Local pick up only…

It is simply not worth the trouble for most people to ship speakers.  Even if you have the original boxes (most don't because speaker boxes are so large and hard to store), it is so easy for speakers to be damaged in shipping.  Shipping is crazy expensive when something is shipped by the most reliable method (air freight).  A local dealer bought some speaker drivers (not even cabinets) from Japan and spent well north of $10,000 on shipping and insurance charges alone.  I would be reluctant to sell any speaker or turntable that was not a local pick up.  This same local dealer found a speaker being offered in Arkansas and sent someone who works for him to pick it up, rather than having it shipped, because he does not trust shippers; his shop is in the Washington DC area.

if a seller wants to do a local sale only, it’s his choice to do so.

a seller would rather do a local sale as then the item won’t get damaged and with the changes that ups and fedex now have when it comes to an item that gets damaged even if it was properly packed and the so called insurance, it becomes a hassle for the seller to deal with this.

I totally forgot about the paypal tax reporting thing. Unfortunately not 

all markets/ region offer enough classifieds. It’s definitely an advantage if you

live in a large metropolitan city but for small cities, it represents a challenge.
 

I had posted a pair of GE Triton One speakers for sale in March 2021 for $2800.00. I had 4 or 5 offers, but shipping on these way oversize boxes were coming in at $600.00 and up.  No one wanted to pay those prices for shipping so I lowered the price to 2K and still no one wanted to pay for shipping.  I sold the speakers for 2K, local pick up, and the person from Connecticut was thrilled.  I wasn’t so much as the high costs of shipping cost me sales where I could have gotten my asking price. 

some shipping prices have skyrocketed for large items, and they won't fit in my car to take to shipper, so local is often good to at least try at first...and if the item is not "perfect" it can be better for the buyer to see it before buying...