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What frustrates you the most about seller’s for sale ads?

Audiogon has been in existence for over 20 years now, and if you are like myself, you probably have read thousands of for sale ads. When I read most of these ads, I always feel like the seller is leaving out vital information about the actual product (unit they own) they’re trying to sell. Some sellers are spot on when they sell something. They describe the unit in full detail, but most don’t. To me that’s a red flag and frustrating. For myself, the most frustrating thing is most ads leave out equipment age. If I’m buying something used this is vital info I want to know. If a seller doesn’t know the age of the unit don’t rate it 9/10 and later telI me I don’t know the actual age. One retailer, I will not mention names, always gives you 3-4 paragraphs of how great of business they are, and leaves one sentence at the end to describe the actual product being sold. LOL


 
hiendmmoe
rsf507
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Dealer in an Audiogon ad has done it again. Listed a piece of gear as having a 20k retail when it's actually 16k. He must think if it looks like it has a higher retail he can sell it for more. I'd hope most people looking for any piece of current gear will know the true retail price. Yes this does annoy me. 
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audiodwebe
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A few things I really hate: When item for sale is the original version of a product, which is now on Mk IV, and the seller lists the original price as that of a new Mk IV as opposed to the original one from 20 years ago, which he’s trying to sell.

Another thing I hate is when a seller says something like, "Six month old...blah, blah" when he actually means "I’ve owned the amp for six month" but the original owner bought it in 1982.

I find it sort of funny that so many sellers appear to get offended if they're offered something less when they list the price as "firm".  IME as a buyer, the price is normally only firm for a certin period of time.  After that it's amazing how many sellers are willing to move on their price.

Whenever I'm interested in buy something, I always ask the seller this question:  What are you willing to let this go for shipped to the 98367 zip code?  I do this because I know each seller has a certain dollar amount they're willing to let the item go for and 99% of the time, it's not the asking price.  

Sometime I'll get a snoddy comment in return.  I choose to not purchase from those sellers.  But most times, sellers are pretty cool about that question and they'll respond with the lowest they're willing to accept at "that" moment in time.  




rsf507
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Yeah ad I was referring to says "Just taken in on trade....." when in fact he posted same identical piece of gear back in September 2020. No change in ad content or pics. 
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