I think the answer is that many are trying to milk the demand for all it’s worth and others are just being fair. I look at these quite often on the used market and that seems to be the case. The demand will subside after a while after all they are no longer made. I have a BDP83 still that I bought new ten years ago and it’s been a great player. I use it as a transport into an outboard DAC for both music and movies. However it is finally starting to have problems with the drive. I just bought a Cambridge CXC CD transport to replace the CD functionality and I must say it does sound slightly better than the OPPO. So ya when looking at ten year old components you have to be wary of how much life they may have left in them and they should be priced accordingly. Let the buyer beware.
Resale prices for Oppo Digital Universal Players
May I ask the forum to explain to me the disparity in the asking and bid prices for various preowned and some new Oppo Digital Universal Players for sale on Audiogon and on another well known resale site? I'm seeing prices all over the scale. I know they're no longer manufactured but the asking and bid prices don't seem to make any sense. For example, there's a BDP-93 manufactured in 2011 with an asking price is $250.00, another one built in 2010 at $310.00 and another at $150.00 similar vintage. There's a BDP-95 Blu-ray Universal Player for sale at $643.00. There's a UDP-205 for $3,000.00 manufactured in 2017. There's a BDP-83SE that's 10 years old with an asking price of $433.00. There are three new UDP-205s with asking prices from $3,699.00, $4,999.00 & $5,295.00 !! The UDP-205s new were $1,299.00 when they became available. There's a new UDP-203 built in 2016 at $820.00......new they were $549.00. I own a BDP-103 from 2014 purchased brand new at $500.00 and it's still in excellent condition. What is that worth should I decide to sell it here may I ask?