too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers

@moto-man.....................

I still listen to FM radio, daily.  I have an excellent McIntosh FM tuner in my office system and I listen to it 8 hours a day.  I also have another McIntosh FM tuner in my main rig which I listen to on the weekends, you guessed it I listen to FM.

I had an extra Oppo 205 brand new and decided to sell it here. eBay sellers had them going 3999 to 5999. God forbid I listed it at 2100. I received harassing messages non stop. Even after I dropped the price a little. Many were down right threats! Who has the time to type a full paragraph complaining to someone? I just got so tired of them... 

@moto_man -  let me count off some reasons why --It all started back in the   60's for me..   fm joins the musical "revolution " and many discover music via FM  .    theres something about using   an electronic device that  functions in analog and is known for either its ability to function at the zenith of the technology or is mediocre in performance just like any other device.   Some would say that analog FM sounds better than the digital variety..   The major hang up for me is while there are FM stations remaining..  (non commercial) my choice of stations are rare indeed and for me its likely that only major metropolitan areas will have music formats and the style or type  of DJ that I want to hear on air between those songs.   For starters No commercials with someone trying to sell something or talking about the monday , monday,  monster truck rally..    ..  A DJ that is involved with the station because they just want to connect via a musical sensibility.    As mentioned,,  this is difficult to find.  Often college stations will fit the bill,, at least part of the time,, depending on ones musical taste.   At any rate-- I will be trying at some point after I put up my unobtanium APS 13  yagi antenna and see if there is anything worthwhile in Chico or Sacramento..   Not promising but one never knows..  Its fun looking and even better to find something worthwhile.       

Buying and selling.... odds are the first caveman who sold his cave planned to kill the cave buyer with his club , and keep his cave to sell it again, but the cave buyer brought a bigger club and the deal went down! Cave and rocks were exchanged. The cave seller was pretty pissed and say he wont ever sell his cave again. Now reverse the order of the two cavemen , same game just different outcome. I personally have bought and sold alot around 200 items, and i got burned 3x and came out fine for the rest, bitchin about it dont change the game, the seller  dont always win, the buyer sometimes gets burned, ever buy a lemon only to resell it , i have, better to suck it up and take it than bitch and moan about ebay and audiogon and paypal , and credit cards .

yohimey" odds are the first caveman who sold his cave planned to kill the cave buyer with his club ,"

No that is complete fiction ancient civilizations had no concept of land ownership that is a western European concept that then was adopted by the US and perverted in to one of the most disfunctional  economies possible because of your corrupt government and big business and the simple fact that you have this idea at all about cheating in such a deal reflects that you are part of this corrupt unsustainable failing econcomic system.