There are two sides to every coin Kurt. I am a relative newbee to Audiogon despite being an audiophile for decades. I can remeber a dozen years ago or so I had to pour over the pages of Stereo review, Audio and Stereophile to find any possible source of vintage tubes to try in AR preamp. Results were spotty but indicated there may be gold out there somewhere. Six months ago I tried that experiment again and was able to bring in top flight NOS Bugle Boys, Telefunken Cca, Siemens Cca, Amperex PQ yadda yadda from all over the world via eBay. Stay with great feedback and every transaction was perfect. Kept what I wanted and resold the rest, again on eBay, zero problems. My own feedback is 100% there and it means something to me and to sellers IMHO. I have done one transaction on Audiogon and checked the sellers rep on eBay before I even contacted him. Nothing in life is cast in stone but if you have 1293 positive feedbacks with 99.9% positive it means a lot to me about who I am doing business with.
Is ebay feedback worth anything on Audiogon?
I guess I'm curious as to the value of stating "check my feedback on ebay" when someone has little or no audiogon feedback history. While I may be cautious of new sellers here (it doesn't mean I won't buy from them, I do and we were all new once), sending me to ebay for feedback usually turns me away from the ad. I don't buy or sell on ebay because it's such a scammers paradise. Does ebay feedback matter?
Another thing while I'm up at 4am, how hard is it to put the "New Retail" price in the ad? Items that are 4-5 years old I understand, memory fades, but something bought within the last year or within the last month? If I have to do the seller's reseach in this regard, I skip the ad. All of those boxes are there to fill out to help sellers. The more information, the better.
It's 5:30 now and I guess I'll get some coffee. Good morning everybody.
Another thing while I'm up at 4am, how hard is it to put the "New Retail" price in the ad? Items that are 4-5 years old I understand, memory fades, but something bought within the last year or within the last month? If I have to do the seller's reseach in this regard, I skip the ad. All of those boxes are there to fill out to help sellers. The more information, the better.
It's 5:30 now and I guess I'll get some coffee. Good morning everybody.