HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ???

Interesting. I normally purchase items on Audiogon, US & Canuck Audio Marts (CAM), and even eBay.  Selling, I usually just list on CAM. 

Checking my history, most of my purchases occur about 50/50 on CAM/USAM or eBay.  Most of the time I'm not in a hurry, so I just wait for a good price. However, items that list for a good price sell very fast, often within a day or two.  Usually I'm too slow to buy these, and kick myself that I didn't act quickly. In other words, they sell before I complete my due diligence.

The three items I listed on CAM in March all sold within 3 weeks.  All three went to local buyers.  So my experience is that price and local sales are huge factors. 

I also agree that the market is shrinking, i.e. demand is shrinking. So that implies you will have to lower your price expectations when selling. 

I’ll go with the price analogy. I’ve tried several times to purchase a cary audio DMS-500 and made a fair offer on each one only to have the owner cling to the platinum level MSRP pricing - even though the benefits are non-transferable. In other words 60% - 70% of the MSRP. Newp .. was even cursed at.

I purchased a pair of carver crimson tubes from a seller here and some telefunken tubes to use with it. The seller even gave me his number and took the time to explain the ins and outs of the amplifiers and the tubes...along with the other items he had for sale.

I mulled over it for a couple of months ... and because he didn’t treat me as dick .. i bought them and will continue to buy from him as time permits.

I did the same thing with a pair of JBL Everest DD67000 everest speakers. A few wouldn’t even give me the time of day.

BTW .. im 40 and love music.. 2 channel... HT .. love it all ..and now my wife does too.

Part of the experience - a big part of the experience is the conversation.  Part of this industry is ruining it for newer blood ... these "old guys" talk down to those that want to use an OPPO205 for sacd for instance.  WTF ... SACD died because 26 people which purchased 20k dollar sacd players don't buy enough SACD for record companies to justify manufacturing them.  These are the people that need to go away.

I think something else you have to look at is shipping cost, exchange rate on dollar buying from the states and duty coming in to Cananda. I know I've bought amps from california and the shipping cost was only 90 dollars to Canada. Another guy in Chicago wanted 260 dollars for an amp weighing around the same as the amp i purchased in California. When someone is trying to make up on the shipping what they couldnt get fro their equipment that really ticks me off to the point where I lose interest in their product

I don't buy into the statement that digital has killed sales, heck we have had digital for years or would you have us believe it has only snapped into focus the last couple of months?
Also while I agree people ate more cautious with their discretionary spending its not gone altogether just not going on hifi.
I have been at this game a long time and it has never been as dire as the last few months, nothing to do with pricing it right unless your idea of pricing it right is 33% of new for a 9/10 status item which is just crazy.
People are spending in other areas.
I listed all my daughters pro audio gear on eBay, everything sold within 3 days inc some expensive guitars and amps.
Now did I sell at give away pricing?
Heck no, more like just above fair market value, something that is not existing in the current used hifi market right now.
Sad state of affairs.

I think people often times forget that buyers really set the prices - not sellers.