too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers


For years I've bought and sold here with no drama but that seems to have been changing. Now sellers seem to want retail pricing for their products while wanting to low ball on anything they want to buy.

At the same time I see more and more fussy buyers nitpicking the purchase, requiring tons of hand holding and concessions after they buy a fairly represented good working order item. 

No longer fun for me unfortunately.
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Sellers blaming Audiogon for the customer and market? 

If if you don’t have a good product at a fair price then guess what....

Just the other day I encountered a dealer wanted only 30% off of list price for 10 year old amplifier. As a negitiation tactic I was offered 2.5% discount if I paid cash. I kindly explained that I can find a new (less than 1 year) one for only 5% more and the new one would not be dinged up with deep scratches where the paint on the chassis was rubbed off. The same amp is still listed two months later....price dropped 2%...it will probably list for 9 to 18 months before sale with incremental discounts of 2% each month. 

Classic example of seller knows better than the market or buyer.....