I can only speak for myself but when I buy an expensive piece of gear I treat it with kid gloves.. I do that for two reasons first I think it's a sin to not take care of any product that's expensive or beautifully made.. Kind of like the rich a'hole who buys a Porsche or BMW and treats it like crap, never washed, door dings, wheels curbed.. I'm sure you've all seen what I'm talking about, too much money and no class. The other reason is that at some point I'll most likely sell the piece of gear and I want to get as much money back as I can, sell it as quickly as I can, and not have to make any apologies about it's condition, or that I'm a dick for not taking care of it :-)
Wow, everything posted for sale is ''light use''??
Seems that a VERY HIGH percentage of the gear posted for sale has been lightly used with next to zero hours in a smoke free, pet free, cafeine free, oxygen free, gamma ray free home with 10 air purifiers working all at once, and operated only on Sundays between 6 and 7 am at low volume.
Notice how tubes ALWAYS have low hours on them? Man are we lucky in this hobby! Everything stays new!
It cracks me up everytime to read the postings, but it is not because it is funny.