The Music Room is Slipping

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

I knew a stripper once that told me "When I work I prefer to be paid".

Same goes for any business. No net profit = no longer open. 

What many audio guys object to is that their beloved item they paid $20,000 for 10 years ago is now worth $2,000 to a re-seller. It's hard to take the L on stuff you "invested" in but the free market cares not a whiff about your feelings. 

TMR purchase pricing is generally 1/3 of MSRP if it's MINT. Any flaw drops the price further. They also have learned what item sells fast (McIntosh for example) and what items sells slowly (formerly expensive not well known speakers for example) .

You can generally get 10% off their asking price- but you have to ask. 

Alternatively you can try to retail it yourself. You won't like the reality of the market's imposed valuations. If you have an ego problem you will be miserable selling gear. Buyers are in control here and the universe of buyers is shrinking. That means more competing items for sale and lower offers. 

If it flys, fornicates, floats or plays music- lease it. LOL!