The Music Room is Slipping

Having said that I wish they would knock a grand off a certain German Tonearm… 

here is one trick: don't give them stuff to sell and then buy from them. When you want to buy from them: trade in your gear. They will a lot less likely low-ball you because they will want you to buy from them and be willing to half their profit they would otherwise want - in two transactions. 

I have just completed my first transactions with The Music Room and I couldn’t be more pleased. I bought a used network switch for a thousand dollars less than what other sites were selling it for. I also bought a used usb cord and used Ethernet cord for  50% off the former and 75% off the latter. 
 

Their customer service is great. As part of the buying process I returned an item and te refund was in my account within a few days. My purchases were delivered inside of a week. 
 

I have not sold them anything, but my impression so far is they are a very good company.  And they do have to make money. 

looking at the website, it's a little sloppy. Used to be much better maintained.

I agree leveraging a trade towards something you want isn't a bad idea.  I traded a preamp toward my Aurender N200.   Could have never have afforded it without doing that.  My out of pocket cost was a no brainer.    

I also bought my Cyrus i7XR integrated amp for about 40% of list.  That turned out to be one of my favorite components and the foundation of a really compact second system.   

I bought a few used cables from them also.    I usually try to keep it local but I would deal with them again