SELLING IT ALL


Hi, all: I am in East Texas. My husband has so much equipment I can’t even spreadsheet it all. He is now in a nursing home with dementia and will not be coming home. I want to sell all the equipment, and am a motivated seller. Some of the brands: Marantz, Bryston, Linn Klout, Linn Kairn, Linn Magic, Linn Keil, Parasound, Theil, Klipsch, Polk Audio, Cambridge, Audio Research. Then lower end stuff like Sony, Yamaha, Onkyo, Teac, etc. Miles of cables/interconnects (Audio Magic, Audio Quest, Toslink, and others -- hard to inventory. Best ones are not on this list because they are behind equipment.) Lots of power wedges. DACs, power conditioners, and misc. other stuff like racks.
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Sorry Dill those are my real life expereinces with Estate sale folks. I could care less about this womens equipment i really do not need any of it. I personally had to have an estate sale for my moms possiesions and we were completely ripped off 15K dining room sets they sell for $100 as an example. 10K couches for $50 and so on . Ridiculous. Then I had an estate sale when I moved three years ago. Downsizing and so didnt need all of my belonginings any longer. All they had were junk dealers looking to steal my belongings. Offering me $150 for a custom butcherblock that is $1500 easy if you wanted to buy one yourself today. Offering me $100 for my 67 Blue Sparkle Slingerland Drum kit and upset I didnt take itt even when a guy offered $150 and I didnt take I said listen, These are Zildjian cymbals from 50s and 60s stamped markings , 5 lug snare etc... all classic pieces each worth $100 a piece easy and the snare goes for hundreds. Net net these people were thieves as I even sold stuff gave them the money and then it wasnt on the report they provided.

In three days the sold just garbage and stole money from me for sure. Their buddy came back took all of our china, extra dishes in the containers I had them in which were not for sale and they said he would only pay $100 , BS. The 5 containers he took were worth more than $100 to replace

Horrible results from these folks.. In two days I sold allthey didnt on FB marketplace and made tripple what they brought in. My drum kit went for $700 as an example which was fair to a guy that is going to part it and sell it .

Now to me buying, I attend these estate sales looking for vinyl and audi grear that might be interesting. Every single seller has their following of people and they give them deals and steals. I see it everytime I am at these sales. The buyer greets the estate sales person and then she or he points them to the product they put aside and they do a deal. Last one the estate sales person and the buyer where trying to figure if the HO Scale trains were the ones worth a bunch of money while I was standing right there.

Maybe you are on the up and up but my real life experience with Estate sales folks is they are all crooks . I stick by going to local audio shops or online specility guys to get an idea of value then sell how you wish
Agree on estate sale rip-off. We did one for my aunt and found later the agent who had a good reputation  had friend resellers come in and cream the good stuff at ridiculously low prices. As others have said take your time and get the best price for yourself.
To Wichita Dog -- I am currently inventorying all the interconnects. Will let you know what I have when I'm done. Thanks!
I'm terribly sorry to hear about your husbands health.
I work for TMRAudio.com and would be happy to help you out. We work with folks in this unfortunate position quite frequently here, in many cases we can offer cash, we also have a very generous consignment program.  Even if you don't chose to work with us, I am more than willing to answer any questions that you might have.

I'm here to discuss your needs and offer my professional advice at any time. You can contact me at: Nick@TMRAudio.com
-Nick from TMR
Hello, 

In cases like this, you most likely want a convenient cash sale. You should strongly consider selling the entire package to The Music Room. https://tmraudio.com/

In one transaction, you will be done. Just like trading in your car, you won't be getting full market price as if you had sold it yourself, but you also won't be spending all of your free time selling equipment. The Music Room will need to have leave a margin for themselves to profit (they will be reselling the equipment), but this is about convenience for you vs a headache.