Items for sale here and on ebay without remotes....

One reason a seller may not have the remote, at least in the case of an older piece, is that at some point in the past he or she may have left its batteries in too long and they leaked. Which might have created such a mess on the terminals and elsewhere inside that it was thrown out.

Regards,
-- Al

Or be like me.
See an item on local Craigslist.
Go look at it, like it buy it.
Get home, found you left the freaking remote there.
Decide you will go back for it some day..........

Yeah a junky robs high priced audio equipment and then ,sells it on here.LOL at the prices so things are sold for here i doubt it .You have guys selling old cds for 10-20 dollars,and  5 bucks for shipping  .Now thats a crime.......

Thanks stereo5!

That image is now seared vividly in my mind.... I am now scarred for life!

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@almarg "One reason a seller may not have the remote, at least in the case of an older piece, is that at some point in the past he or she may have left its batteries in too long and they leaked. Which might have created such a mess on the terminals and elsewhere inside that it was thrown out."

That's truly an excellent point, Al.  How many of us haven't been there?