That transaction would have left a bad taste in my mouth. That said who am I too judge Gemini. I'm just want to be able to look myself in the mirror. As long as he did not manipulate the person to sell low then it's up to his conscience. The reason I thought I'd post was that I buy things off craigslist and this issue comes up often. As it happens I saw a Macintosh receiver for $80 today. Called left a message and dragged it over to google to check it out. One guy was asking $650 for his, another was 4 days out on fleabay at $155. So pretty good deal. When he called I told him it might be worth more even as a bargain than what he asked. He said "yea I know but I just want to get rid of it". Thats pretty much the standard response that I get and it has never cost me extra money. But treating your fellow man or women like you want to be treated makes you feel better IMHO. Again you do what you want. I'm not preaching.
One's trash is someone else's treasure
I would be interested to find out what “treasures” you people have come across in your journey to audio nirvana on the used market. For me, it was in 1993 (I don’t remember if the internet was already at its early stages of development – I don’t think so), and I came across an ad in our local newspaper for a Linn LP-12. The second I read the ad, I immediately called the seller who happens to be this older fellow who obviously didn’t have the slightest clue what he’s about to relinquish. I drove to his apartment and there it was, a Linn LP-12 complete with an LVX tone arm, a K9 cartridge and the smoke dustcover – all in excellent condition. The asking price? $100!!!! While I was in his apartment checking the table out, the seller received about three phone calls regarding the LP-12 too bad for those prospective buyers but first come, first serve. Talk about someone’s trash being someone else’s treasure!!!! About three years later, I sold the table for $900! It was about this time when the digital front end was really taking off with the transport and outboard DAC options. Now, I’m back into vinyl (just recently got back actually) and have a VPI Scout Aries with JMW 9 arm and a Dynavector 10x5 cartridge. This time, my analog set up is a keeper!!!! What treasures have you come across??????