Buy it now?

On eBay, Buy It Now prices are usually a lot higher than the reserve prices. They are also usually higher than auction prices as well.

Only a seller completely unaware of market values sets a too low Buy It Now; like the guy who recently sold me a mint Shure V15VxMR cartridge and stylus with all boxes and paperwork for $100 with free shipping.

Ebay seems to do well with the "Buy-it-now" option. I don't see why Audiogon can't implement it. It really depends on how quickly the seller wants to move it. I've seen Audiogon reserves in auctions set at, say, $500.00( which could be their buy-it-now price) and the auction ended selling for twice that amount. Then again, I've also seen many auctions ending at not meeting the reserve price. So you never know.

Dweller, I agree. I was just curious if others agree that "buy it now" is not really in the spirit of an Audiogon auction.

As long as no one has made a bid, you are free to negotiate and cancel the auction if you want.
If bids are made, you should honor the original auction terms.
My 2 cents.