Best Place for Pre-Owned Cables

@ihmeyers -- while I agree that usedcables.com prices are not competitive I think you are 100% off base in ruling out 10+ year old cables. There's not really truly anything new in cable design and at the right price a 10-15 year old cable can be a great deal. Consider the following examples

Nordost Valhalla V1 -- now 15 years old, but still a good cable in the right application and holds its value in the market very well (and didn't I see someone searching for Nordost SPM just a few weeks ago)

Audioquest WEL Signature -- this is still a current cable, but it was introduced in 2007 or so, and while the color and terminations have changed over the years it's still the same cable (and my system reference for interconnect) -- in fact if you ever see AQ Horizon it's even older but still the same cable (the name was used for a short while when the cable was first introduced)

Synergistic CTS -- again 10 years old but still a good series

I could go on but you get the idea

My rule of thumb (when buying or selling) is used cables should be 40-50% of list if <1-2 years old (and current model) and 30-40% if 5-10 years, maybe cheaper if older and/or not desirable

Note there are some exceptions for especially unobtanium cables like Transparent Ref XL digital which owners hang onto, in these cases you may need to pay 60% of list or even more ...

To be honest, I didn't even read past the OP's header. Taking a look at useducable.com shows some that fits the OP complaint but others that don't. You're not going to know until you try and when you do, you might find yourself paying a bit more than what you want to get what you want.

Otherwise, you might end up with a pig-in-a-poke. 

All the best,
Nonoise

Old vs newer cables is a more complicated subject. There have been improvements in cables designs and manufacturing. This doesn't mean that one should dismiss all 10-20 years old cables, no. I use 20 years old speaker cables, 15 years old power cords, one and two years old interconnects. 

Cable co is total crap with very high prices and 0 customer service.I once tried to buy something from them they have 1 guy who is always on the phone and he will call you back maybe, a big joke.

Dude way out of line, your feelings towards dealers and margins is totally off, if we were making a consistant 30% on all transactions we would be lucky.

You miss the point of business it is not the profit made on one sale but the total profit left after you have taken off all of your costs.

So even if we made 30% on a transaction, you lose 3% for credit card paypal. So now you are down to 27% add in freight in for an order and you may lose another 1-2%.

Factor in the cost of rent, salaries, insurance, demo gear, loses on discontinued gear, internet costs, advertising costs what do you think is left?

Guys like you bemoan there are no places left to audition and take care of you when your component or system doesn't sound right but you refuse to allow a dealer to support his or her family and keep the lights on.

I wonder what you do? If someone said you are being paid too much and you deserve to make a fraction of what you make houw you would feel?

Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