately with PayPal. He called me the next morning begging me to give him his money back. I thought about it and declined. He became such a huge problem that the only way to resolve the issue was to return his money. The personalities out there can be down right wicked. He was an englishman on the east coast. It seemed like I got a more reasonable type on audiomart. Audiogon got expensive and there were too many low ballers. Audiomart is free, so far, and there is really nothing to lose by posting on audiomart IMHO.

minorl
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I wouldn't be so upset over the current nature of buying and selling.  This is indicative of what is going on all over the place.  people have this sense that there is such a thing as free lunch. In the buyer/seller market, you are now seeing on TV/cable a whole series of flippers.  They try hard to rip off sellers by pretending to be nice and complaining about their costs, etc. So, they try to buy as low as they can, not tying to be fair (why should they?)

same is true here.  If you bought items with the thought that you will recover your costs later, that is a fallacy.

Enjoy your equipment and sound. Don't be in a hurry or desperate when selling and be patient.  Ignore low ballers and just wait.  There will be someone out there looking for that particular piece.

I have bought many items on Audiogon and I have never asked for a reduction in the asking price.  If I think the asking price is too high, I move on. 

I have sold many items here also.  I typically price items below the market price.  I price to sell.  However, I never sell to low ballers.  That is just insulting to me.  They, like me, know what the average blue book price of the item is.  A person wanting the item for their system to listen to music will  meet a fair asking price.  A person that is a flipper wants the lowest price they can get, and they lowball.

Kindly ignore them.

enjoy

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kqvkq9
120 posts
 
Oh I don't know. I've only had a limited number of transactions on Audiogon and only encountered one rude idiot. That's not bad at all compared to what I've found on eBay. Craigslist, despite what you hear, has always been easy and cordial. That's likely because Craigslist items are low dollar compared to Audiogon. Yes, sales have slowed notably here. What used to be snapped up in half an hour may well now not sell at all. Oh well. If you're a dealer that's serious. If you're just having fun, ces't la vie.
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