Sold a component and bought it back, am I nuts?

I bought a Boss 302 new off the showroom floor in 1969, and sold it 10 months later to get money to go back to college ....

But, on topic, I let an aquaintance talk me into selling him a couple pairs of vintage speakers at a very reasonable price. With a fairly high level of sellers remorse,I tried to buy them back several times over the years but was rejected. He finally said "yes" but won’t accept anything less than market value for them. I’m hanging on to things that are difficult (impossible) to replace these days. That’s a good formula for collecting "too much stuff".

And, yes, I deserve any criticism I’ll get here for being a "softy" and trying to be accommodating to a "friend."

The formula for collecting is to collect the right stuff. That Boss 302 today is retirement money or a damn fine sound system and transportation. 
 

Cheers 

What is the purchase price for new and how much you trade it in for?

Nope. You are not nuts. I did the same thing so I could use the funds towards buy a pair of minty used Cornwall IV’s.

I then bought the PS Audio DirectStream Sr. DAC back with the matching transport !

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@lanx0003 new it is $1999. I received $1750 for it in trade. I bought it back for $999. I also bought back from same seller, my 4 meter pair of NaC A5 terminated (bananas) speaker cables for $299....they are $500 new! So total was $1298 for both the 5si & Nac A5 cables, free shipping and no sales tax! If I bought both back new, it would have cost me $2655 (Includes sales tax) plus any shipping. The merchant did not use either the Amp or cables, so they are essentially still new.