"You cannot handle the truth"

I bought several components nearly new with no issues at all. Even a couple of phono cartridges. Got the best deals compared to buying new. I always buy only from near perfect feedback. A negative because "the buyer decided not to go forward with the deal" doesn't count for me. Who cares, move on. 

Leery, dreary, bleary.  You didn't play flag football, did you?

I think it is funny that no one here gets it.

And some here may be offended. Others not.

But we're talking about audiophiles. I don't know that I've ever encountered a group of people so driven by discontentment, greener grass and what's over the next rainbow coupled by an inherent level of subjectivity that so few are willing to admit or embrace.

Such a combination can only lead to perpetual equipment turnover. Even when hardly used. There is always something better. There is always that bad review. There is always that guy on Audiogon who doesn't like the new gadget you just sold your kidney for. Time for a new one.

Sometimes, you just bought something you don't like. You read all the reviews and it's the 'greatest HiFi item ever', 'best for the money', 'giant-killer', etc etc, and it sucks right out of the box. That's how this hobby works. Someone takes the plunge and buys the components only to find it didn't fit his dream of audio Nirvana and we benefit from them liquidating it. Nothing to wonder about.

Well said, n80.