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What venues are best for selling used equipment?

I haven't sold much audio equipment, though I have sold a couple of items through Audiomart, and I have sold non-audio equipment through Ebay. I have recently joined Audiogon, and purchased a receiver by means of an Audiogon ad. Do any of you have enough experience with these or other venues, to compare the relative merits of each?
kayakfit
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glen
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Sean makes a good point :^) The people are nice here too.
rcprince
3,062 posts
 
I've sold items on this site and (in the past) through the Audiomart publication, in all cases with no problems. This site will be faster. A lot of nice folks in both venues.
garfish
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My experience has been like Sean's-- Audiogon is best. Cheers. Craig
gendut3
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AUDIOGON GONE GONE GONE ......
jeffloistarca
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Lots of traffic on AudioGon, so your ad will be viewed by a lot of folks with a real interest in quality audio. Unfortunately, be prepared for low-ball offers that make very little sense, there's a lot of tire-kickers and (my guess) resellers looking to buy low (from you) and sell high. I've been fortunate and found a few sites that are nearby and seem to be a little easier to fetch a fair price for your gear. No, I don't expect to fetch 10% off MSRP for used gear but certainly not ridiculous offers like you see here. I'd suggest posting your item for sale on several sites and waiting for the right buyer to come along, ignore the morons who price your gear like it's a power cord. I like buying from AudioGon, I wouldn't recommend selling here though.
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