HAVE ALL SALES STOPPED ON AUDIOGON ???

I also agree with the pricing comments above. I look at the ads at least once a week to see what is new. I see way too many sellers milking it for all it's worth. If I am not going to get a decent discount, I just look for the best deal I can get and buy new. 

I definitely don't believe that stereo is dying. People have loved music since music first started being performed. There's just not many alternatives to stereo. You could watch music live, but concerts are few and far between, and have you seen the price of tickets these days?

+1 glupson.
High initial price and then the obvious suspicion it wasn't as great as hoped for, else why sell so soon. Very big discount off new- maybe worth the risk. Smallish discount - not. It's that kind of world.

Typical summer lull.....seen pretty much the same thing for the past 20 years.
However, I wouldn't argue if somebody showed numbers indicating a general overall down trend based on many of the folks here having matured their systems and less younger people picking up the slack at the lower price points.  I suspect overall volume is down although sales in dollars may not be down much since prices in general seem higher than they were 10 years ago.

It would be fun to see Audiogon post metrics such as numbers of sales, average dollars per sale, and overall trading volume in dollars.

So a 60% discount from new even if you think the new price was too much is NOT a decent discount?!?!?!
God help us all.......
I'm out of this pointless thread