Do people really just not get it that their items are not selling...

of course you ended up paying the paypal fee .....that should never be the buyers responsibility..

Agree; if you're selling used gear for anything over 50% list then don't be shocked if it doesn't move. 10/10 open box, or 9/10 "5 hours use" isn't particularly impressive, either. Many items have to go beyond that 50% discount, depending on circumstances (speakers are always a hard sell due to shipping/hassle, and cartridges due to delicacy/trust). And there will always be obvious low-ballers looking for a score or a quick flip; ignore them too. 

I get this and have a question. I am THINKING about selling a set of speakers that was refurbished by the factory to new and just have remained in their sealed boxes since I have another pair I listen to. Back then, these sold for a bit over $1500/pair. Newer models run over $30,000.

Should I ask 1/2 original retail? The refurb and shipping cost more than that, but if I ask MORE than 750.00 will anyone be interested?

Cheers!

i generally agree with minorl--most of the buyers here (as opposed to say, ebay or craigslist) are audiophiles and not flippers or bargain hunters, and it usually does come down to  finding that one buyer who's looking for what you're selling. that said, the market is what it is--those sellers who insist that their item is worth more than what identical items are listed for are going to be unhappy.

For those of you that live in or near Maryland, we are having our clubs first ever audio swap meet. All are welcome.

   John GatskiOctober 10 at 9:16 PM DC Hi-Fi Group/Capital Audiofest 
Audio Rummage Sale 
 Silver Spring, MD 

DC Hi-Fi Group/Capital Audiofest 
Audio Rummage Sale+Vinyl 

When: Sunday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Where: Historic Garrett Park Town Hall 
10814 Kenilworth Ave. Garrett Park, MD 

Table 1 

•Oppo PM-2 planar magnetic headphones, $250, originally $799 
•Bryston HPA1 Headphone Amp/Line Stage, $600, originally $1,600 
•MartinLogan Montis Electrostatic Speakers, $4,250, originally $10,000 
•Legacy Studio 20/20 Ribbon speakers, $650, originally $2,000 
•Macintosh MC275, Mid-60s original,$3,250 
•Sony ES HAP-1 Hi-Res Player with 500 GB HDD/40 watt int. amp, $400, originally $1,000 
•Pioneer Elite SC-79 Receiver With Dolby Atmos, $450, originally $2,500 
•Sony PCM-2700 professional DAT recorder/player and a bunch of new tapes. $350; 
•Mojave MA-300 professional tube vocal microphone, designed by Dave Royer, $750 
•Line 6 DT112 Guitar Amplifier. Bogner EL84 amp section with Line 6’s 24-bit modeling modes. The best modeling tube guitar amp combo, $350. 
Records, Original Sgt. Pepper, White Album (minus the poster), Abbey Road. Many others. 

Table 2 
•Hundreds of LPs: many play graded Mint, Near Mint, and Excellent+, some still sealed; boxes of LPs priced at $1, $3 and $5; 
•BDI 6 shelf audio rack, $500 

Table 3 

•Adcom GPT 400 Tuner/pre amp; •Records, mostly 33.1/3 rpm $1.00 each 
•Focal JM Lab Subwoofer Chorus SW 700; •Samsung BluRay/3D pplayer BD C 6800 
Table 4 
•NHT Classic 4 speakers 
•pair NHT B12-d subwoofers 
•two NHT M6 speakers (Stereophile A rated)•three pairs (hopefully) 
•Crown D150A Series II amp 
•Bryston 2B-lp amp 
•Interconnects 
•Speaker cables 
•Bruel & Kjaer 2209 Sound Level Meter 
•Tektronix J18 Lumacolor II Photometer/Radiometer/Colorimeter with J1810 Chromaiticity Head 
•Tektronix TDS3032B Oscilloscope 
•Tektronix TDS3052 Oscilloscope 
•Tons of DVDs, CDs & records 

