too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers


For years I've bought and sold here with no drama but that seems to have been changing. Now sellers seem to want retail pricing for their products while wanting to low ball on anything they want to buy.

At the same time I see more and more fussy buyers nitpicking the purchase, requiring tons of hand holding and concessions after they buy a fairly represented good working order item. 

No longer fun for me unfortunately.
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Showing 1 response by rvpiano

Fussy, fussy, fussy!
 I’m never going to be able to sell another item after the one and only item I ever sold was greeted with damning feedback by the buyer.
I casually glanced at the faceplate of the amplifier I was selling (and had just bought, myself), and found no visual blemishes.  I advertised it as such.
Well, the dogs of hell descended on me from the buyer who found multiple blemishes and was highly irate.  
Who the hell looks at an amplifier with a magnifying glass? When it’s in a system.  It’s pretty well blended in with the rest of the components.  You don’t buy a stupid looking box for its beauty.   You buy it for how it sounds!
He claimed he won’t be able to sell it in that condition.  Well, I bought it.  I had no problems with it.  I only sold it because it was not compatible with my system.