Am I going crazy or?

I guess what makes me crazy are the guy selling the usual stuff that I see here all the time. Except he wants 15% less than new, when everyone else is selling for 50% off. I remember seeing a common power cord listed one time for 5% off of a new cord with no warranty. Now it doesn't take a genius to figure out that I should go by the new cord. Heck even if the guy is taking 10% off and it is a cord under $300 I might as well go buy a new cord. And then there are those that sell something that is over 10 years old and are plentiful on agon and want gold for it. And they are offended if you try to talk them down. I suppose some want to keep it rather than sell it. But to those I would say " why bother to list it then " And there are those that say " if no one will pay my price I will throw it in the closet! " Great now you have a piece of gear taking up space and your not getting any use from it or money for. And who will get it when you die? So might as well sell it.

-YMMV

" Most of the stuff I read on this entire website is pure nonsense "

ditto! but then really what are people doing here anyway? Some have legitment questions aobut gear they want to buy, others are just passing time. The sad part is that most people that are the " sell it for gold " people don't bother reading the posts.

another thought- most of the stuff i hear people say in general is pur nonsense.

Pbb,

If you don't like the nonsense, you don't have to read.

Route9,

Actually the tubes were Telefunken 6922 at the time the market price was between $125-$150. He wanted $429 for his. Even now the average is $250. So your baseball card theory doesn't apply here.

Nice try though.....

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm,

Now I know I am going crazy! I just had a thought- If perhaps someone thinks this thread is nonsense. Then if they post in this thread, are they participating in the nonsense? Well, just a thought.

Anyway I made my point. Some folks sell to high, some to low. Some I don't think bother ro see what things are selling for before listing. But I sure whish they would read this thread. Yeah some dealers drive me crazy with their adds every week as well!

Oh and I have found if a thread gets to serious agon shuts it down. I once started a thread called " Is high end audio dying? " It got quite serious and was gaining ground on the ever popular thread " preamp deal of the century " In fact it would have passed that thread. But things got to hot and agon made the thread mysteriously dissappear. BTW, many high end audio dealers have gone out of business since that thread in 2003. So my hunch was write.

So now I write these silly little threads so I can stay under the agon radar.

Mrtennis,

If this issue is of " no concern to you " then why do you keep posting in the thread? not that I mind if you post or not of course.

i do have an intrest at what people are selling at becuase i may be interested in buying the piece. people that want to sell on agon should educate them self on at least bluebook before selling. and they can also see what a piece like theirs is sellling for on agon.

how outrageous can it be? i was once selling some tubes at market price. another guy was selling the same tubes at 3 times the market price. he sent me an e-nail and asked me to remove my ad becuase people wanted him to lower his price becuase mine were cheaper. now that is just plain greed!