Table 5 

•JVC Super Digifine XP-A1010 Digital Acoustics Processor 
•Philips GA212 turntable 
•Hafler DH 220 amplfier 
•Peachtree Audio Nova 300 integrated amplifier 
•LP’s (classical, rock, jazz, holiday music) 
•Sony CDP515 5 disc CD player 
•Connoisseur BD-1 turntable 
•AR Powered Partners 
•Spin Clean Record Washing System 
•Technics SL220 turntable 
•Sony 508ESD CD player 
•Sony 730ES FM tuner 
•Stax ER34 Earspeakers (headphones) 
•JICO Shure VN-35HE Hyperelliptical stylus for a Shure V15 Type III 

Table 6/7 

•Emotiva TA100 Integrated Amp/Reciever with Blu-Tooth module Regularly $449 Demo $339. 
•Emotiva A-700 7 Channel Power Amp Regularly $599 Demo $449.00 
•Emotiva XPA Gen 3 7 Channel Power Amp Regularly $1999. Demo $1399. 
•KEF R100 in Gloss Black Reg $1200 per pair Demos $699. per pair. 
•KEF R700 in Gloss White Regularly $3600 per pair Demos $2099. per pair. 
•KEF Egg Desktop Speakers in Blue Regularly $499.00 per pair. Demos $275.00 
•KEF Egg Desktop Speakers in White Regularly $499.00 per pair. New $299.00 
•KEF R200C Center Channel Speaker in Gloss Black Regularly $999. Demo $599 
•KEF M500 headphones Regularly $249. Demos $159. 
•Project Maia DS Integrated Amp (Silver) Regularly $999 Demo $699. 
•Project Debut Carbon DC Frida Regularly $649 Demo $499. 
•Project Primary turntable in White Regularly $249 Demo $199. 
•Project Elemental Turntable in Grey Regularly $229.00 Demo $199. 
•Sony DVP-CX850 200 Disc DVD Changer New $899 Demo 200.00 
•Yamaha RX A-3070 Dolby Atmos Receiver Regularly $1999. Demo $1399. 
•Yamaha WX-030 MusicCast Speaker (White) Regularly $249. Demo $179.00 
•Bang & Olufsen BL17 wireless speakers with BL Transmitter, and Stands, Regularly $6999. Demo Price $3499 
•Bang & Olufsen Beosound 1 Regular Price $1499 Demo $799. 
•Bang & Olufsen Beosound 2 Regular Price $1995 Demo $999. 
•Emotiva MC700 Pre/Pro with Blu-Tooth module Regularly $629 Demo $499. 
•Martin Logan Ascent Speakers have water stains on the back of one unit work perfectly. 

Table 8 

•3 or 4 hundred CD’s, assorted Jazz – Fusion most for $2 - 3 
•Pair of Polk Audio LSiM703 Bookshelf Loudspeaker Cherry $500 or best offer 
•Sonos Connect with Wyred 4 Sound Mods 96kHz $400. 
•Audioquest Sub X Sub-woofer cable $25 
•Barely used Gold Lion KT77 tubes $100 
•Shuguang Treasure Cv181-z Vacuum Tube Matched Pair Replace Cv181 Cv181-t 6sn7 $75 
•used Matched Quad Psvane El34ph Philips Holland Replica Vacuum Tube EL34 $125. 
•Mirror Image Pre Amp w/ separate Power Supply $400 
•Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL Headphone/Preamp/ 1 watt Power Amp $450 
•LTA LPS+ (Linear Power Supply) $350 

Table 9 

•Two Nordost Heimdal 1 meter RCA interconnects 
•One Nuprime STA-9 Stereo Amplifier 
•One pair Nordost Red Dawn 1 meter speaker cables with banana terminations 
•Two Antique Sound KT 88 tubes 
•One Genelux “Golden Lion” KT 88 tube 
•One pair 6 foot Benchmark XLR interconnect 
•Two VPI turntable mats 
•Two pair GLS Audio speaker jumper cables (spades) 
•Two pair Cardas copper alloy speaker terminations 
•Two pair generic speaker terminations 
•One iFi 20 inch RCA internecct cable 
•Bell 2325 tube integrated amplifier with phono equalizations (recapped in 2013) 
•Fisher Model 101-R Stereo FM and AM tuner (working) 
•One Deluxe Edition Richard Wagner DGG Von Karajan Ring Cycle ( DGG 2720 051, 19 LPs VG+) 
•One “Spider” turntable clamp 
•One Souther record clamp 
•One Tannoy “Gold” speaker cabinet with Electro Voice XT-12 inch coaxial speaker 
•Four Mapleshade 1 1/2 inch brass alloy footers 
And much, much more 

