Sounds like the seller broke the rules. If he had accepted another offer in the Audiogon system, the ad would have disappeared immediately. I know this from recent experience. If the ad was still up, then he had not reached a binding agreement to sell yet...maybe a verbal, back channel agreement, but not a binding one. If his ad was up and you clicked the "Buy It Now" option, he was bound by Audiogon rules to sell to you. So something he is telling you doesn't sound legit to me. You have the right to leave him negative feedback if you want. It may seem petty, but he should not have posted an ad with the "Buy It Now" option if he wasn't going to honor it.
Found Speaker After 6 Yrs,Bought & Lost In Minutes
If you want an opportunity to feel better about any frustrations finding or buying audio gear, just read on.
As the title says, I have been watching Audiogon almost nightly for the past six years for an original model, Legacy Marquis center channel speaker needed to complete my all Legacy home theater. The later models have different drivers that do not sonically match my other speakers, so finding an original model was critical. Only one other Marquis has appeared in all that time, and it was in a very light, non-matching finish, and was very dinged up. Earlier, I finally find one here, in perfect condition, and even in the matching rosewood finish needed to match my other Legacy speakers. I immediately click on "buy now" and have been celebrating after finally finding what I wanted so badly for so long. See Audiogon notification below.
Audiogon
You just agreed to purchase “Legacy Audio Marquis Dual 15 inch Woofers Legendary Mar...” from ****** for $925.00. Congratulations!
Before you can send payment, the seller must enter shipping details for this order. You will receive an email when they do.
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NOTE: Failure to complete orders placed on Audiogon may result in negative feedback. Please be prompt and thoughtful when working with fellow community members.
And now, just hours later, I receive a follow up from the seller apologizing that he reached an agreement to sell the speaker to someone else no more than five minutes earlier, and had not even had time to close the listing before I selected the purchase option.
Six years of looking, I actually send an offer thats received as a purchase, and I find out I'm five minutes late. Is it possible to have worse timing?
Not to mention having to continue on with an inadequate center channel in my otherwise completed home theater, with no prospect of when or if I will ever see one of these available again. I dont have another six years to wait. :(
As the title says, I have been watching Audiogon almost nightly for the past six years for an original model, Legacy Marquis center channel speaker needed to complete my all Legacy home theater. The later models have different drivers that do not sonically match my other speakers, so finding an original model was critical. Only one other Marquis has appeared in all that time, and it was in a very light, non-matching finish, and was very dinged up. Earlier, I finally find one here, in perfect condition, and even in the matching rosewood finish needed to match my other Legacy speakers. I immediately click on "buy now" and have been celebrating after finally finding what I wanted so badly for so long. See Audiogon notification below.
Audiogon
You just agreed to purchase “Legacy Audio Marquis Dual 15 inch Woofers Legendary Mar...” from ****** for $925.00. Congratulations!
Before you can send payment, the seller must enter shipping details for this order. You will receive an email when they do.
__
NOTE: Failure to complete orders placed on Audiogon may result in negative feedback. Please be prompt and thoughtful when working with fellow community members.
And now, just hours later, I receive a follow up from the seller apologizing that he reached an agreement to sell the speaker to someone else no more than five minutes earlier, and had not even had time to close the listing before I selected the purchase option.
Six years of looking, I actually send an offer thats received as a purchase, and I find out I'm five minutes late. Is it possible to have worse timing?
Not to mention having to continue on with an inadequate center channel in my otherwise completed home theater, with no prospect of when or if I will ever see one of these available again. I dont have another six years to wait. :(
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