A trend I've noticed in ads.

Nothing is as new unless it is in a sealed box the dudes on Audiogon over state the condition many times.Buyer beware!!!

Another thing I see today...there is an ad running for an amp and when I googled for info about it, I found that the same ad was running over a year ago...with the same line about moving and that he’s had it for 3 months and it only has 5 hours if use. So...BEWARE SCAMMERS HERE.

I hate when a lightly used item; e.g., "Only 100 hours," gets a 10/10 rating.

Nothing is as new unless it is in a sealed box

Yes.

My experience, as small as it is, is quite the opposite. I bought a few things "used" because I could not find a convenient dealer to buy new as I had initially wanted. Ads promised good condition but none said "new". All were much better than expected with two clearly being unopened. The other ones were opened but looked as if they had never left the box. Ok, one of them was a few years ago and not on Audiogon, but still.