Am I the only one?

I had an item for sale recently, one gent was quite interested. After several emails back and forth, he told me he was making a commitment to buy and asked me to delete my ad. The money order would be sent off within a few days. Since he was the first person to inquire, and the first to make a firm commitment I informed other interested parties the item was sold. Done, the thing is sold, right? Nope. Same gent writes me back the next day; there was an illness in his family therefore he could not follow through on the purchase. Bizarre excuse. In any event I relisted the item and sold it for my asking price two days later. One thing that came to mind in reading your post: if your item isn't selling quickly it's either because it's an odd-ball item that few want, or the price is too high. Price can be fixed, odd-ball stuff, well...it could take time. I dread selling things, but quite enjoy buying stuff here. Best, Jeff

I even had a guy send me two checks, one for the product + shipping and the other one to upgrade his shipping to express. Before the checks even arrived, he decided to change his mind. I didn't want to be a prick about it and returned is his checks. The whole deal was just a waste of my time.

I wouldn't really consider the item I had for sale as odd ball. Maybe it is, and I just don't know it. The price is within the range of others listed. I actually like talking audio with people. Even if they write me to ask about the ad and then switch to general conversation about audio, that is cool. It is the people that say they want the piece and then decline it in the very end with some lame excuse that drives me up the wall...sounds like it's all part of the experience of high end. As mentioned above, 10 years ago, none of this would be possible. Happy listening!

i've sold more audio stuff (mfsl lp's) on ebay than i have on the 'gon but my last selling experience here is worth mentioning. i put my accuphase dp-90 cd transport on sale last week and sold it in 2 hours! i marked it "sold" in the listing immediately but still got 325 "hits" and 2 more offers in <48 hours. i DO think much depends on what you're selling. -cfb

Karls (and others), a point of order - feedback can NOT be posted unless a transaction takes place and money/gear changes hands. Audiogon rules. (Surprised CFB didnt' catch this!) Simply having people back out of a verbal or written committment to buy or sell a piece does not allow for posting of feedback. FWIW,

-Ed