What is going on

A seller is allowed to ask whatever price they want, it is their item, and they do not have to sell it. Some are just testing the waters, they don't really want to sell, but they will if the price is right. I've done this myself on occasion. It all depends on how serious and/or motivated the seller and/or the buyer are. Some buyers offer ridiculously low prices, there are threads about that too. It's all just part of the game, no big deal.

So what Phd? Sure, there are high ball sellers and low ball buyers. That is not just Audiogon, or this hobby, that is life in general. The seller is allowed to ask whatever they want, and a buyer is free to offer whatever they choose. I guess there have been enough threads about lowball buyers, so a thread about highball sellers is due I suppose. The bottom line is as a buyer, you cannot make the seller offer what you want at your price anymore than the seller can make the buyer pay what he wants. So what is the point?

What is going on? Life. Nothing new here.

Phd, I'm not advocating for highball sellers, anymore than I would support lowball buyers. Yes, any seller can ask any price, it does not mean it will sell, just as any buyer can offer any price, it does not mean they will buy. It's all about how serious the seller and/or buyer are about the act of selling or buying.

Some sellers ask too much money, their fate, they are stuck with their item unless they get lucky. Some buyers offer too little money, their fate, they do not get the item unless they get lucky. I think that the vast majority of deals are made somewhere in between the crazy highball asking prices and the crazy lowball offers.