Do people really just not get it that their items are not selling...

I've had the same speakers for sale at usaudiomart.com for around a year now. I didn't want to ship because I don't have the original cartons and just don't like shipping. 

To quickly facilitate a sale, I'm asking half of what they went for new so anyone could come over and pick them up. Stated so right in the ad. Got lots of offers out of state and only one for local pick up. It seemed to be going just fine until he asked how much I'd discount them for if he came over to pick them up.

When I told him it was reduced $500 for that purpose, as stated in the ad, and to get back to me with his decision, I never heard back. Some people just want something for nothing. That, and the number of "looks" keeps on climbing.

All the best,
Nonoise

If you don’t want to ship you’ve drastically limited your market. If you don’t have original shipping boxes, you’ve likely devalued your sale by 10% even if you do a good job with packing. Your item is unlikely to be worth more than 50% of the commonly available retail price (which is not the same as list price by the way) unless it’s virtually new or in high demand. That’s my experience. 

I sold 15 items here this year alone. 3 of the items were over 2K and I had no problem selling any of the items. Most sold within 3 days and only one item went in 12 days. I have had no problems selling, but did have a problem with a buyer who accused me of selling a broken Magnum Dynalab tuner. He had terrible reception and jumped to conclusions.

Rare items in high demand is a separate category.

Most stuff I see today is over-priced..I was looking at picking up a Parasound P5 preamp and the lowest price I saw used was $800.00
plus shipping. They were only $1k brand new.