Experiences Selling Stuff On Audiogon?

Years ago, back in the late '90's & 2000's, I did a ton of buying & selling on audiogon. That's when it seemed waaaay easier to buy & sell used gear, & just keep changing your system w/o losing too much in $ terms.

I've done a lot of buying & selling on ebay also. I think buying is better than selling there for expensive audio gear. My current 2 mint condition Bryston amps I bought on ebay, at fair or even great prices. Also my Nord Electro 3 keyboard. And I just bought a used Pioneer DV-45A DVD/SACD player on feebay for $75 w/free shipping that I just unpacked & seems in mint condition.

The last expensive audio component that I "sold" on feebay was a Cary pre-amp for $1800. Almost immediately the buyer started driving me nuts with email after email insisting that it was going to be destroyed in shipping, even tho it had the best packing I've ever seen. Finally we agreed to cancel the sale. I put it on AA (for free) & after a few months sold it (semi) locally
for $1500 CASH, in person, not paypal. I live about an hour from Boston, so I have access to that market.

Oh, yeah, & a few years ago I sold a mint pair of B&W N805 speakers that I listed on CL in about a day it seems like. I didn't have the boxes so didn't want to ship. The buyer was a Nut & 2 hours late, then wanted to "audition" them for an hour or 2 but he finally coughed up the $1500 in, again, CASH. 

@oldhvymec
" Agon read my post... Think about what I said.... I’m being very honest here... I pay to post., I'm a member. "
You pay to post?

Audiogon member since 2003. As I’ve gone into the rabbit hole of this hobby, I have made tons of purchases over the years here, and on other sites. Only in the last 5 years have I had any problems.

These items, all rated as 8 or 9, arrived in the following condition: an amplifier with a loudly buzzing power supply, a power conditioner with a circuit breaker that kept tripping, a disc player with a failing laser mechanism, and a tonearm with integrated wire that has a poorly soldered cartridge clip. Was it bad luck for me, or poor vetting of the seller? All sellers had 100% positive feedback with no negatives.

I said I was done buying used, but I saw the tonearm at a great price and I couldn’t resist. Now it’s my problem to deal with. With the other items I was able to get them fixed at a minimal cost to me, but I might not be so lucky with with the tonearm. Although the problem seems simple, the manufacturer said the repair is going to be costly.

Moral of the story, I’m not buying used gear anymore unless I can get a warranty or insurance (Square Trade saved me from an expensive repair on one of the items). I’ve been burned too many times in the last 5 years.

Yes I'm a member here. You don't have to help support AGon. I just like to pay my way if there a fee. It's called the insider. BUT the outsiders are are the same crowd.  There is no benefit, that I've found, other than a Hello thread...No secret sauce receipts, though..

Regards

It has been a few years since I used Audiogon to buy or sell anything, but being a budget conscience retired person, I try to avoid paying any extra fees. Nowadays I strictly use AudioMart or even Craigslist. I have never had any issues with Canuck AudioMart (I am Canadian) and in general, the items listed there are more within my budget. My three rules are to get the money up front, be honest about whatever you are selling and always package it like it was going to fall off the truck along the way.