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Marantz AV 7005

Hi All,
I’m a widow at the tail end of selling my husband’s estate & I’m hoping this post is okay since it discusses pricing.(I’ve posted a few times before seeking advice and I was so grateful because everyone was overwhelmingly helpful. This is a great community!!)

Here’s my dilemma:
I listed his Marantz AV 7005 for $425 in mid-May on FB (local pick up) & today I got an offer for $350. (I used hifishark dot com to determine my pricing & priced it towards the low end.)

I haven’t responded to the potential buyer yet because I wanted to check hifishark dot com again to see if selling prices have changed. (They haven’t.)

The Marantz is in excellent condition (hubby babied his electronics) & it works. (He was using it up to the end.) I’ve got the original packaging & box, the User Guide, Remote, Power Cord and the Audyssey Omnidirectional Calibration Microphone. I also took good photos of the front & back--including a photo of it turned on--and photos of everything that comes with it.

Back to today’s offer. I thought to counter him at $400 (do you think I should?), but if he wants to stick to $350 I’m not sure what to do. Is this an item that will go down in value the longer I hang onto it? Thoughts??
kkirk001

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@kkirk001 Marantz is one of my favorite brands that I highly recommend. If you want to negotiate with the buyer I think that's okay. Many people will initially offer a lower number than they're willing to accept in case the seller says yes.

If you counter and the buyer is really interested they will reply and say they can't do more than $350 at which case you can still say okay.

If you counter and the buyer is not serious then they probably won't even bother to reply, in which case then they may not have been a great person to do business with anyway.

You could also try asking to discuss further on the phone. If the buyer is willing to share their phone number and talk then they're more likely to be a serious buyer and you can try to figure out a price that works for both of you.
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