Oh where or where have all the buyers gone?

I agree with much of Sdcampbell's post that part of the
current situation is due to the economy and in part to warmer weather.
I've had several items for sale on the 'Gon; and one or
two sold quickly and the others just languished - with little response. I think a lot simply has to do with the
type of equipment being sold. Better known brand names -
Audioquest, McIntosh, Krell, etc. seem to be selling fairly
well - but more esoteric equipment may sit for days on end.
Having a slow economy certainly doesn't help a lot, either.
Also, it is now May and warmer weather is already here
in some parts of the country. And for a lot of people that
means getting outdoors again, traveling to new places, and
lots of activities that don't necessarily include audio. But I suspect the situation will change as the summer months come to a close.

I listed some items today and enjoyed 50% success already. Just lucky, I guess, but it makes me wonder if we could somehow swap gear rather than money for gear. Of all the items I listed today my personal favorite will probably languish awhile. Go figure.
Happy listening,
Patrick

Unemployment is up to 6%, and the NASDAQ Composite is down more than 15% year to date. (The S&P 500 is off more than 6% year to date.)

I haven't had any trouble selling gear on e-bay. In fact I've even sold some stuff for more than I paid. Plus I'm having a hard time finding the used gear that I want. It all seems to sell to fast or the price gets bid up to high. Of course the price has to be reasonable in the first place. As an example, Lugnut's Naim 42/110/hicap is priced right, and must have sold in a couple of hours.

-Patrick

It pains me to put forth my dismal hypothesis.

The high end is in the throes of dying. We see it in the decline and failure of the magazines, the slowing of exciting new product introductions, and now a slowing of even the used market. More manufacturers and retailers will soon fail. I hope I'm wrong, but I sense this is not a cyclical slowdown but an end game we are witnessing. It will take a long time, but the best days are behind us.