My list of seller red flags

$1875 is still gimmicky because it has too many significant digits. Anything more than two is gimmicky. If you mean $1900, just say $1900. Low volume audio equipment with a niche market can not have such precise pricing.

If I see a seller with such "precise" pricing I think they are delusional and move on. Not someone I want to deal with.

I’ve bought and sold many things on various sites. When I started selling, I quickly learned to put "No trades, please" and "No lowball offers, please" in my listings. Of course I still heard from people offering trades & lowball offers--just fewer than if didn’t put those provisos in the listing.

Why no trades? 2 reasons:
1 - First/foremost: it greatly complicates the security issues involved in any transaction. A straight-up, Paypal-protected transaction is what I seek.
2 - Because if I really want a thing, I’ll go out and find it--hopefully multiple examples of it, so I can buy the best one at the best price.

When I’m buying, I avoid any seller having bad feedback (I’m not a masochist, so no point in going there); also any that doesn’t have original packaging. Reason for the latter is simple: if I ever wish to sell that new/used toy, I become the seller offering a thing w/no packaging. It’s just bad form, unless the item is truly old & having no box(es) is understandable.

Final point: I not only have feedback on several sites, but also something of a reputation via having posted there semi-intelligently over the years. I find that really helps me communicate with buyers & sellers because I'm not a total unknown.

Final/FINAL point: I would gladly pay to list things on Audiogon (there was an attractive discount for this recently)--but the only way to sell here is to have a business-type Paypal acct, which I don't have & don't want. 

If I’m showing it to a friend I say new car, if I’m selling it to someone I don’t know I do not say new...the Audiogon rating system states an item can only be called New if it is in a factory sealed box...I always refer to my newly purchased used audio gear to my friends as my new...

As one friend used to say, "This is a free country.  You're free to ask a price, I'm free not to pay it."

If a seller says his price is firm, then it is.  If it's too much for you, then...  don't buy it.   Should I list something higher so I can then come down for you?  

If it's overpriced, then you don't have to pay it.  Or perhaps it's overpriced to give him some wiggle room to come down from.  And of course, you don't have to buy it.

Many items are both pricey AND not highly sought after, so they take a very long time to sell, no matter how much or how little is being asked.  So it makes sense that some items get reposted a number of times.

A seller should be able to speak well of the item they're selling, but you're not stupid (I hope) and really care all that much.  Personally I take the tact of saying something like I did in an ad I currently have on Craigslist:

"I'm going to assume that you're an audiophile who knows what this table is and what they are selling for on the used market. This is the kind of turntable that visitors will take one look and go, 'Wow!' This is a thing of beauty. Not a table for wimps. Price includes dust cover. Does not include cartridge. If you have to have the cartridge, I can part with it for a fair price, keeping in mind that I'll have to replace it."

It's a high-end table that I'll list on Audiogon when I get tired enough of trying to find a local buyer.  Something like this doesn't sell readily.  Not everyone is ready to drop the kind of loot I'm asking, which happens to be near the bottom of prices I've seen around for this item.  But it's still more than most people will drop on a turntable.

I’m going to assume that you’re an audiophile who knows what this table is and what they are selling for on the used market. This is the kind of turntable that visitors will take one look and go, ’Wow!’ This is a thing of beauty. Not a table for wimps

Maybe just me, but I find this unncessary and bit of a turn off. Comes accross as "used car salesmany". Not a red flag, but possible a half-red flag :-)