Selling on Audiogon

Like I said I listed a couple of items yesterday but I agree with ozzy62 from now on I think I'll use US Audio mart, getting to expensive here.

I have been a member here since 1999 and have sold a LOT of stuff on Audiogn since then. I don't sell anything here anymore, but I still buy from time to time. I have had pretty good luck with US Audio Mart in the last few years, so that's my go to site for gear selling.

Oz

The merchant ID requirement for Paypal is for tax purposes, I believe.  If you are a listener who sells a few pieces of gear each year, it shouldn't be a problem.  If you sell a lot of gear, you may hear from the IRS.

Getting a merchant ID is not difficult and shouldn't drive you away.

 There are levels of acceptability (or not) for sales. 
1) Tell your friends and neighbors. (you will lose a few friends, but you'll still be stuck with your neighbors).
2) Sell locally on Craig's list. Then meet with the dude that shows up in an old pick up truck... with his friends.
3) Sell on eBay, and take the chance that those who respond know little or less about your product, and will will make a ridiculous 'offer'. Trust me, I know.
4) Sell on US Audio Mart and get fewer replies. But hey, it's free.
5) Bite the bullet and sell here on Audiogon. My fastest sales have happened here with the least amount of trouble. I can usually sell in a short amount of time, BUT yes, I have to say that the PP debacle has made even A'gon less desirable than it ever was in the past.

djones51,
Many thanks. will try

I listed a couple of things today the option was pretty easy.

(1) OTHER DECENT SELL OPTIONS TO AUDIOGON ( both free )

CANUCKAUDIOMART https://www.canuckaudiomart.com
USAUDIOMART. https://www.usaudiomart.com

(2) Regardless, some arguable new market issues for ‘Goner sellers to navelgaze are two-fold:

- (i) this hobby has very fluid prices for sellers trending on a downward slope that is a parallel proxy for a declining discretionary luxury goods market everywhere;
- (ii) consequently a past practice reliance on published historical prices as the best-available yardstick for current asking prices is now arguably disconnected between buyers and sellers.
(A) Some Sellers are either slow off the mark or just plain stubbornly resistant to accept and embrace lower offer prices as their option if they want to move the gear quickly.
(B) a growing cohort of prospective buyers are contemporaneously floating big haircut offers on many listings. A plethora of threads oft-repeated on many audio forums reflect this growing trend which Sellers frequently diametrically view as lowballers tossing around nickels like they are manhole covers.

my takeway ...

I agree with the OP ....it’s a slow market out there at a minimum, so IMO, choose your terms wisely as a prospective seller if you want to actually sell it in reasonable time. Listing it is easy, actually selling it now is not always an easy task in lockstep.

Man I hear that !!! I think it’s just another money GRAB