Table 10 
•Pilot 232 amplifier 
•Pair of Fisher 30a mono amps 
•Numerous Boxes of records 
•Adcom 555 
•Pair of Quad esl57 speakers 

Table 11 
•McGary Audio SA-1 30-watt tube amplifier, Carver C19 Vacuum tube preamp, 
Technics SL-B100 turntable w/Pickering TL-3 cartridge, several NOS GE 6CA7 fat boy Vacuum Tubes, 
Amperex gold pin NOS 8416 tubes, Sylvania gold pin NOS 5751 tubes, Telefunken 12ax7 and 12at7 tubes, 
Mullard 6dj8 tube, Amperex 6dj8 tubes. 

Table 12 
Description-Sell Price-Ebay Price-MSRP 
•Emotiva UPA-2 Amp $140.00 $265.00 $299.00 
•PS Audio GCPH Phono Preamp $500.00 $625.00 $999.00 
•Onix Rocket RS250 Bookshelf Spearker w/Ring Radiator Tweeter $140.00 $700.00 
•Sound Dynamics RTS-3 Bookshelf Speakers $60.00 $280.00 
•Sound Dynamics Dipole Surround Speakers $40.00 
•Monoprice MP-65TW 6.5in 2-Way Bookshelf Speakers $15.00 $29.00 
•Polk RT35i Bookshelf Speakers $60.00 $399.00 
•HDMI Cables each $2.00 
•Toshiba XA2 HD-DVD Player with 50+ HD-DVDs $50.00 $68.00 
•Roku 2 XD Streaming Player $15.00 
•Roku 2 XS Streaming Player $15.00 
•Roku 4200X Streaming Player $10.00 
•KRK Rocket 5 G2 Powered Studio Monitors $80.00 $170.00 
•Logitech Squeezebox Touch $140.00 $250.00 $599.00 
•Emotiva Integrated Amp $60.00 
•Logitech Squeezebox Duet $80.00 $160.00 
•B&O PLAY by Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H2 Headphone $20.00 $189.00 
•NuForce HP-800 Studio Headphone $40.00 $49.00 $149.00 
•Outlaw Audio 200 Monoblock Power Amplifier $120.00 $299.00 
•ASUS RT-N56U Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router $45.00 $75.00 
•Logitech 1080p C920 HD PRO WEBCAM $25.00 $50.00 $79.99 
•Linksys WRT160N-RT Wireless N WiFi Router $10.00 
•Linksys WRT320N-RT Wireless N Gigabit WiFi Router $15.00 
•Panasonic DMC-G5KK 16 MP Mirrorless Micro 4/3 Camera Body $120.00 $199.00 $499.00 
•M-Audio Profire 610 Firewire 6 in/ 10 out Audio Interface $50.00 $100.00 
•Oppo BDP-93 w/Nuforce Audiophile Analog Add-in board $400.00 $549.00 
•Benchmark DAC1 Dac Headphone Preamp $400.00 $500.00 
•HRT Music Streamer III $60.00 $149.00 
•HRT Music Streamer II $30.00 $179.00 
•ART DI/O Tube AD/DA Converter 96k/24b $40.00 $249.00 
•Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 Audio Interface Firewire $60.00 $110.00 
•Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 USB 2.0 Audio Interface [Mac/PC] $40.00 $80.00 
•M-Audio MobilePre USB Audio Interface $10.00 
•Martin Logan Vantage Electrostatic Powered Woofer Speakers $2,750.00 $5,000.00 

More gear and LPs to be added to this list on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018DC Hi-Fi Group/Capital Audiofest
Audio Rummage Sale